Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 24, 1954, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, December 24, 1954, Page 3 City of Hope Your Help in Campaign Two weeks ago a young non Jewish woman from this area entered the City of Hope Medical Center T.B  Hospital.  She was despondent about her condition and worried about the two small children she

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Conference of Presidents seeks walkout from Ahmadinejad U.N. speech

NEW YORK (Press Release)–It is anticipated that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will once again seek the platform of the United Nations to spew his hateful rhetoric, threats and bigotry as he has done on several occasions, including at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, and the UN Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. Alan Solow,

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San Diegans meet poet Gertrude Rubin… and bid her farewell

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—A small crowd gathered in the sanctuary of Temple Emanu-El on Thursday evening, August 12, to meet the poet Gertrude Rubin of Chicago, who was introduced by her daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie and Lawrence Baron. Rabbis Martin Lawson and Lenore Bohm helped make the introductions, with Bohm reading  two of

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Donald H. Harrison

An encounter with the great Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–The Torah instructs us to find judges that are of flawless sterling character.  One great trait is humility, gained as a result of compassionate human insight, as the following true story, told by Dr. Isaac Steven Herschkopf, an attending psychiatrist at the NYU Medical Center, illustrates: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the

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Holocaust survivor from Tcyzyn has renewed hope of finding his brother

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Press Release)— George Salton is a Holocaust survivor who was born in the small town of Tyczyn, Poland. He was about to enter the 6th grade in September 1939 when the Nazis occupied Poland. His name was Lucjan Salzman(n). His family was forced into the Rzeszow Ghetto, and his parents, Anna

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 24, 1954, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Morton Thaler Assumes Beth Jacob Presidency Southwestern Jewish Press, December 24, 1954, Page 1 Beth Jacob Congregation has elected Morton Thaler as its new president for 1955.  Mr. Thaler, long active in synagogue and community activities, will be installed in an impressive ceremony to be conducted by Morris

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Commentary: U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania becoming a Middle East referendum

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA –A dual loyalty test approaches that Jews in Pennsylvania do not need.   Old conservative hands William Kristol and Gary Bauer are being abrasive…er, gracious…enough to spend time reminding us that we could be choosing between policies that will better America and those that imperil the security of Israel. How

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Middle East, USA

Clinton condemns Iran's sentencing of Baha'is

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The following statement was issued on Thursday by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “The United States is deeply concerned with the Iranian government’s continued persecution of Baha’is and other religious minority communities in Iran. “This week, seven Baha’i leaders, who were incarcerated and held for nearly two years without due process,

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ADL asks Chilean leadership to condemn recent string of anti-Semitic acts

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League on Thursday expressed deep concern about recent anti-Semitic incidents in Chile targeting Jewish community leaders and institutions, and called on the country’s officials to publicly condemn such acts. In recent weeks, vandals have desecrated cemeteries and spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti on synagogues and Jewish schools in three cities, including the

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