By Ehud Eilam, PhD WASHINGTON, D.C. — States are evaluated through many parameters, the economic factor being a major one. Thus, the Palestinian Authority (PA) – judged by its economic progress in recent years – is almost a state, while Afghanistan is barely one. Another major criterion for assessing a state is its national security. […]
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Congregation Beth Israel, the oldest synagogue in Southern California, kicks off a year-long commemoration of its 150th anniversary with an opening celebration Sept. 18 at the temple in La Jolla. Free and open to all is the afternoon of fun and festivities, including appearances by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders,
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San Diego County
By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — I’ve never heard more enthusiastic responses to a song than the ones that greeted each fabulous number in the new musical Falsettos. And I was right there, clapping and screaming with all the rest of them. By the second act, some two hours into the show, however, the applause
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Cynthia Citron
By Carol Davis LA JOLLA –There’s something inherently wrong about watching three naïve sixteen year old African American high school girls, or any other children for that matter, chatter and plan about the parties and gifts they would get if they all decided to have babies at the same time. As the mother of three
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO – Ten years ago and 2,800 miles away, Rabbi Yael Ridberg emerged from a doctor’s office on East 33rd Street in Manhattan. She peered downtown and could see smoke billowing into the sky -although the World Trade Center towers were 55 blocks away. “You could see the smoke – it
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USAHAIFA (Press Release)– White light bulbs that emit light at shorter wavelengths are greater suppressors of the body’s production of melatonin than bulbs emitting orange-yellow light, a new international study has revealed. Melatonin is a compound that adjusts our biological clock and is known for its anti-oxidant and anti-cancerous properties. The study investigated the influence
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Danny Bloom TAIPEI, Taiwan — Are there any Jews in Taiwan? Well, there are 23 million Taiwanese Buddhists and Taoists, and a few Christian converts and Muslin converts, but there aren’t many Jews in Taiwan to speak of. But that isn’t stopping Lubavticher Outreach Rabbi Schlomi Tabib at the Taipei Jewish Center from celebrating
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International
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After we all were settled at our patio table at the Apollonia restaurant in the Costa Verde Shopping Center on Saturday night, Laura Simon reached into her purse and distributed three copies of a letter she had received from Bridgette C. Jenkins, head of the U.S. Monographs Section
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES–There is just one word for Jean Baker and Jean-Loup Dabadie’s new film My Afternoons with Margueritte, and that’s DELICIOUS! In this one Gerard Depardieu is a big soft chocolate mousse and his costar, 97-year-old Gisele Casadesus, is a lean, crunchy baguette. The two unlikely companions meet on a park bench,
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Cynthia Citron
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — For those of you who have not read the article by John Tierney in the New York Times Magazine of August 24, 2011 called, “To Choose Is to Loose.” I would like to summarize some of the main points as I feel it is one of the
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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Steve Pomerantz WASHINGTON, D.C. — Like everyone else in America, I will never forget where I was on 9/11/2001 or how the events unfolded. After my Assistant told me to turn on my office TV, I witnessed the second airplane strike the World Trade Center and, again like almost everyone else, I realized that
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USASAN DIEGO – Each year, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County provides many opportunities to connect as a community while helping address the needs of Jews in San Diego, Israel and around the world. Five signature events will be presented under the theme of “Doing a World of Good” as part of the 2012
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San Diego CalendarBy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — When Jerry Seinfeld said “Yada yada yada” you could interpret it to mean “and so on and so forth” or “blah blah blah” or even “stuff that’s too insignificant to talk about right now.” When Lani Shipman says “YADA”, however, she is talking about something that’s very significant to
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Cynthia Citron
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — When I was a counselor at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, the director was Dr. Walter Ackerman, a well-known and formidable educator. He was not the easiest man to approach and the staff was in awe of him. He seemed second only to God in stature and authority.
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