By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California–So much anger in Washington, such acrimony and hatred out of control! What is happening to normally rational people to push them over the edge and make them act out? We read about fanatics and zealots in Africa and in the Middle East, who are extreme in their views, […]
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Editor, San Diego Jewish World: Hello, I wanted to hear the music of the High Holidays and found a site by the current Cantor of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Canada. It took me back to when Cantor {Sheldon} Merel was the Cantor there, and did a search for anything relating to his music. I’m
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following message on Friday, Sept. 10, in observance of the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-fitr, the day on which the annual fast of Ramadan comes to an end. “Eid Mubarak! Since my husband, Bill Clinton, and I held the first Eid celebration at the White
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the planned 9/11 Koran burning event organized by Pastor Terry Jones and his Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida. ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “We condemn this proposed Koran burning. The ZOA has not and will not support or condone burning religious
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USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has condemned plans for a Koran burning in Gainesville, Florida and a rally in lower Manhattan featuring anti-Muslim speakers timed to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “The Dove World Outreach Center’s threat to burn thousands of copies of the Koran is
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), one of the nation’s preeminent universities, and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), an organization that promotes scientific relations between the U.S. and Israel by supporting collaborative research projects, have established the first-ever Multiplier Grants Program designed to enhance funding for current
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Middle EastBy Jay Tell ENCINO, California– Iconic movie mogul Steven Spielberg by some accounts has Asperger’s Syndrome, a mild to severe form of autism, which, among other symptoms, creates a compulsion to focus on one idea at a time. The Asperger’s diagnosis has been disputed by various sources on the Internet, though not by Spielberg directly. Whether it’s true or not remains
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Jewish Studies program at San Diego State University has announced its schedule of public events during the fall semester: October 4, 7 p.m. Preview and Panel Discussion of PBS Series: God in America, Professors Lawrence Baron, Khaleel Mohammed, and Rebecca Moore, SDSU. Sponsors: The Anti-Defamation League; SDSU Jewish Studies and Religious
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Let me welcome Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida to join Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of SHAS, and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the promoter of Cordoba House to the Pantheon of religious leaders whose commotions have ranged beyond local and national borders.
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Ira Sharkansky, USAThe New Year brings a sense of awe, As we examine our every flaw. Our sins highlighted and recited; Hebrew sounded, chests all pounded. —Irv Justman Los Angeles We pause a while to think, reflect; Wondering what we might expect As the New Year daily unfolds, Revealing secrets that it holds. Then, Yom Kippur our
By Cynthia Citron WEST HOLLYWOOD, California–At last, a family that isn’t dysfunctional! A mother and father still romantically in love after 19 years of marriage. A football hero son who is their pride and joy. A young daughter, a high school drama queen with lots of the usual teen-age issues, and her best friend, a
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO –Playwright Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods, Two Rooms, Cobb) wrote Eleemosynary in 1985. Funny thing about family dramas, relationships and intergenerational forces, they never seem dated. Drop my family into the Westbrook family: Dorothea (Rhona Gold), Artie (Julie Anderson Sachs) and Echo (Rachael Van Wormer),
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–San Diego Community College Chancellor Dr. Constance Carroll joins a cast of City College faculty and students on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Saville Theatre on the City College campus for the launch of faculty member Laurel Corona’s novel, Penelope’s Daughter. Published by Berkley Books, a division of Penguin USA, Penelope’s
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