Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Committee Member Wins Prestigious Prize

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — We are thrilled to announce that Michael Mark, a member of our Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Committee, just won the prestigious Rattle Chapbook Prize for his chapbook, Visiting Her in Queens Is More Enlightening than a Month in a Monastery in Tibet. The poems are all inspired by his mother,

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Jane Fonda & Mikhail Gorbachev

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Last week saw the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the former  General Secretary of the Communist Party and head of state of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev instituted a policy of glasnost (openness), pursuing more democratic ideals, ultimately leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Also last week,

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Parashat Ki Teitzei: Our Struggle With Doubt

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. This week’s parasha, literally meaning, “When you go out…” opens with a description of facing war with enemies. Maimonides tells us that 72 mitzvot spring from this week’s Torah portion, from weights and measures and collecting debts in a righteous way, to proper ways to divorce, keeping promises, and male

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Is Mt. Meron Investigation the Last Straw for Netanyahu?

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Remember the disaster at Mt. Meron? It occurred in May,2021. Forty-five individuals died in a crowd crush and the collapse of the structure. According to newspaper reports, “Planning and safety officials expressed serious concerns over the wellbeing of pilgrims at Lag B’Omer festivities at Mount Meron last year, days

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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion

Over 500 San Diegans Attend Jewish National Fund-USA Annual Brunch

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Sunday, August 28, 2022, more than 500 Zionists in San Diego attended Jewish National Fund-USA’s 11th Annual Love of Israel Brunch at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines with many more online. The sold-out event featured Hollywood actress, producer, author, and activist, Noa Tishby, who was recently named the

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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Pro-BDS Berkeley Law Students Defend Attempt to Get Student Groups to Adopt Anti-Israel Bylaw

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) The organization at the heart of a BDS controversy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law responded on Monday to condemnation from the law school’s dean and Jewish organizations in a statement posted to its Instagram account. Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) defended its attempt to

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Is Judaism the Truth?

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Jeffry Bloom, a graduate of the University of Chicago who studied in several Orthodox yeshivas (rabbinical schools) in Israel after college, was bothered by what the scholar Leo Strauss wrote in his book Spinoza’s Critique of Religion. Strauss emigrated from Germany to the United States in

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Iran Seeks Stronger US Guarantees for Revival of Nuclear Deal

Published by Reuters By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign minister said in Moscow on Wednesday, adding that the U.N. atomic watchdog should drop its “politically motivated probes” of Tehran’s nuclear work. After 16 months of indirect talks between Tehran and

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Middle East

Anti-Jewish Harassment: No Excuse for a Student’s Trauma

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Four out of five children in the Gaza Strip say they live with depression, grief and fear,” says Americans for Peace Now in announcing a Sept. 1 webinar. No argument here. The children of Gaza have undergone a range of traumatic experiences, so it should not surprise any of

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA