Published by DPA Thousands of people again protested across Israel on Wednesday against the planned reform of the country’s judiciary. The central connecting road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was blocked several times. There were some violent confrontations of demonstrators with the police and several arrests. In Tel Aviv, eyewitnesses reported that police had used […]
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The brilliant Russian-born Jewish pianist, Igor Levit, will be playing a solo recital at the Conrad in La Jolla on Thursday evening, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. It is under the auspices of the La Jolla Music Society. His program will consist of works by Brahms, Fred
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — The struggle for equal rights for Jews began with the writings of the philosopher and educator Moses Mendelssohn. In his book Jerusalem (1783) he described his version of Jewish life: one must be a Jew who observes the commandments and an enlightened German; Jews are a cultural, religious, but
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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Opinion
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — Rising antisemitism is a natural concern in the Jewish community for a variety of reasons, many of which Elan S. Carr outlined on Monday at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Legacy Luncheon. Yet Carr, who has worked on countering Jew-hatred worldwide from the upper echelon of government, somehow remains an optimist
Although this book claims to be an objective history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it clearly is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel narrative. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The weekly portion of Tetzaveh begins and ends in the middle of chapters, showing once again that the rabbinic division of the Torah differs from the division of chapters that originated by Christians. We read about the oil for the Tabernacle lamp maintained by Aaron
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Published by DPA Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen called on Germany to take decisive action to prevent Iran from further developing its nuclear programme, during a visit to Berlin on Tuesday. “This is the moment to take steps. This is the moment to act with the aim of preventing Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon,”
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By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Sixty-one years ago, when I became a bar mitzvah, I read this parasha, Tetzaveh, at Temple B’nai Abraham in Newark, N.J., under the watchful eye and heart of Rabbi Joachim Prinz. I recall the rabbi telling me how relevant the parasha was to me, since I enjoyed
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
This work seems comprehensive, yet it is introductory. It covers five important aspects of Judaism – its history, its teaching, its practices, its calendar, and its lifecycles – and yet no single volume could teach all there is to teach about any one of these aspects, much less all of them. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion
Published by DPA The Israeli army on Monday announced the deployment of a third infantry battalion to the West Bank after two battalions were sent in over the weekend to prevent a further escalation in the recent violence in the disputed territories. A military spokesman said that a battalion from the Givati Brigade was being
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By Mark D. Zimmerman Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a Haredi authority in Israel on legal and ethical practice, died in March 2022 at the age of 94 in Bnei Brak. Among his rabbinic rulings was that it was forbidden to own a smartphone without first receving permission from a halahkic authority, and that the owner could
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Israel seems mired in a context of reform proposals, which would increase the power of politicians over the judiciary. One proposal would increase the power of the government in naming judges; another would provide the ruling party the power to override decisions of the Supreme Court. A third proposal
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
“My Own Directions,” by Sheldon Epps; McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2022. ISBN 978-1-1-4766-8858-9; 183 pages. By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Artistic director, actor, and author, Sheldon Epps, has become a leader in the theater world, renowned for his work on both coasts of America and across the pond in London. Most recently,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
(Melody: This Train is Bound for Glory) On the First Anniversary of the Russian Invasion By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Ukraine is bound for glory, Ukraine. Winning a war so gory, Ukraine. Ukraine will prove greater. Beat the invader and its dictator. Ukraine is bound for glory, Ukraine. Ukraine has a smaller army, Ukraine.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire