Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 13, 1956, Part 2

Symphony Season Opens At Bowl July 17 Southwestern Jewish Press, July 13, 1956, Page 3 The San Diego Symphony’s 1956 series of summer concerts will begin next Tuesday evening, July 17, at 8:30 p.m., with some of maestro Robert Shaw’s most ambitious conducting in three years as conductor. The concert will feature the Beethoven Ninth

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Sleep monitor may help prevent Sudden Infant Deaths

BEERSHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– A new system using video and computer software to monitor a baby that could be used to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), as well as for telemedicine applications, has been developed by two students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). The new system called “BabyBeat” was developed by students

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Science, Medicine, & Education

NJDC hails Janice Hahn’s win in special congressional election

WASHINGTON, DC- (Press Release) –The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) congratulates Janice Hahn on her successful bid to represent California’s 36th Congressional district. In the special election held today, Hahn defeated her Tea Party-backed Republican opponent, Craig Huey, and dealt a blow to the hopes of Republican leaders who had hoped to send another extremist

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USA

ADL, APN, AI criticize Israel’s new anti-boycott law

SAN DIEGO – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Americans for Peace Now (APN) and Amnesty International (AI) all have issued statements criticizing Israel’s Knesset for passing a law that assesses penalties against those backing boycotts of Israel.   The statements of the three organizations follow: * Anti Defamation League The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has expressed concern about

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Middle East

New Israeli law would penalize those who support boycott of Israel

By Ira Sharkansky Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The Knesset passed a law against those who would promote a boycott on  Israel or its settlements. The anti-boycott movement began as an action against performers who refused to appear in the cultural center of Ariel, one of the large towns located over the 1967 borders. The Knesset vote

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 13, 1956, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Kuchel Sponsors Resolution Outlawing Discrimination Against American Jews Southwestern Jewish Press, July 13, 1956. Page 1 The Southern California Division of the American Jewish Congress today hailed the action of Senator Kuchel who co-sponsored Senate Resolution No. 298, aimed at outlawing the discrimination practiced against American Jews by

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‘Peer Gynt’ weird but entertaining

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California—Some might call director David Schweitzer’s adaptation if Henrik Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt” entertaining and they would be right. Some will agree that’s it’s pretty weird and they would be right as well. Some might look for a hidden meaning under it all and they may find that exercise well worth

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

Mazel tov! Mazel tov!

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Quite often, you want to shout “Mazel Tov” to the people whose accomplishments you admire!   Me, I’m lucky to be able also to publish the words. –To Dr. Joel Moskowitz, frequent contributor to San Diego Jewish World, who has received a plaque of appreciation from the San Diego chapter

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Donald H. Harrison

Some reasons for Palestinians torpedoing peace chances

By Ira Sharkansky Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is common to assign responsibility to Israel, or more narrowly the present government, or even more narrowly to Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu  for the failure of the Israel-Palestine peace process. I’d prefer to put more responsibility on the nature of Palestinian  institutions, and the international arrangements that

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

A naturalist rabbi tells her God concept

The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st-Century Spirituality in Judaism’s 5,000-Year-Old Tradition by Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold, Jewish Lights, Woodstock, VT; ISBN 978-1-58023-443-6 ©2011, $15.99, p. 129 plus Appendix By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. Fred Reiss, Ed.D WINCHESTER, California — The Jews of seventeenth century Amsterdam repudiated Baruch Spinoza and his philosophy, which rejected much of traditional

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Israeli finds respite in Edinburgh from Middle East news

By Ira Sharkansky EDINBURGH, Scotland –The first newspaper headline I noticed: 80 graduates for every job. Prominent on the BBC: a pointed but civilized debate in the House of Commons about a government proposal to make institutions of higher education more competitive, more open, and more productive of employable graduates. There was also news of

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Ira Sharkansky