Calls for Mubarak’s ouster prove having U.S. as an ally no assurance of friendship

By Lloyd Levy LONDON –Events in Egypt highlight what seems to my mind to be the incomprehensible naivete of the U.S. Administration in its Middle East policy. The Egyptian Government has been the object of a well planned coup , using the very modern and ingenious method of stage managing a “revolution,” in a large

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Lloyd Levy

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, October 14, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Pledge Payments Needed Now To Help Save North African Jews Southwestern Jewish Press, October 14, 1955, Page 1 $12,500 was forwarded to the United Jewish Appeal this week. The United Jewish Fund Board of Directors issues an urgent appeal for contributors to pay their pledges immediately so that

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Comedic version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ playing in North Hollywood

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — What do Stephen Sondheim, Franco Zeffirelli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Charles Gounod have in common?  They have all created popular works in their own time based on William Shakespeare’s end-of-the 16th century play, Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s own time, however, the prolific Spanish playwright Lope

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Cynthia Citron

Rubin Reports: Syria; U.S.-Egypt; and Muslim Brotherhood intentions toward Israel

  By Barry Rubin Syrian Authorities Break Up Protest, Maintain Full Control HERZLIYA, Israel — Why are moderate Arab regimes–even if dictatorships–shaken by protest while hardline ones aren’t? Because at the least sign of trouble the radical governments crack down. Knowing that punishment will be harsh and that the West won’t be interested few dare

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Travel and Food

StandWithUs seeks Rutgers investigation of anti-Israel program that barred Jews

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–“We deplore the blatant anti-Jewish discrimination that occurred at the anti-Zionist event ‘Never Again for Anyone’ on the Rutgers University campus on Saturday night, January 30,” said StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. “Apparently the organizers are afraid of anyone who might expose their lies and prejudice. We hope Rutgers University will investigate and

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USA

NJDC criticizes Rand Paul’s latest call for ending aid to Israel

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- National Jewish Democratic Council President and CEO David A. Harris on Friday denounced Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) second public call for ending American assistance to Israel. Harris said: “The National Jewish Democratic Council stands categorically opposed to Senator Rand Paul’s most recent call to end American assistance to Israel. This is the second

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Middle East

Surprise! Egyptian troubles now being blamed on Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several months ago, a blogger penned, “There was a growing perception among Arab leaders that the U.S. was incapable of standing up to Israel; that CENTCOM’s mostly Arab constituency was losing faith in American promises; that Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region.”

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Shoshana Bryen

Egyptian street versus Egyptian president puts Israel and U.S. in tough spots

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Last Shabbat several congregants told me that they had expected me to speak about the unrest in Egypt during services. I did not because I believed it would be belaboring the obvious. However, since my rabbinic wisdom is being widely solicited, I will instead belabor the obvious here:

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Middle East, USA

U.S. policy toward Egypt bewilders analysts on all sides

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Headline on page one of Ha’aretz, “Mubarak: ‘Obama does not understand Egyptian culture.’” Summary of today’s posting from Memri, a well informed intelligence source that translates material from Muslim media: “The　Egyptian Foreign Ministry has rejected the U.S.’s stance on the protests in Egypt, telling it bluntly to mind its own

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Ira Sharkansky

‘Jewish Theology in Our Time’ appears to be a smorgasbord

Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief,  edited by Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, PhD. Jewish Lights Publishing, Woodstock, VT;  ISBN 978-1-58023-413-9 ©2010, $24.95, p. 224 plus notes and suggestions for further reading. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California —Jewish Theology in Our Time is a collection

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Fred Reiss, EdD