By Mark D. Zimmerman The United States recently shot down a Chinese spy balloon which had sailed across the American continent. Since that time, there have been reports of previous Chinese spy balloons. And the United States military has now shot down three additional unidentified objects, over Alaska, Canada’s Yukon Territory, and Michigan. Of course,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Dear editor: It shouldn’t be controversial to use the word “terrorists” when referring to terrorists. A February 6 Reuters news article that was republished in San Diego Jewish World used the terms “militants,” “gunmen,” and “armed individuals” to characterize the Palestinian Arab terrorists who carried out recent attacks, such as the massacre of seven worshippers
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Israel, Opinion, USA
Published by DPA About 90,000 Israelis protested against planned judicial reforms in front of the Knesset parliament in Jerusalem on Monday, according to media reports – hours after the Israeli president warned of a social breakdown in the country. “We are only moments away from a clash, perhaps even a violent one,” Herzog warned in
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Israel
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The protests are mounting in Israel. Street demonstrations, on the bridges over main highways, as well as known personalities commenting against the government and its recommendations. And major investors, threatening or actually taking money and themselves away from Israel. All due to proposals, and actions, against the judiciary: giving
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — A few months ago, I was walking 4,000 steps a day using long strides. Then, one day as I was opening my refrigerator, the handle broke in two and I crashed onto the kitchen floor. An X-ray revealed a compression fraction in the L1 disk of
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Community College District has named Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Ed.D., former associate rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel, as its vice chancellor of Development and Entrepreneurship, a newly created position responsible for building even stronger initiatives to promote student success and persistence with philanthropists, private and public foundations and
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — To defend the country from foreign attacks, the United States has developed sophisticated weapons like stealth jets and weapons capable of shooting down incoming missiles. The Chinese spy balloon alerted our leaders to the dangers of low-tech threats to our security. A supplemental military appropriation bill addresses this problem.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Urim Publications published “ArchitecTorah, Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion” by Joshua Skarf in 2023. It contains 178 short, informative, easy-to-read essays on the 54 weekly portions focusing on Torah topics that reveal hidden information about God and architecture design and theory
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
The rowdy way that Republicans in the House Chamber greeted portions of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union message on Tuesday, Feb. 7, was a terrible example for our country, which yearns for bipartisanship and progress rather than division and rancor. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Opinion, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, USA
Freedenthal says that most people who have suicidal thoughts are not in immediate danger of attempting to kill themselves. Most are giving serious consideration to the idea but have not gotten to the point where they want to actuate their thoughts. They are still debating with themselves, and that’s when a supportive friend, family member or partner can help them navigate toward making a life-saving choice. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, Science, Medicine, & Education
Published by AFP The Hague (AFP) – Dutch police said on Friday they were investigating the projection of an antisemitic laser message onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam — an incident the prime minister condemned as “reprehensible”. The message referenced a far-right conspiracy theory that the teenage Holocaust victim was not the author of
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Holocaust
Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune As one of the greatest and most innovative songwriters in pop-music history, Burt Bacharach inspired several generations of fans and fellow musicians alike. Beyond the great art he created, two of my fondest memories of Bacharach — who died Wednesday of natural causes at the age of 94 —
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Foundation is excited to introduce giv4 climate san diego, a new way to support local nonprofits having an impact on climate change in San Diego. After a five-month deep dive with climate experts, we curated a fund of nonprofits working on (1) immediate physical impact; (2) advocacy
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On February 1, the Kindness Initiative assumed managing the G’mach San Diego Jewish Gift Closet warehouse operations and furniture exchange program. G’mach, also known as the San Diego Jewish Gift Closet, is an organization that collects and distributes household goods such as clothing, furniture, and baby supplies to Jewish households
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San Diego County