Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 22, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff A Tangible Example of Brotherhood; ‘Christian Friends’ Pledge $9,589 to Fund Drive Southwestern Jewish Press, July 22, 1955, Page 1 112 Voluntary pledges totaling almost $10,000 have been made by non –Jews to the United Jewish Fund’s 1955 Campaign, (according to) Campaign Chairman, Max Rabinowitz. These contributions which

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Beth Am Preschool schedules open house January 9

SAN DIEGO–Beth Am Preschool holds an Open House on Sunday, January 9,  from 9:00- 10:30am. The Preschool, located in Carmel Valley, on the Synagogue Campus at 5050 Del Mar Heights Road, and at the Satellite Campus at 11860 Carmel Creek Road, includes a variety of programs for children ages newborn through five years.  The Synagogue Campus houses

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

ADL urges nations to boycott U.N.’s ‘Durban III’

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling on United Nations member states to declare that they will not participate in the so-called “Durban III” conference, set to be held in New York in September 2011, calling the proceedings “a conference that will undermine rather than advance the fight against discrimination.” The U.N. General

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Middle East

Making time for Torah study

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal   SAN DIEGO–When I was attending the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, very little emphasis was placed on “practical rabbinics,” the nuts and bolts of being a rabbi. One piece of advice I do remember was aseh Toratcha keva, “fix a time for your Torah study.” We were warned that

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Jewish Religion

Circuit Court agrees public financing of church housing project does not violate 1st Amendment

 RICHMOND, Virginia (Press Release)– The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a suit contesting public financing of a Baptist housing project in Arlington County, Virginia, saying plaintiff Peter Glassman had not shown the housing project was for anything other than its stated purpose.  Here is the court’s opinion.

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USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, July 8, 1955, Part 3

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Respect and Children (Editorial) Southwestern Jewish Press, July 8, 1955, Page 5 We were intrigued the other day by the statement of a news broadcaster to the effect that a check-up on juvenile delinquents revealed that Chinese children rarely were brought into court for violation of any laws. 

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Adventures in SD History, San Diego County

Seattle transit rejects anti-Israel billboard campaign

SEATTLE, Washington (Press Release)–The anti-Israel “Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign” group’s bus billboard ad campaign on Seattle buses, that was supposed to begin next Monday, December 27, was rejected on Thursday, Dec. 23. Citing the potential for disruption to transit service, King County Executive Dow Constantine on Thursday approved an interim policy from Metro Transit that calls for

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USA

2010 was busy, productive year for revived Latvian Jewish community

By Rabbi Menachem BarkahanRIGA, Latvia — Here are some of the highlights of 2010 for Shamir, the Jewish community of Latvia:  The Riga  Ghetto  and  Latvian  Holocaust  museum  were  opened in September  2010 http://www.rgm.lv/?lang=en  The Second International Festival of Jewish culture gathered more than 4, 000  visitors  for  10  events  in  Latvia  and  Lithuania, including international  celebrities

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Travel and Food

Commentary: Why Arabs may be drawn into Iran’s orbit

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — What is the highest priority for Iranian foreign policy–I mean the official and public foreign policy, not spreading revolution and terrorism–today? According to the new foreign minister it’s developing strong relations with Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Ali Akbar Salehi, who by the way holds a degree from the Massachusetts

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Middle East

Jews in Japanese-controlled Indonesia suffered worse fate than Jews in other Japanese controlled lands

HAIFA (Press Release)–New facts are being revealed about another Jewish population that was persecuted during WWII: Indonesian Jewry – of which very little has been known to date. This community suffered greatly under Japanese occupation, and in a study that set out to provide a first and in-depth examination of the causes for the prejudice

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Travel and Food

Holocaust artist Elmo Gideon dies at 86

THOMASVILLE, Georgia  (Press Release)– Holocaust  artist Elmo Gideon, 86, died Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at his home and studios here after a lengthy illness. He has been described as an “artist who borders on being an elemental force” whose own ambitions guided him in the development of revolutionary paints and sculpting compounds, technique, form and application that

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Travel and Food

Private employees show greater ’emotional intelligence’ than public employees, study indicates

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–A new study from the University of Haifa shows that within the private sector high levels of emotional intelligence empower positive attitudes towards the workplace and decrease negative behavior; however, the same effect was not found within the public sector. “The results of this study emphasize the existence of significant behavioral differences

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