By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Those of you spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars for your children’s college education, and paying taxes to support colleges, may be interested in a current brouhaha at my alma mater, Brooklyn College. A doctoral student, Kristofer Petersen, 1 ½ years into his studies, was hired
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Fire Possessed: Dona Gracia Nasi by Sandra K. Toro, Santa Fe, N.M.: Gaon Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-935604-06-8, 209 pages, price not listed By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Set in 16th Century Europe, this historical novel recounts the battle of the House of Mendes, a Jewish shipping, banking and trading company, for safety from
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Donald H. HarrisonBEER SHEVA, Israel (Press Releasse)A new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers indicates that physicians who give second opinions may be influenced by the first opinion and other external factors. In the study, the researchers presented hypothetical scenarios with no clear cut clinical answers to a national sample of orthopedic surgeons and
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Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– A comment on Cable News Network by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) favoring an end to U.S. foreign aid to Israel and other countries has drawn fire from Jewish Republican and Democratic organizations. The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC)’s President David A. Harris said on Thursday: “The National Jewish Democratic Council stands
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a speech that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered on Thursday at George Washington University. Good afternoon, and thank you President Knapp for that kind introduction, and for the invitation to be here at George Washington University. I’ll be speaking at several colleges and universities throughout the year about different
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USA
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—San Diego Musical Theatre is in its second year of producing musicals (may be the answer to Starlight without the outside stars) and, for its second show of the season, producers Erin and Gary Lewis have chosen the San Diego premiere of Neil Bartrum (Music and Lyrics) and Brian Hill’s (Book)
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama made the following statement on Thursday in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “I join people here at home, in Israel, and around the world in commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as we mark one of the darkest, most destructive periods in human history. “To remember is a choice,
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My dictionary defines “gallant” inter alia as dashing, stately, majestic, noble, courageous, chivalrous etc. Before the investigation by Israel’s State Comptroller of the alleged lying in connection with the acquisition of some of the grounds of the palatial home – by now the most photographed private residence in Israel
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Middle East
By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This semester I am teaching the senior class at our new Community Jewish High School. There are only five students in the class but they are all exceptionally bright and Jewishly committed. We have been using a new book from a new series entitled, Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices, edited by Rabbi
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Jewish ReligionSIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (WJC)–The Jewish community of St. Maarten, a Dutch and French-owned island in the Caribbean, has opened its first synagogue since the 18th century. The shul on the Dutch side of the island is part of a new Chabad Center operated by Rabbi Moshe and Sara Chanowitz. It is part of an
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO– A man once asked Hillel to teach him the entire Torah while standing on one foot. Hillel answered, “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your friend. The rest is explanation. Go learn.” Rebbi Akiva once made a similar statement: “Love your neighbor like yourself. This
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Travel and FoodArab Labor, Israeli television sit-com, three episodes, produced by Yoni Faron, directed by Roni Ninio, written and created by Sayed Kashua and Daniel Faron By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Arab Labor is a controversial television sit-com that is aired in Israel and has developed quite an audience because it is politically incorrect, as comedies
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Donald H. HarrisonLIMA (WJC)–Peru has joined other Latin American states in recognizing a Palestinian state. “Today the government communicated to the ambassador of Palestine in Lima recognition of the Palestinian state as free and sovereign,” Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said in the capital Lima last Monday. He did not specify the borders of the state
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Travel and Food
By Rabbi Dow MarmurJERUSALEM– In order to describe the differences within Orthodoxy we often use adjectives: “modern” for those who seek to combine Torah with derech erets (the way of the world); “national” for many of the settlers; and, of course, “ultra” for haredim. But we can’t count all haredim as one group either. There’re, for
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Jewish Religion