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Nobel-prize-winning discoverer of quasi-crystals casts doubt on scientific orthodoxy

November 11, 2011

By Rabbi Avi Shafran © 2011 AMI MAGAZINE JERUSALEM — The latest Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded last month to Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of “quasicrystals.” In the 1980s, the Israeli chemist noticed something peculiar as he examined a glowing hot metal he had cooled. The diffraction pattern that formed in

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Tharp’s choreography, Sinatra’s voice star in ‘Come Fly Away’

November 11, 2011

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO–It’s not that I haven’t seen this show, Come Fly Away before, because I have. It’s not that I don’t love Frank Sinatra. I do love his voice. It’s because of the above-mentioned Sinatra voice and Twyla Tharp’s absolutely stunning choreography that I love this show. Once in Vegas was not

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Carol Davis, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Court confirms guilt of Israel’s ex-president

November 11, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Once again the story of Moshe Katsav has taken a large share of Israeli media. Thursday, Nov. 10, was the occasion for the Supreme Court to reject his appeals against a verdict of guilty for two instances of rape and several counts of sexual harassment, and to affirm the lower court’s sentence

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Why Abraham was sad in his tent

November 11, 2011

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO– Some in my congregation may have noticed that I often leave the bima during Shabbat services to greet visitors to our congregation. Although this may appear disruptive, I am following in the footsteps of a most excellent role model: Avraham Avinu, Abraham our Father. Abraham, the first human being

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Jewish Religion

U.S. declines to identify Jerusalem as part of Israel–not even on passports

November 10, 2011

By Daniel Halper WASHINGTON, D.C. — Where is Jerusalem located? What seems like a simple matter of geography is actually a thorny diplomatic issue, one the U.S. State Department has aggressively avoided answering on official U.S. forms since the early 1990s. On passports and birth certificates, Americans born in Jerusalem are prohibited from adding “Israel”

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Middle East

Civil Rights Museum in Memphis celebrates its 20th anniversary

November 10, 2011

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — This weekend, while most Americans are continuing to shake their heads over the terminally drooping economy, the decidedly uninspiring race for the Republican presidential nomination, and the hard-to-discern frenzy about the Eurozone, something is happening in Memphis, Tennessee, that is worthy of our attention. The National Civil Rights

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USA

Three instances of appreciating the others’ point of view

November 10, 2011

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Hashem revealed to Avraham that He planned to destroy the wicked city of Sodom. Avrahom did not merely take this as intellectual information that was removed from him. Avraham thought about the actual people in the city. As such he pleaded with Hashem that there must surely be

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Jewish Religion

Who really pays for the stars on Hollywood’s walk of fame?

November 10, 2011

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– Back in June, I wrote a rather contentious commentary for another publication headlined ”Let’s Stop Pretending Getting a Star on the Walk of Fame Is a Real Honor” in which I spilled the beans on how celebrities today get stars on the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood. And

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Travel and Food

Ugandan adoption leads to new play in Burbank

November 9, 2011

By Cynthia Citron BURBANK, California — If you were an actor whose most recent claim to fame was playing a pimp in the men’s toilet in Central Park, an impromptu trip to Uganda might not seem so unreasonable. At least it didn’t seem so for Johnny O’Callaghan, one of the main performers in a thriller

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Cynthia Citron

If no one believes Netanyahu’s credibility, who’ll heed his advice on Iran threat?

November 9, 2011

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Widely reported was this conversation at the G-20 summit in Cannes, not meant to be heard but for a slip-up of the great men close to an open microphone. Nicolas Sarkozy, “I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.” Barack Obama, “You may be sick of him, but me, I have

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Needle-phobic patient donates bone marrow

November 9, 2011

By Ohr Adani PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — When I was a little girl, my mother used to take me to the doctor regularly, just to make sure everything was all right. The standard procedure involved a simple blood test. Simple for the doctor but for me, it was a nightmare. I was terrified by syringes

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Middle East analyst predicts a crumbling Iran

November 9, 2011

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — I recently had lunch and a stroll along the ocean with a new friend, Jonathan Spyer. We struck it off immediately when he said the only organization he ever joined which he promised to obey was the Israel Defense Force. This mirrored my experience in joining the US Marine

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International

John Stahl, congressional hopeful, tells Mideast views

November 9, 2011

By Joel Moskowitz, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — John Stahl, knowing that I write for the San Diego Jewish World, asked if I would help him communicate his thinking on several issues of importance to the Jewish community. I posed several questions to him and the piece that follows are his responses. According to the

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Jewish History, Middle East

California Teens Eligible for $36,000 Social Action Awards

November 9, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) Do you know a Jewish teen who is changing your local community or the world? Now in the sixth year, the coveted Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards provide one of the most prestigious and rewarding opportunities for Jewish teenagers in the state of California. Recognizing a wide range of community service

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Travel and Food

Nobel-prize-winning discoverer of quasi-crystals casts doubt on scientific orthodoxy

Tharp’s choreography, Sinatra’s voice star in ‘Come Fly Away’

Court confirms guilt of Israel’s ex-president

Why Abraham was sad in his tent

U.S. declines to identify Jerusalem as part of Israel–not even on passports

Civil Rights Museum in Memphis celebrates its 20th anniversary

Three instances of appreciating the others’ point of view

Who really pays for the stars on Hollywood’s walk of fame?

Ugandan adoption leads to new play in Burbank

If no one believes Netanyahu’s credibility, who’ll heed his advice on Iran threat?

Needle-phobic patient donates bone marrow

Middle East analyst predicts a crumbling Iran

John Stahl, congressional hopeful, tells Mideast views

California Teens Eligible for $36,000 Social Action Awards

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