BERKELEY (Press Release) — The Judah L. Magnes Museum, one of the world’s preeminent collections of Jewish life, culture and history, has a new home at the University of California, Berkeley. The 10,000-piece collection of precious music, art, rare books and historical archives – part of the Magnes Museum since its founding in 1961 – was
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — As I was still wondering who I was early this morning, I heard the 6 o’clock news report that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef had used his weekly sermon to curse the Palestinians and wish an early death for their leaders. “Abu Mazan and all the other evil ones should perish. May
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Six Million Crucifixions: How Christians Teachings About Jews Paved the Road to the Holocaust by Gabriel Wilensky, Qwerty Publishers, San Diego, CA. ISBN 978-0-984-33467-4, ©2010, $27.95, p. 309, plus appendices. Available in Kindle edition By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California–Twenty-two of the highest ranking Nazi Party officials were tried from November 20, 1945 to October 1,
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Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff B.B. District Grand Lodge President To Attend Joint Meeting February 4 Southwestern Jewish Press, February 4, 1955, Page 1 San Diego will be honored by a visitation of the District Grand Lodge President of B’nai B’rith, David A. Chertkow of Canada, on Monday, Feb. 14, at 8:15 p.m.,
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Adventures in SD HistoryBy Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California–I just updated my will and trust and, with heavy heart, cut out what was a significant bequest to my alma mater, Brooklyn College. What caused the disinheritance is that all incoming freshmen and transfer students are given a copy of a book to read, and no other, to create their
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — When I opened this morning’s paper, I groaned when I saw that the stock market had dropped below 10,000. I began to feel sorry for myself until I read the next headline: “Flooding displaces one million more in Pakistan.” At least 1,600 people have been killed and 17
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The issue of Islam touches a problem with ancient lineage that appears in modern societies that pride themselves on diversity, and suffer from conflicts with people who are both outsiders and insiders. Josephus describes the civil war between Judeans who identified with the culture of the Romans, and those who rejected any
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Ira SharkanskyPart two of a series on poverty in Israel; to read part one, click here. Ephraim Guttman illustrates both the face of poverty in Israel and a solution. Dressed in the uniform of the ultra-Orthodox — the requisite black suit and white shirt, which makes no concession to the scorching summer heat — he does
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) strongly condemned the stabbing of a New York City taxi driver in an apparent anti-Muslim hate crime, calling the attack especially disturbing amid the current atmosphere of elevated anti-Muslim sentiment surrounding the Ground Zero controversy. Michael Enright is accused of stabbing Ahmed H. Sharif after entering
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Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When I first moved to Israel, some forty years ago, there was one supermarket in Jerusalem, and perhaps a few more in Tel Aviv. My housekeeping requirements as a student were not very great, and I seem to remember my forays to the supermarket as rare occasions, requiring
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– The Ground Zero Mosque as its opponents call it, or Cordoba House according to its promoters, has become a mirror of politics in the United States and elsewhere, and not always the best of those politics. Bottom feeders in New York see strong opposition as their best road to a nomination.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–Muslim protestors set ablaze half a dozen vehicles in the eastern part of Jerusalem on Thursday and threw stones and firebombs at Israeli police after Jewish settlers approached a mosque, local residents and police said. There were no reported injuries in the incident in the Silwan neighborhood, where tensions have flared between Palestinians and
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Middle EastTEHERAN (WJC)–Iran has said it was prepared to sell weapons to the Lebanon should the government in Beirut seek help to equip its military. On Tuesday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had proposed to the unity government of Prime Minister Hariri to formally seek military assistance from Tehran, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. In Teheran,
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC)–A team of Israeli police officers will leave for Haiti to serve as part of a multinational force set up by the United Nations. It marks the first time Israelis will serve on a UN force. The 14 police officers attended a ceremony at the Western Wall on Monday ahead of their scheduled departure
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