By Jerry Klinger Passing through Indianapolis in early August, I had to stop at the Greatest Car Racing Track in the World, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I wanted to see “it.” The “it” was more than the dedicatory paver/brick I had placed for the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation outside the Museum. The big […]
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Have you ever felt something to be either right or wrong in the pit of your stomach, but meanwhile your head kept repeating, “No, I can’t trust it. I can’t act on it; I need more information?” Most of us have experienced this at one time
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz
By JD Krebs As Rosh Hashanah comes around the corner, Jews across the country are looking for ways to enhance the High Holiday experience. Fortunately, Jewish National Fund-USA’s Online Mitzvah Marketplace has a wide variety of Holiday gifts designed to make everyone’s Rosh Hashanah one to remember. Originally established by Jewish National Fund-USA during the
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Israel, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Michal and I had planned an overnight in Jerusalem with friends from New York. With the predictable hot weather (90 degrees and sunny everyday) of the metro Tel Aviv area, a sojourn in Jerusalem is always a summer treat. Jerusalem’s altitude is about 3,000 ft, so the
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Israel, Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Israel has had primaries for the Labor Likud parties. There were changes in the line-ups of both. But most prominent was the success of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Likud. His close supporters did well, in filling eight of the first 13 places on the ticket. Bibi’s critics
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
By Mark D. Zimmerman Four-time Grammy Award winner Olivia Newton-John died last week. Newton-John first gained fame with a “girl next door” image while singing such songs as I Honestly Love You and Have You Never Been Mellow. Her image took a turn for the wilder when she was cast as Sandy Olsson in the movie Grease, starring opposite John
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — On September 2, 1939, much of the world was clueless that the Nazis had opened their first concentration camp to obliterate the Jews and Poles of Danzig, just after the outbreak of World War II. The camp, Stutthof, was in a marshy area where inmates were subjected to starvation,
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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
(Tune: You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away) By Laurie Baron I’m accused, so abused. Once again a martyr. DOJ discredits me, Makes my next run harder. How can they even try They know I always win? Rigging votes to keep me out. Soon I’ll be back in. Hey, I should have hid the files
By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — Five years ago, on August 11, 2017, in the normally quiet college town of Charlottesville, VA, the peace was disrupted by the “Unite the Right” rally. The rally brought together Neo-Confederates, Neo-Nazis, the Klan, Patriot Front and other “militias” espousing White Supremacism. I don’t think any of us
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Eric George Tauber, Holocaust, USA
Published by Reuters By Ayhan Uyanik MUNICH (Reuters) – The families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics are unhappy with fresh German compensation offers and plan to boycott a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the attack in protest, their spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. An official ceremony is planned for Sept.
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International
By Teresa Konopka SAN DIEGO — When it comes to the topic of moschiach (messiah), there is no shortage of opinions. Some claim the messiah already came and is “coming back” one day to fulfill the entirety of messianic prophecies. Unfortunately, this is an unfalsifiable claim since it hinges on waiting for an undetermined point
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Jewish Religion, Opinion, Teresa_Konopka
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — The narrow corridor of the Physics Department of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, was strewn with doors all bearing plaques with the names of professors in Hebrew. I walked down the corridor, seeing “Professor …” everywhere. When I reached the very end, I noticed a
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Alex Gordon, International, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education
ENCINITAS, California —The opportunity to honor Pam Ferris is indeed a celebration in every sense of the word. Pam began her professional career with the organization in 1989, though she had previously served as an intern while in graduate school at SDSU. Her career spans several decades, and she has been an instrumental part of
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Wow! Talk about a special Shabbat. First, this is Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort, based on the first verse of the Haftarah reading that says, “Console, console my people, says your God.” This, of course, follows Tisha B’Av in which we deeply re-experienced a litany of
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell