By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, April 7 – Fueled by kosher pizza, members and guests of the Tifereth Israel Men’s Club participated Thursday night in a ceremony that was both solemn and light-hearted: the packing of yellow candles for congregants to light at their homes the evening of April 30, Erev Yom Hashoah – the evening
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — The Torah portions of Tazria and Metzora describe in detail, the procedure followed by a Kohain when he examines a person for tzaraas, a leprosy-like disease. One of the guidelines a Kohain utilizes while checking out a person’s skin, is the fact that every hair on the human
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Yes, she married a lot, but never as anyone other than herself. She coped with booze and weight (like a lot of us) but in breathtaking contrast to the vast majority of us blowhard gossipers, she actually did not care what people thought and she withstood withering and
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Travel and Food
By Lynne Thrope SAN DIEGO–I love it when I’m asked to participate in a blind taste test. I entered into one yesterday in preparation for my Passover seder. The contestants, this day, were Kosher-for-Passover cupcakes. Here’s how it went. First, there’s the smelling ritual. Much better with eyes closed. Then, it’s on to a speck
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Holocaust figured prominently in the migrations from Europe to Palestine and then Israel that began in the 1930s and continued after the war. Along with migrations under pressure from Arab countries, the Holocaust molded a population built on distrust of others. The movement of another million people from the former Soviet
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff The Bond Drive (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, January 20, 1956, Page 3 Those of us who heard Simon E. Sobelof, at the Israel Bond Dinner, were firmly convinced that the Bond Drive must continue! We are sure that the Jewish community is aware that Bonds are an investment
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Events in the Middle East have moved so quickly that one almost needs a daily scorecard to keep up. This article will try to give a basic picture of what has, and hasn’t, changed. Have Iran and revolutionary Islamists gained in recent months? Yes, since Islamism is advancing at the
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USA
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM-The late Abba Eban’s oft-quoted description of the Arabs as never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity can also be applied to the government of Israel. The now public interaction between Richard Goldstone, who’s in the news again, and Israel’s Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai, who seems to want
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Middle East
By David Amos SAN DIEGO–The ones of us who live within the world of classical music, either as performers or as listeners, have a strong tendency to visualize the composers we cherish as one-dimensional statues – just figures in history who composed, and did little else. It is refreshing to hear stories and read books
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Travel and FoodBy Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—A one-man show is no easy task to pull off especially if the material is redundant, dated and tries too hard to please. The good news about the Eric H. Weinberger (book), Daniel S. Acquisto (music) and Sammy Buck’s (lyrics) one-man show is that it might appeal to those who have
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, January 20, 1956, Page 1 Crisis in Israel Spurs Early U.J.F. Drive The continuing crisis in Israel will spur an attempt for an early start to the 1956 United Jewish Fund campaign, according to Morris W. Douglas, Fund President. Douglas stated that this year’s campaign will
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Adventures in SD History, Jewish HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison SANTEE, California, April 6 – I don’t drive an electric car, or even a hybrid, but I can be proud, in a green, tikkun olam sort of way, about my tires. They’re filled with nitrogen, so I’m at least doing something about that global warming. A fellow at a tire shop here explained
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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A cartoon in the April 5 issue of Ha’aretz anticipated the meeting the same day between President Peres and President Obama by seating them as equals on comfortable chairs in the Oval Office. Next to Peres stands a little boy who looks very much like Bibi Netanyahu. It’s a
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Current events invite consideration of a prayer said by religious Jews three times each day. The subject of Richard Goldstone came up in a conversation with a religious friend, and he responded with the opening of the 12th chapter of the Amidah. וְלַמַּלְשִׁינִים אַל תְּהִי תִקְוָה The first word (malshinim) may be
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion