By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The levels of wealth inequality we are currently witnessing in this country are unprecedented and alarming. The very richest among us have succeeded in grabbing ever more of the proverbial pie, and the trend is only worsening. Wealth inequality is proving disastrous for America. On both collective and individual […]
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Opinion, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO — At a historic meeting in San Diego, President Joe Biden and the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia announced Monday that they’re accelerating plans to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines to help the nations counter a military build-up by China in the Indo-Pacific. Australia
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San Diego County
By Mark D. Zimmerman Israeli actor Chaim Topol died last week at the age of 87. The actor, who professionally used only his last name because too frequently people would mispronounce his first name, Chaim, as “shame,” is most famous for playing the role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Topol starred as Tevye
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Einmalig, the German word for “once in a lifetime,” came to mind as Igor Levit began his piano recital in the Baker-Baum Hall at the Conrad in La Jolla with the opening passage of Brahms’ Six Choral Preludes. His opening phrase embraced my ears with its singular beauty.
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Eileen Wingard, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Steve Kramer Michal and I recently had a novel trip to one of the world’s liveliest cities – without having to hassle with an airport! It was a four-day/three night excursion to Tel Aviv. under the auspices of the AACI – Jerusalem branch. The AACI is a group of mostly, but not exclusively native
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Israel, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
Chabad has established vibrant and growing Jewish communities on either side of the southern tip of the Baja California Sur peninsula. The larger one, on the Pacific Ocean side in Cabo San Lucas, has strong connections to San Diego County. The other in La Paz, along the Sea of Cortez, is smaller yet also quite active. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Jose Galicot, San Diego County
“I think the single most important thing Jews can do if they want to reduce animal suffering, to practice the value of tzaar baalei Chayim, compassion for animals, is to reduce or altogether stop eating animal products,” says Gross, who is vegan. “Even if one still continues to eat meat when out and about, it makes sense for food to be more deliberate in Jewish communal settings, which I think should be places where we aspire to have our food represent the best of our values.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, The World We Share, USA
Published by Raw Story White supremacists who orchestrated the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, have been ordered to pay a massive $4.9 million in legal costs for a lawsuit that already won millions of dollars in damages for hate-fueled injuries and trauma suffered at the gathering, reported the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Following my tradition, I am devoting this week’s column to my predictions for the Oscars. These are not necessarily the movies I liked the most, but rather the ones most likely to win based on the trends in Hollywood trade publications and other major film award winners. Speculating on
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Lawrence Baron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
This book tells an amazing, true story about the Judean date palm that was thought to be extinct but was brought back to life thanks to two women scientists. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
At a growing number of restaurants, there’s more to read than the menu. The backs of the wait staff’s shirts can teach you Yiddish at a Jewish deli, or engage in some punnery at two Italian restaurants in the eastern part of San Diego and in Santee. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Stephen M. Flatow (JNS) Over the last few weeks, a prominent Middle Eastern leader has been complicit in repeated calls to wipe out the entire State of Israel. Yet the international community has not said a word. How strange… No threats from the Biden administration to deny him a visa. No angry Reform rabbis
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Israel, Opinion, USA
Published by Reuters By Dedi Hayoun BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) -Israelis protesting judicial reforms sought by the hard-right government converged on the country’s main airport on Thursday in a bid to disrupt a trip abroad by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as a visit by the U.S. defense secretary. Defying a heavy police
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Israel
SAN DIEGO — Poverty is a complex issue that affects people from all walks of life, but it disproportionately affects women. Women are more likely to live in poverty than men, and the gender pay gap is just one factor that contributes to this disparity. According to the World Bank, women make up the majority
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Lifestyles, Opinion, San Diego County