SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin found this license, obviously belonging to a driver with a good heart. It’s an abbreviation for Tikkun Olam, or “Repair of the World,” a key concept in Jewish ehics and theology that we have a responsibility to do what we can to make the world better. This license plate has been added
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The student community at UC San Diego is once again facing a divestment debate this evening, Wednesday May 5th. The anti-Israel leadership has already started sending emails, letters, petitions, and propaganda campaigns to promote their mission for the sake of demonizing Israel on campus. The anti-Israel group is calling for their
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Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When this city was a frontier town, punishments for transgressing the rules were meted out to pupils and, in one notable instance, to Mary Chase Walker, the first teacher. A visit to the Mason Street School, built in 1865 and now sitting within the confines of Old
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Donald H. HarrisonBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–“Refugees.” That word means many different things to many different people. The readership of the magazine of the Association of Jewish Refugees (the British publication for which I also write) is loosely defined as having once fallen into that category. By today, however, most of those who once sought refuge from a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Thanks to fictionalized accounts of the lives of “lawmen” in the Old West, many people have romanticized notions about what it was like to be the sheriff in a frontier town. Probably a front parlor in a two-story Greek revival home where the children played the piano and
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By Carol Davis SAN DIEGO—There is something magical about seeing Tovah Feldshuh playing Golda Meir in her one-woman show, Golda’s Balcony by William Gibson now playing at the Old Globe Theatre in Balboa Park through May 30th. From the moment she walks on to the stage, to the time she takes her last of many
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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–J Street Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami on Monday welcomed the launch of indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians, scheduled to begin on Wednesday. His statement follows: J Street welcomes the launch of Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks. While the start of talks is a step in the right direction, those committed to ending
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education has announced the lineup of their 2010 Sizzling Summer Classes. Noah Hadas, will kickoff the summer classes in June. Hadas’ class is titled,”Murder in the Torah: Cain, Simeon & Levi, and Moses stand trial”and meets once a week for 3 weeks beginning June 15, 2010. Professor Sanford
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday praised the countries whose delegates walked out on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at a United Nations conference after he accused the U.S., Israel and an unspecified European country of threatening Iran with nuclear weapons. The Iranian president was delivering remarks to the Non-Proliferation Treaty
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Middle East, USA
By Alex Grobman ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — There are many attempts to understand why the Arab/Israel conflict remains unresolved. Among the reasons advanced for this impasse are: years of suspicion, fear, feelings of injustice and stereotyping have created a psychological barrier between Israelis and Arabs.1 Negative perceptions have reduced incentives to accept peace proposals,
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On May 18, San Diego Jewish Academy and several local synagogues will host a community wide event entitled Tikkun Leil Shavuot: An Evening of Learning, which will focus on uniting the Jewish community. In July of last year, San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) invited local synagogues to participate in a compact designed
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Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jewish Family Service of San Diego has created a new program to provide special help to individuals and families who are struggling through the tough economic times. The JFS Economic Crisis Response Program provides free workshops, counseling, and case management services to the entire San Diego community. Upcoming May workshops include: May
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)-–The On the Go program of Jewish Family Service held its Volunteer Appreciation Event on Friday, April 23 from 11:30am to 1:30pm. On the Go is a program of the Jewish Senior Service Council, delivered by Jewish Family Service, that provides both group and individual transportation to older adults who no longer
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The wet dream of the Palestinians is that someone else will solve their problems by forcing Israel to do what is right. They are told time and again by their leaders that it is only they who have suffered, and only they whose claims are just. To their own harm, much of