The Matzo Chronicles By Karen Galatz RENO, Nevada — I live in a quality lox-white-fish-sable forsaken community. Yes, of course, I blame my husband, who insisted we move, swearing mistakenly there was a good deli in our new town. Still, this lament is about another relationship disappointment — the one with my girlfriend who refused […]
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Karen Galatz, Lifestyles, Opinion, Travel and Food
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — What is not fit to print is printed. What is fit to print is not printed. A New York Times reporter got away with posting a strangely worded, one-sided feature that sends a message that the Palestinians are long-established inhabitants of the land that is now governed by the
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The weekly portion of Haazinu (chapter 32), the penultimate Torah’s ending, is “The Song.” In it, because he realizes the significance of his message, Moses reemphasizes the benefits and consequences derived from observing and disobeying the divine law. Jewish law generally requires, with few exceptions, two
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
By Teresa Konopka SAN DIEGO — With Rosh Hashanah this past weekend, there were plenty of festivities. From services to lunch to dinner to shofar blasts to tashlich, the opportunities to connect with community were endless. Chatting up friends old and new, I broke the ice with my standard question — “any new year’s resolutions?”
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Jewish Religion, Opinion, Teresa_Konopka
By Eva Trieger POWAY, California — When I read about a play written around the final conversations of a man with a terminal illness, I anticipated a maudlin, depressing evening of theatre. This was not the case. PowPac’s Passing Conversations, written by longtime theatre enthusiast and prolific writer, Brent Stringfield, was conceived during the pandemic.
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — The Israeli-American Council (IAC) today named former U.S. Special Envoy Elan S. Carr as its next chief executive officer. Carr will assume the role on October 1, succeeding Shoham Nicolet, IAC’s co-founder and its CEO for the past eight years. Carr, a second-generation Israeli-American and native Hebrew speaker, brings to
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Israel, USA
By Mark D. Zimmerman As part of the Rosh Hashanah observance, many Jews participate in the tashlich ceremony, usually held on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, though some celebrated tashlich this year on the second day of Rosh Hashanah because the first day fell on the Sabbath. Others will celebrate tashlich any time through
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Schenk noted that, “There is a small but vocal community opposing the animals on the property and having livestock on the property and the sale of livestock. Our mission statement is about making the fairgrounds an agricultural environment. We are part of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. So, those who would take exception to our mission statement are the ones who would say, ‘well you know, you shouldn’t have young people selling their livestock.’ Well they are the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and members of 4-H and that is the world in which they want to spend their career, or their hobbies, and that is what their circle of life is all about – animal husbandry…” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Ben Dishman, California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Travel and Food
By Doron Krakow JCC Association’s board convened in New York this week, and our meetings opened on September 11. Beth Mann, a remarkable member of the professional team, reflected on that devastating morning 22 years ago when our nation and world were rocked to their very core. Back then, Beth was the executive director of
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Doron Krakow, Jewish Religion, Opinion, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — On the eve of the Jewish new year, the number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.7 million compared to 15.6 million in the previous year, according to newly released statistics from The Jewish Agency for Israel. Among the global Jewish population, the number of Jews in Israel is 7,200,000, an
Author Carol Baum worked her way up through the movie industry, serving as a studio executive and later as an independent creative producer. In her latter role, she finds scripts that she thinks are worthy of becoming movies, assembles a creative team including a writer, director, and, if possible, a well-known actor then goes about selling the project to a studio or to a private financier. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Elon Musk has threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League for protesting his policy of allowing antisemites, Holocaust deniers, and white supremacists to post on his social media website X. He claims that the ADL accusing his of promoting such ideas has caused the decline in advertising revenues for X.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
(Press Release) Focusing on an audience that is often neglected in Jewish communities, Recustom has launched a new initiative timed with the High Holidays to support and resource anyone seeking to start or grow families who is experiencing fertility challenges. Formerly known as Haggadot.com, Recustom helps people create personalized, customizable, and meaningful Jewish ritual experiences
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Jewish Religion, USA
Now viewable on YouTube and other Internet platforms, Since August is a groundbreaking film in which most of the sparse dialogue is in American Sign Language with some English-language captioning. It takes hearing people into the world of the deaf. During various portions of the film, we must rely on our eyesight alone to interpret the actions and motives of the people we encounter. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & Broadcast