SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – As part of its ongoing commitment to cultural diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank, N.A., partnered with KPBS to honor 17 local individuals who are making a difference to enrich the lives of others. The honorees were announced as part of the 2011 Cultural Diversity Partnership, which recognizes and pays
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San Diego County
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Although I have written about this topic before, I have some further thoughts that I would like to now share. After my husband died, I had a very hard time adjusting to singlehood. Although living in a retirement community helped me survive those awful first months, I
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Obama administration officials were absolutely venomous after the Russian (and Chinese) veto of the UN Security Council resolution draft on Syria. “Disgusting,” said U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. Secretary of State Clinton called it a “travesty.” Their revulsion was misplaced — the Russians did what they said they would do;
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International, Shoshana BryenBy Adina Wollner SAN DIEGO — I attended on Thursday, February 2, an Alternate Focus, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee screening of the film Israel vs. Israel a documentary directed by Terje Carlsson. The film highlights four Jewish Israelis who are working to bring an end to the “40 year occupation of the West Bank”. There were approximately thirty
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Jewish HistorySAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Authors Stan Levenson and Sid Shapira are coming to La Jolla at 7 p.m., Sunday, February 23, to discuss memoirs, as part of the Authors at the Astor lecture series presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture. In his book When Brooklyn Was Heaven, fundraising guru Levenson takes readers on a loving and
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San Diego Calendar
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Whenever I teach theology I love to ask students: who played the voice of Moses in the Dreamworks movie, The Prince of Egypt? If no one knows I tell them: Moses was voiced by Val Kilmer. Then I ask them who played the voice of God? If no
Can we ever truly know God’s desires? Read More »
Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house, his field, his slave, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, and all that belongs to your neighbor” Chapter 14 of the Orchos Tzaddikim tells us that envy is the worst of sins – so severe,
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Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California– R. Yochanan observed, “If the Torah had not been given we could have learnt modesty from the cat, honesty from the ant, fidelity from the dove, and good manners from the cock which first coaxes and then mates.”– BT Eruvin 100b “Had the Torah never been given,” say
Humans have much to learn from their dogs and cats Read More »
Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—–The old proverb that states ‘laughter is the best medicine’ couldn’t be truer than in this, the latest incarnation of Culture Clash’s variation on the theme of immigration. The subject matter is both tragic and perverse. To get the conversation moving and out into the open and to showcase
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — It is hardly worth the energy to mention how monumentally uninteresting is the “shocking” new book by Mimi Alford, Once Upon A Secret, which will now briefly draw attention from the sordid, disagreeable primary presidential primary campaign and its flailing bitterness. I’m not planning to read or
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USA
VISTA, California (Press Release)–Shelley Zimmerman, San Diego Assistant Chief of Police Department, will be speaking about her life’s adventures at Congregation B’nai Tikvah on Friday, Feb. 24, at 6:30 pm. This event will launch Congregation B’nai Tikvah’s new “L’Chayim Series” which focuses on the realities of ‘Life’. This event is free and open to
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Recently, Ruth Lapidot, retired professor of international law who had participated in formulating the 1979 peace agreement with Egypt, gave this year’s David Elazar Memorial Lecture under the auspices of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs that the late professor Elazar founded. Her lucid and comprehensive presentation was reassuring.
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Middle EastBy Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California — The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle threw a huge party Feb. 6 for the theatre community to celebrate and acknowledge the accomplishments of San Diego County’s local theatre heroes. This is the tenth year we have been at it and every year it gets better and better. Named for his powerhouse
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Who really broke the deal? Granted, Israel’s conditions for a peace settlement appear to be a sure deal-breaker. Israeli negotiators notified their Arab counterparts on Wednesday, Jan. 25, that as a guiding principle existing settlement blocs must become part of Israel in a two-state solution, The New York Times
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Middle East