By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — In the Torah portion Vayishlach, Yaakov was determined to get back home. Back to the loving environment of Torah and Mitvos in the home of his parents Yitzchok & Rivkah. He encountered many serious obstacles along the way – Lavan’s trickery and treachery – Esav’s bloodthirsty army – […]
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Jewish ReligionAUSTIN, Texas (WJC)–Joe Straus, the Republican speaker of the Texan House of Representatives who is seeking re-election next January, has come under attack for being Jewish. Conservatives want to see Straus, who represents San Antonio, replaced by a “true conservative” and a “Christian” for the top legislative job in Texas. A report by the Texan
MELBOURNE (WJC)–An episode of the popular Australian talent show ‘The X Factor’ featured the American rapper and pop singer Ke$ha performing her hit single ‘We R Who We R’ with a dance troupe wearing costumes and caps similar to those worn by Nazi SS fighters during World War II. However, the singer said that she
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Travel and Food
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — The U.S. government is rushing an additional $150 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) so that it can have a balanced budget. Funny, the United States doesn’t have a balanced budget and the same government doesn’t think that’s a problem. Moreover, the PA doesn’t really tax its own people.
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Middle East, USA
By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO –There are stories to be told and Lord knows, we Jews have a treasure trove tucked away in our goodie bags. Ready at the drop of a hat or staged reading, a Broadway musical or full-length play, they can be boldly unleashed. Some stories are funny others are tragic while
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Carol Davis, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The United States State Department issued a news release on Wednesday welcoming an announcement by Israel’s Security Cabinet that it accepts in principle the proposal offered by the UNIFIL Force Commander, providing for the complete withdrawal of Israeli military forces from Lebanese territory in and around the village of Ghajar. “The
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Middle East
Lawrence Baron SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– History Prof. Dr. Lawrence Baron has been named one of the fifty key thinkers in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Baron will be featured in a new book entitled Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide by Paul R. Bartrop of Bialik College and Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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San Diego Calendar, San Diego CountyWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Gerda Weissmann Klein, A Holocaust survivor and educator, was one of 15 persons named by President Barack Obama on Wednesday as Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees. A White House announcement said “Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Jewish Holocaust survivor who has written several books about her experiences. After Nazi Germany took over
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—In response to the Senate’s failure to invoke cloture on the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772), Barbara Weinstein, Legislative Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism issued the following statement: “We are deeply disappointed by today’s Senate vote failing to invoke cloture on the Paycheck Fairness Act. This legislation would
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – A delegation from Christians United for Israel (CUFI), including 27 leading pastors from across the United States, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The meeting was part of a six-day trip to Israel, organized and led by CUFI, intended to raise the pastors’ awareness about the issues facing
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Could terrorists of the future use a swarm of tiny robots — less than a quarter-inch high — to attack their targets? Will new bio materials be able to target individuals carrying specific genetic markers? Could cyber-attackers melt down a nuclear facility with the press of a “return” key, or implant
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Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C ( Press Release)- The Department of Justice censored dozens of pages of a candid history of Nazi-hunting (and Nazi-protecting) by the U.S. government to such a self-defeating extent that former officials leaked the entire document to the New York Times this week, instead of fulfilling the Freedom of Information request and lawsuit filed
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USATRENTON, N.J. (Press Rlease)– Three men who operated unlicensed money transmitting businesses inNew York pleaded guilty on Tuesday to operating the illegal businesses, admitting they transferredlarge amounts of cash to a cooperating witness and to Rabbi Mordechai Fish, the then-principal rabbi of Congregation Sheves Achim in Brooklyn, N.Y., United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Avrohom
By Joel A. Moskowitz, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — Houdini is a name to conjure with. For many the word “Houdini” is equivalent to ‘magician’. More than eight decades after his premature demise, he is returning to California. Not Houdini per se, but his artifacts, his story and the multiple works which he inspired –
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Jewish History, Travel and Food