By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — There are the beloved Five Scrolls in the Hebrew Scripture, including Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Lamentations and two named for heroic women: Ruth and Esther. Ruth was the consummate loyalist, paradigmatic convert to Judaism—a maternal ancestor to the Davidic line. Christians link her spiritually to Jesus. Esther,
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Who Started This Arms Race? (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 3 The secretary-general of the Arab League, speaking in Los Angeles this week, warned that the United States is in danger of losing the friendship of the oil-rich Arab nations. The big fly in the
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–When Muhamad ElBaradei tried to vote March 19 in the referendum on Egypt’s constitutional changes, he was attacked by hundreds of Islamists with stones, at least one of which hit him, and shoes. “We don’t want you,” the mob shouted. “He lives in the United States and wants to rule us.
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff UJF Fund Board Pledges $51,600 As Special Fund Southwestern Jewish Press, December 23, 1955, Page 1 The United Jewish Fund has accepted the responsibility for the Jewish community of San Diego of raising a Special Fund of $51,600 for the United Jewish Appeal, over and above its usual
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California—Chaim Peri spent nearly three decades as the headmaster of a unique residential and educational complex near Haifa, Israel, known as Yemin Orde. Typically, 500 students live and go to school there, with 150 graduating each year. The high school was located a five-minute walk from the residential village
By Cynthia Citron WEST HOLLYWOOD, California— Girls Talk is an uproariously funny play—for about 20 minutes. Then it turns from affectionately teasing banter to passive-aggressive vitriol and it isn’t funny any more. Roger Kumble‘s new play, now having its world premiere at the Lee Strasberg Theatre in West Hollywood, brings together three high-end matrons from Bel
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– The weekly Israeli TV program, “Meet the Press” was devoted today to an extended interview with the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority in which Abu Mazen spoke persuasively about making peace with Israel. Recently, Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed similar sentiments. So why is the peace process deadlocked? To start
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We know who the bad guy is in Libya. He has been bizarre and violent for 40 years. For much of that time the great powers have been going along. The record features Britain’s freeing of a man intimately involved in the Lockarbie bombing on a flimsy claim of ill health,
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By Carol Davis CARLSBAD, California— New Village Arts Theatre in Carlsbad has, over the years, mounted four of Sam Shepard’s plays: A Lie Of The Mind, Curse Of The Starving Class, True West and Fool For Love. Simpatico marks the fifth. For San Diego audiences, these are good choices for this company since they do
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Miriam Maya and Doug White LAS VEGAS, Nevada–San Diego’s delegation of 49 young adults at the first annual TribeFest, hosted by The Jewish Federations of North America, was like no other. Our first indication of such was how we chose to identify ourselves. Imagine a large banquet hall in a cavernous hotel convention center with
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. -The UN Security Council agreed Thursday to a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent Gaddafi from exacting the last measure of revenge against the rebels. In a joint report, FoxNews.com and the Associated Press reported that the opposition is counting on the resolution. “‘We think Qaddafi’s forces will not advance against us.
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)—The Israel Action Network (IAN), an initiative launched by The Jewish Federations of North America, in partnership with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) to combat the assault on the legitimacy of the State of Israel, announced Friday the hiring of Geri D. Palast as Managing Director. Palast brings extensive experience organizing
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