Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 3, 1956, Part 4
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryIsrael’s military capability expands as Western Europe’s declines
By Lloyd Levy LONDON — With all the incessant media coverage about Israel , one easily loses sight of the broader picture. Yet I have been reading a respected annual publication called “the Military Balance.” Not necessarily everyone’s chosen reading material, but it throws a fascinating insight into the miracle that is today’s Israel. By
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastIsraeli teen victim of school bus rocketing dies
San Diego Jewish World staff report BEERSHEBA, Israel — Daniel Viflich, 16, whose misfortune it was to be innocently riding a school bus on Thursday, April 7, has died of the severe injuries he sustained after an anti-tank missile was fired at the bus from Gaza. Viflich died in the Soroka University Medical Center here,
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Middle EastJewish boy, Christian nanny in gathering Nazi storm provide engrossing reading
Far to Go by Alison Pick, Paperback: 336 pages, Harper Perennial (April 19, 2011), ISBN-10: 9780062034625, List price: $14.95 By Laurel Corona SAN DIEGO– Far to Go gets under your skin early and stays there. This new novel by Canadian writer Alison Pick follows the fate of one affluent Jewish family caught up in the quick
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Travel and FoodAs Pesach approaches, Israel has Obsessive Cleaning Disorder
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In the last couple of weeks there has hardly been a lamp post or a bus shelter in Jerusalem – and probably elsewhere in Israel – that hasn’t been covered with offers of pre-Pesach home cleaning. Even yeshiva students, normally not associated with physical (or perhaps any other) work,
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Jewish ReligionSammy, Dino and Ol’ Blue Eyes pack the Welk
By Carol Davis ESCONDIDO, California—Frank, Sammy, Dino, Joey; The Rat Pack! Those were the days, my friend; we thought they’d never end! Well, if you want another dose of ‘those days’, straight from the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, you can catch a glimpse of what used to be called the ‘Golden Days of entertainment’,
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWill U.N. endorse a government of terror?
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The analyst’s job is to make sense out of separate events that might be connected. If done well, it is better than a blind person trying to figure out what is that large, rough thing being felt. However it is done, there is a lack of certainty. It is best
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastAdventures in San Diego Jewish History, February 3, 1956, Part 3
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Goldie Schusterman Honored At Testimonial Dinner by Birdie Stodel Southwestern Jewish Press, February 3, 1956, Page 4 On Sunday, February 12, Birdie Stodel B’nai B’rith Auxiliary will give a Testimonial Dinner at the Mission Valley Country Club in honor of Mrs. Goldie Schusterman. Mrs. Schusterman has served unselfishly
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryJewish choirs’ ‘Sing Out’ was OUTstanding
By Cantor Sheldon F. Merel LA JOLLA, California–Jewish Choral Music is alive and well at the Jewish Community Center. It was truly a “ Sing Out” on Sunday Afternoon, April 3rd at the JCC featuring two separate choral concerts from several local congregations plus independent choral groups. It was a showcase of San Diego Jewish choirs
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsAn ode to Passover
By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Passover is the best gift we ever gave to the world; nobody who was ever a human being could turn down its message of freedom, its transformation of the taste of tears into the wine of hope, its view of the leaves of parsley as the springtime of
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Jewish ReligionTeens help feed the hungry through Hand Up organization
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Toward the beginning of the Passover Seder we hold up our plate of matzah and recite: “This is the bread of affliction which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. Let all who are hungry come and eat!” On Tuesday students from our Community Jewish High were blessed with
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Jewish ReligionIsraeli politics in the wake of Lieberman’s preliminary indictment
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Avigdor Lieberman says that he has been investigated by the authorities on and off since some 15 years ago WHEN he became the head of the Prime Minister’s Office during Netanyahu’s first tenure. But to date he has only been found guilty of beating up a little boy in
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Middle EastEthnic politics in Israel: Moroccan and Russian
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Prior to 1948, Morocco had the largest Jewish population of North African countries. It was not one community, but several that differed in history, tradition, socio-economic traits, and language. One component traced its heritage to Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century. Another may have been there since migrations
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastYossi and Sheindel — how it all turned out
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Hashem orchestrates the world and takes care of us in amazing unexpected ways. He showers us with blessings. We need to be able to accept those brachos (blessings), as the following story illustrates: (continued from last week) Mendel excused himself and asked his wife to join him in the next
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