Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 9, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Mrs. Henry Monsky Speaks At Sisterhood Luncheon Dec. 14 Southwestern Jewish Press, December 9, 1955, Pages 1, 9 Mrs. Henry Monsky, 1st Vice President of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, will address the December luncheon meeting of Sisterhood of Temple Beth Israel on Wed., December 14, at

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Here are 3 helpful tools for analyzing national leaders

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are those for whom the term “social science” is a contradiction in terms. There are few cases where my colleagues in political science, sociology, economics, psychology and our cousins have results at the level of the best work by physicists or chemists. “Medical science” also provokes doubt, especially when patients die

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Racial profiling still common in America, Leadership Conference reports

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– The Leadership Conference, a coalition of Civil Rights organizations, reports that racial profiling by law enforcement agencies is still common in the United States, and that African-Americans, Hispanics and Muslims are the people most often targeted.   The group’s report, issued Tuesday, demands reforms.  Here is a link. The report was issued

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USA

Purim fun may help bridge gap between Israel’s secular and religious

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Seeking to bridge the gap between the religious and secular communities, Tzohar (Hebrew for “Window”) will be hosting Megilla readings and Purim celebrations in more than 100 locations throughout Israel. “All Israelis love the fun costumes and the traditional Purim partying” says Nachman Rosenberg, Executive Vice President for Tzohar. “Our programs aim to enrich

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Travel and Food

ADL backs Muslims in effort to build new mosque in Lilburn, Georgia

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a Muslim congregation in Georgia whose mosque expansion project was unlawfully blocked. The brief supports the contention of congregation Dar-e-Abbas that the city of Lilburn, Georgia affirmatively prevented the congregation from building a new house of worship, and

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Jewish Religion

Tennessee Williams’ play stands—even if the House doesn’t

By Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — If Tennessee Williams were still alive, he’d be 100 years old this year.  And so, in recognition of the occasion, theaters all over town are mounting new productions of his plays.  Including the always-wonderful Fountain Theatre, which is currently presenting Williams’ final play, A House Not Meant to Stand.

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Cynthia Citron

Grossmont College’s Arab students, instructors hold forum on volatile Middle East

By William Dudley EL CAJON, California — The ouster of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and other dramatic recent events in surrounding nations have raised much interest (and some worries) among Americans. Responding to such interest, the Arabic Club at Grossmont College here sponsored “The Arab World Today,” a forum held on campus on March 7.

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Travel and Food

Libyan scandal at the London School of Economics

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Brendan O’Neill, the editor of Spiked Online, whom I’ve come to quote lately, has written: “Emptied of its nationalist vigour and militancy, the Palestine problem, it seems, is now of little immediate interest to protesting Arabs and is instead the ultimate cause célèbre for Western liberal campaigners who like nothing

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Photo exhibit explores Israel’s diverse synagogues

HAIFA (Press Release)–At the entrance to a flea market shop. On a train. Ecological. These are just three examples of numerous synagogues photographed and documented at the new “Synagogues and Congregations in Israel” exhibition currently on display at the University of Haifa. It is set to accompany the Third Israeli Conference on the Study of

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Jewish Religion

Congressional Research Service issues new report on Israel

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — A new report by the Congressional Research Service on Israel reviews major issues in Israel’s foreign policy, including its existential fear of Iran’s nuclear buildup, relations with neighborhing Arab countries, and issues in U.S.-Israel bilateral relations.   Although there are few surprises, the report by analyst Casey L. Addis is

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Middle East

Sister relationship may be in offing for schools in Point Loma and Neuhaus

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—An effort is underway to create a sister school partnership in the cities of Louis Rose’s birth and of his death. Rose, the first Jewish settler in San Diego, was a pioneer civic official, businessman and developer who helped to steer San Diego’s course between 1850, when he arrived

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Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education