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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 8, 1955, Part 1

August 16, 2010

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, January 7, 1955, Pages 1,8 Jewish Welfare Agencies Hold First Annual Meeting San Diego’s Jewish Welfare organizations will gather for a joint annual meeting on Wednesday, January 19, 1955 in the Don Room of the El Cortez under the sponsorship of the San Diego Federation of

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Poll finds Arabs in support of nuclear Iran

August 16, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–An opinion poll conducted in several Arab countries has found that 57 per cent of respondents believe Iran wants to acquire nuclear weapons and regard this as a positive outcome for the Middle East. The 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll was carried by University of Maryland professor Shibley Telhami in conjunction with the

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Middle East

'Psalms,' set in Belgium, is unusual Holocaust memoir

August 15, 2010

Psalms, A Memoir by Hirsch Grunstein; Create Space; 403 pages; no price listed. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–This is, in a number of ways, a very unusual memoir of Holocaust survival. It is not a story of survival in death camps, nor of life on the run deep in the fields and woods of eastern

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Adventures in SD History

NJDC salutes President on support for religious freedom

August 15, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chairman Marc R. Stanley and President and CEO David A. Harris on Sunday issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks reaffirming our Constitutional right – and the commitment of our country’s founders – to freedom of religion: “On Friday evening, President Obama

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Travel and Food

Commentary: Sara Netanyahu steps up for immigrant children

August 15, 2010

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Sara Netanyahu is not one of the most well regarded first ladies of the world. She is known for yelling and throwing things at the household help. She has been the target of civil actions for not paying what is required, and–along with her husband–the subject of police inquiries for fiddling with

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 24, 1954, Part 3

August 15, 2010

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staffSouthwestern Jewish Press, December 24, 1954, Page 9 Lasker Lodge News By Lou Levitt Congratulations to our newly elected officers for the year 1955. They are: President Milton (Mickey) Fredman; 1st v. pres., Dr. Milton Millman; 2nd v. pres., Marshall Zucker; 34d v. pres., Edward Herman; fin. Sec. Joseph

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Open letter to Fareed Zakaria concerning the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

August 14, 2010

Dear Mr Zakaria: As an assiduous viewer of your Sunday TV show (CNN/GPS), which I have always enjoyed for your judicious commentaries, the choice of your experts, and your well-prepared and deeply-probing questions, I have earned the right to express my disappointment. The case in point is your position on the controversial decision to build a mosque

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Middle East, USA

Globe’s ‘Last Romance’ a sweet-heart deal for Ross and Michael

August 14, 2010

By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO– It’s no secret that Marion Ross and Paul Michael are an item. They have been together for 22 years now. But how wonderful is it that, among other things, they can play opposite each other in Joe Dipietro’s (I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, co-writer for Tony winning Memphis and

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

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

August 14, 2010

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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Adventures in SD History, Middle East

Haitian earthquake victim to receive prosthetic feet in Israel

August 13, 2010

NEW YORK (Press Release)–EL AL, the national airline of Israel, recently hosted 19 year old student Sounlove Zamour on a flight from New York to Israel. Sounlove is a double amputee victim of the horrific earthquake that took place in Haiti this past January. Sounlove is in Israel to continue with the next stage of

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Middle East, USA

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

August 13, 2010

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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Travel and Food

Tifereth Israel names 'Rav Shai' as Torah School director

August 13, 2010

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Rabbi Shai Cherry, Ph.D., has been engaged as the new Director of the Abraham Ratner Torah School at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Rabbi Cherry, or Rav Shai as he likes to be called, holds a doctorate in Jewish Thought and Theology from Brandeis University and was subsequently ordained as a Conservative Rabbi

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Travel and Food

San Diegans meet poet Gertrude Rubin… and bid her farewell

August 13, 2010

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

Women of the Hebrew Bible, Part 2: Jochebed

August 13, 2010

Jochebed Determined to save the life of her infant son from Pharaoh’s edict to kill all the male infants among the Israelites, she wove a basket and sadly – but courageously – pushed it into the Nile River. Without her action our story may never have been. One of a series of seven women of

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Travel and Food

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 8, 1955, Part 1

Poll finds Arabs in support of nuclear Iran

'Psalms,' set in Belgium, is unusual Holocaust memoir

NJDC salutes President on support for religious freedom

Commentary: Sara Netanyahu steps up for immigrant children

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, December 24, 1954, Part 3

Open letter to Fareed Zakaria concerning the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’

Globe’s ‘Last Romance’ a sweet-heart deal for Ross and Michael

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

Haitian earthquake victim to receive prosthetic feet in Israel

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

Tifereth Israel names 'Rav Shai' as Torah School director

San Diegans meet poet Gertrude Rubin… and bid her farewell

Women of the Hebrew Bible, Part 2: Jochebed

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