By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration says it may look for “targeted sanctions” on Junior Assad’s Syria, and “condemns” the violence there, but – hey, look guys, it isn’t Libya, for Pete’s sake. Asked the difference, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, “We had a Gaddafi regime that was moving against its […]
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The festival of Maimouna was brought to Israel by the Jews from Morocco. There’re several theories about its origin, none of which is convincing. But that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a national event in the country, celebrated by Jews from many different backgrounds. It starts the same evening as Pesach
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Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Red Cross and You (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, March 2, 1956, Page 7 All through the year, American people call upon the Red Cross for help. Once each year the Red Cross asks the people for support. This year, which marks the 75th anniversary of the founding
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Unlike Jesus, I don’t plan on a resurrection and I really don’t know for sure what happens after this life. And that suits me fine. It is this life, and doing some good works while here, that matters to me; don’t have much to say about any other
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Travel and Food
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – It was only a week ago, wasn’t it, that I was rhapsodizing about the yellow wildflowers that had graced our back yard lawn? https://www.sdjewishworld.com/?p=16574 Our gardener evidently didn’t read my column. On Saturday, he mowed the lawn, transporting every single one of the wild flowers into his lawn
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Donald H. Harrison
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jewish Center Tenth Annual Meeting: The Program of the Jewish Community Center Southwestern Jewish Press, March 2, 1956, Page 5 By Irving Mortin, Asst. Dir. J.C.C. The word Community in the Jewish Community Center has a great deal of meaning. The community is People; human beings, living
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There’s a bit of a mystery regarding Syria. First, who is the opposition? Second, what will happen? Having been the first to warn about the threat and power of Islamists in Egypt, I think that’s earned me some credibility to say that Syria may well be a different case.
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Though I grew up in Sweden I never thought of its citizens as being particularly happy. In the 1940s and 50s we heard a lot about drunkenness and suicide but not much about life as bliss. Denmark, on the other hand struck us even then as a very happy place.
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Middle EastBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Today Syria has entered its biggest internal crisis since 1970. The regime has come out to crush the insurrection. Either it will succeed by killing many people or the insurrection will build into a real potential revolution. And the Western states are doing…precisely zero. One Syrian expert friend responded:
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky SAN DIEGO — I’ll say it again. Coping is the name of the game. No solutions appear on the horizon, even when standing on a high place. Israeli policymakers concerned with “peace,” “borders,” or however you define that cluster of issues have to cope with Palestinians, Americans, and Western Europeans, as well
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The documentary, Their Eyes Were Dry will be screened in San Diego County as part of a special May 9th event in 250 theaters around the country. The film details the heart-wrenching story of the 1974 Ma’alot Massacre in Israel when 105 students were held hostage by Palestinian terrorists, and it
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Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pastor Terry Jones is planning a rally at a Detroit-area mosque and a jury is deciding whether he has to post a bond to cover extra security local officials are planning to provide for the demonstrators. Jones doesn’t want to pay – he asked for no extra security and
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Shoshana Bryen, USA
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Famed Correspondent Will Present Report on Middle East March 13th Southwestern Jewish Press, March 2, 1956, Page 1 Edward R. Murrow’s “See It Now” hour-and-a-half report on the international crisis in the Middle East, with special emphasis on Egypt and Israel, will be broadcast on Tuesday, March 13
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday condemned violence in Syria and said the Syrian government must stop the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of prisoners.” There’s a problem with that word “must.” See, you cannot have it both ways. You cannot help overthrow or move away from allies,
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