Interior of Musmeah Yeshua ________________________________________________ By Sammy Samuels YANGON, Myanmar–Jewish life in Burma today is quite different from what it was during colonial times, which lasted until World War II. Before the war, it still was the case that “the sun never set” on the British Empire, including in Southeast Asia. Jewish merchants, who migrated
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Travel and FoodCARLSBAD, California (Press Release)–Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort, spiritual leader of Chabad of La Costa, has issued the following appeal: “Our Annual Community Yard Sale is THIS coming Sunday (December 6) from 8am – 2pm at the shul (1980 La Costa Avenue, Carlsbad). We need your saleable items now. Please bring items in good condition to the
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San Diego Calendar, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiBEVERLY HILLS, California (Press Release)–Explore the intriguing mysteries surrounding three of Lee Waisler’s portraits on the closing day of his About Faces exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills on Sunday, December 12 from 3 to 5 pm: Literary genius Franz Kafka, his last love Dora Diamant, and Kafka’s friend and literary executor Max
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced that it will present to world-renowned businessman and pro-Israel philanthropist Sheldon G. Adelson its most distinguished and historic award, the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion for outstanding achievement in Zionism. The ZOA Dinner will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, 42nd
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Middle East, USAPARIS (WJC)–The French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has announced that he secured funding from Iran for films meant to “combat Zionism” in France. Dieudonné and the head of France’s Anti-Zionist Party, which Dieudonné helped to found earlier this year, said the support was obtained during a recent meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran
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USAMUNICH, Germany–On the opening day of the trial of suspected Nazi war criminal Ivan Demjanjuk in Munich, his attorney said it was unfair for his client to be charged for following orders when his superiors were never charged. Demjanjuk, 89, a former autoworker who lived in near Cleveland, Ohio, and was extradited in May to
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USAUNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (WJC) — The United Nations General Assembly is marking the 23rd edition of the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The debate is expected to generate six resolutions which are critical of Israel. Until recently, Israel boycotted the debate, but for the past two years has sought a platform
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)–The foreign ministers of the European Union are expected to endorse a document prepared by the Swedish EU presidency which calls for East Jerusalem to become the capital of a future Palestinian state, the newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports. A draft document implies that the EU would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood, the paper
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Waters of Eden, San Diego Community Mikvah and Education Center, hosts its premier event, a multimedia stage production of “The Mikveh Monologues”. Written by best-selling author Anita Diamant (The Red Tent) and director Janet Buchwald, the play is an introspective tour of the ritual bath, redefined for 21st century usage, and a
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Compiled by Gail Umeham Personals Southwestern Jewish Press January 8, 1954 Page 3 Friends of Harry Goodwin will be leased to learn that he is again doing his expert repairs on fine china, glassware, silver and gold metals at his home, 1812 Tustin, B-2-1655. Harry has done work for the San Diego Fine Arts Society
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By Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK — I imagine it’s much more difficult to be a Jew on Christmas than it is to be a Christian on Hanukah. You don’t find many Hanukah specials about families getting stranded in an airport learning the true meaning of the menorah. But if there were lots of Hanukah specials,
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Jewish National Fund (JNF) following reports that the organization, established by Jews and for Jews to rebuild Jewish national life in the biblical home of the Jewish people, has donated 3,000 trees to the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA) of Mahmoud Abbas for a
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — For those who have asked why JINSA has kept Honduras in the spotlight since June, this is why: small democratic countries trying mightily to exercise legitimate governance and self-determination deserve our vocal support even – or especially – when they do things the U.S. would prefer they didn’t. Honduras
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Come join us on Friday, December 11, at Congregation Beth Am for our unique Rock’n Shabbat dinner & service. Rock’n Shabbat is a community service held on the Second Friday of every month at 7:00pm. This service, featuring Yochanan Sebastian Winston and his band and the Beth Am Youth Choir,
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