Rabbi Jamie Korngold to discuss 21st century spirituality

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Waters of Eden is the Community Host for the San Diego Jewish Book Fair program The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st Century Spirituality in Judaism’s 5,000-Year-Old Tradition with author Rabbi Jamie Korngold, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at  the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. Founder of the “Adventure Rabbi” a Boulder,

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Travel and Food

Palestinians and the UNESCO Lesson

By Daniel Halper    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, the majority of member states of the United Nations  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – whose  self-stated mission is “to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information” – voted

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Middle East

Anti-Semitic attitudes increase slightly in U.S. — ADL

　 NEW YORK (Press Release) … A nationwide survey of the American people released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that anti-Semitic attitudes have risen slightly in America, demonstrating once again that “anti-Semitic beliefs continue to hold a vicegrip” on a small but not insubstantial segment of America. The ADL survey found that 15

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USA

Israelis in full debate over Iran’s nuclear facilities

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Currently the most prominent discussion is whether to discuss the prospect of Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. On one side of this argument are extremists who think the public should be involved in a detailed debate about everything: the threat, the way Israel should meet it, perhaps leaving the timing

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

North County hosts four S.D. Jewish Book Fair events

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)  Thanks to a generous grant from the  Leichtag Family Foundation,the San Diego Jewish Book Fair will present four events in North County:  Alison Pick on Nov. 3 at Seacrest Village in Encinitas; Joseph Braude  and Rabbi Mark Glickman on Nov. 8 at the Dove Library in Carlsbad; and  Kathy Kacer on Nov. 10

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San Diego County

‘Mice and Men’ production true to Steinbeck’s heartbreaking story

By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California— New Village Arts Theatre has hit a homerun out of the park with its current production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. It deserves a standing ovation. Steinbeck’s play set in the drought and dreariness of Salinas Valley, 1937 isn’t exactly what one might call a fun play to

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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Family Day will be Nov. 6 at Jewish Book Fair

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family  Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, presents “Family Day,” a collaboration with Nierman Preschool, on Sunday.  November 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.  Family Day is part of the 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, sponsored by The Viterbi Family Foundation. 

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San Diego Calendar

Art of 3 Sha’ar Hanegev kibbutzniks featured at S.D. Jewish Book Fair

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — The work of three artists from Sha’ar HaNegev, San Diego’s sister region in Israel, will be featured at the Nov. 3-13 San Diego Jewish Book Fair at the Lawrence Family JCC.   The San Diego – Sha’ar Hanegev partnership is administered by the Jewish Federation of San Diego.   The artwork, by Hana

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Travel and Food

Cardinals-Rangers Series will warm him through cold of hockey and football

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–The New York Yankees, those imperial contenders in pin-stripes, bowed out in the division series, taking with them a significant slice of the crowd that was only consoled by Boston’s ample free-fall and collapse. Never mind: we had been hoisted by the most dazzling, 24-hour wild-card frenzy in the game’s

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Travel and Food

Something for every interest at upcoming S.D. Jewish Book Fair

LA JOLLA, California  (Press Release) – The 17th Annual San Diego Jewish Book Fair, with continuing support from Founding Benefactors The Viterbi Family Foundation and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the  Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run November 3-13. A complete schedule of Book Fair speakers can

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