By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –The Obama administration no longer considers Syria a potential peace partner for Israel because of its repression against its own people. This is according to media background interviews with government officials. But wait a minute! What do we know about that regime now that we didn’t know–I should say, should
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Middle East, USA
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–Billions of people around the World watched television on Friday, to witness the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton. It was a magical occasion, which even transfixed an old cynic as myself. I cannot however comment on any Jewish perspective, because there wasn’t one. British Jewry was officially
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Lloyd LevyLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The award-winning J*Company Youth Theatre, a program of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, is pleased to announce its production of Children of Eden, A Joyous New Musical based on The Garden of Eden and Noah’s Ark. Performances run
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San Diego Calendar
By Cynthia Citron NEW YORK, N.Y. — It was a “Three Standing Ovations” week!! Not easy to come by in New York, where audiences reward only the very best. (Not like Los Angeles audiences, who habitually award standing ovations to actors just for showing up.) There is so much energy and anticipatory excitement generated in the elegant, intimate theaters on Broadway that it’s enough to
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Cynthia Citron
By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California—Toward the end of Scott Hudson’s new play, Sweet Storm now in a heartwarming production at New Village Arts Theatre, when Bo (Adam Brick) is holding Ruthie (Kelly Iversen) and they are swaying to the lulling sounds of “Sleep Walking”, your heart wants to beam and break at the same time.
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally acknowledged that the target destroyed in the Syrian desert in 2007 was a covertly built nuclear reactor. Director General Yukiya Amano publicly accepted U.S. intelligence information that identified it as a nearly completed nuclear reactor that would have been able to
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International, Shoshana BryenCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Mission Bay Sportfishing Southwestern Jewish Press, March 16, 1956, Page 3 Sportsfishermen around San Diego are eagerly waiting the opening of this area’s newest fishing fleet when Mission Bay Sportfishing Landing opens on March 15. “And we’ll promise you a fishing trip, not a boat ride,” says Garric
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It looks like they lost the farm. The reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas surprised Mahmoud Abbas as well as Israelis. Fatah’s leadership had signed a draft agreement in 2009, and Hamas’ signing on this week came out of the blue. Or, on the basis of a post hoc analysis,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There are two questions that I think need to be debated within the American Jewish community, and both are quite painful. First, do you remember the St. Louis, the ship filled with refugees from Hitler’s Germany, which was turned away by the United States as well as other
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Donald H. Harrison
To my readers: This is a long article, I know. I tried to divide it in two but decided that it would detract from its power to shock and to call for action. It is the result of a long and painful research, and the facts clamored to be put together. Please read it at your
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hamas and Fatah have reportedly smoothed over their differences to present a united front in pursuit of a declaration of Palestinian independence from the UN General Assembly in September. [Side note: most countries declare independence, a la Thomas Jefferson or David Ben Gurion. The Palestinians prefer that someone do
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — In the middle of Vayikra, the Book of Leviticus, with its long, detailed, and arcane descriptions of Israel’s ancient sacrificial rite, we are caught short by the appearance of parashat Kedoshim. Parashat Kedoshim speaks not of Priests, altars, and sacrifices, but of Godliness and holiness: “You shall be holy,
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Travel and Food
By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — After my husband died nineteen months ago, I thought I might write a book on living single in a couples’ world. Wanting to use my own experience and that of others, I have interviewed dozens of widows and widowers. The word most often used by everyone I
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Suddenly, after years of persistent failure, Fatah and Hamas–which means the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas–have signed a detailed reconciliation agreement. Why now? It’s preparation for the UN and the claim that the PA is sole, legitimate representative of the Palestinians. In exchange for being able to claim it
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