Seacrest Village dinner July 11 will be served at home of gourmet chef

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Patrons of Seacrest Village Retirement Communities’ 211 Club will enjoy a special evening Saturday, July 11,  featuring gourmet fare by Jeffrey Strauss, owner and chef, of the acclaimed Solana Beach restaurant Pamplemousse Grille. To make the event even more extraordinary, Strauss has invited this year’s guests into his home to celebrate their commitment […]

Seacrest Village dinner July 11 will be served at home of gourmet chef Read More »

Travel and Food

ADL accuses Farrakhan of "obsessive" anti-Semitism

NEW YORK (Press Release)… With a letter to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) enclosing two virulently anti-Semitic “histories,” including a newly written volume claiming Jews for centuries have worked to financially undermine Black people, Minister Louis Farrakhan has “opened a new chapter in his ministry where scapegoating Jews is no longer just part of a message,

ADL accuses Farrakhan of "obsessive" anti-Semitism Read More »

Travel and Food

Mobile phone prompts merger of Mendelsohn's music with Rossini's

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The audience in the auditorium listened intently as the head of the one of the departments of the Music Academy gave an erudite analysis, with illustrations at the piano, of various aspects of Mendelsohn’s ‘Songs Without Words,’ which we were to hear later in the programme. Professor Assaf Zohar, a

Mobile phone prompts merger of Mendelsohn's music with Rossini's Read More »

Travel and Food

Andrew Hoffman wins All-Star award for work with Hand Up

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Major League Baseball, PEOPLE and the San Diego Padres have announced Andrew Hoffman as the Padres’ “All-Star” of the “All-Stars Among Us” campaign, which debuted in 2009 and recognizes individuals who are serving their communities in extraordinary ways. Out of the three “All-Star” finalists representing the Padres, Andrew was selected by fans

Andrew Hoffman wins All-Star award for work with Hand Up Read More »

Travel and Food

Book Review: 'Kiss Every Step'

Kiss Every Step by Doris Martin with Ralph S. Martin, Booksurge Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4392-5606-0, ©2009, $14.95, 222 pages By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — The year is 1939. Hitler tells the Reichstag that if war erupts, the Jews will be exterminated. Eichmann is placed in charge of the Prague branch of the Jewish Emigration

Book Review: 'Kiss Every Step' Read More »

Fred Reiss, EdD

Jewish Agency wants Israelis to become more Jewish and more Diaspora Jews to visit Israel

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Once again at an historic crossroads for Israel and the Jewish people, the Jewish Agency for Israel has examined changes and challenges in the world and the Board of Governors has approved a new strategic plan that seeks to align its resources and goals to best serve current and anticipated needs. The plan,

Jewish Agency wants Israelis to become more Jewish and more Diaspora Jews to visit Israel Read More »

Middle East

U of Arizona seeking to reunite Holocaust families through DNA matches

TUCSON, Arizona (Press Release)–The DNA Shoah Project is a non-profit, humanitarian effort at the University of Arizona aiming to reunite families disrupted by the Holocaust. We are building a database of genetic material from Shoah survivors and their immediate descendants in an attempt to match displaced relatives, provide wartime orphans and lost children with information

U of Arizona seeking to reunite Holocaust families through DNA matches Read More »

Travel and Food

Shalit rally set for 6 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)–A rally to call for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Gazan captivity on the fourth anniversary of his kidnaping will be staged from 5 to 6 p.m., Sunday, June 27, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, 8625 La Jolla Scenic Drive. Organized by the San Diego Israel Coalition, the rally

Shalit rally set for 6 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Congregation Adat Yeshurun Read More »

Middle East, USA