Kevin McCarthy opposes the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate what happened on January 6, 2021. After all, many in his caucus contend that 1/6 wasn’t really so bad and shouldn’t be studied in isolation from other instances of civil disorder. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: How Republicans Now Remember 1/6 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
This week we continue in the Book of Numbers with the second portion, Naso, which means Count. It begins by continuing the census of the Levitical families started in our reading last week. In the course of this portion we come across a couple of very interesting, and frankly, somewhat ‘exotic’ commandments, Sota and Nazir. [Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort]
A Word of Torah: Sota and Nazir Read More »
Jewish Religion, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi
Telling the story of someone’s life without turning it into a thick biography is the art of the raconteur. The art is to seize upon a single, defining moment and work from there. Maestro Hershey Felder takes us to the deathbed of the famed composer Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff in Nicholas, Anna & Sergei: A new musical film by Hershey Felder. [Eric George Tauber]
Music Rises Like A Phoenix Read More »
Eric George Tauber, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Roman Kent, a leading voice among Holocaust survivors who negotiated billions of dollars in compensation for Jewish Holocaust survivors from the German government, passed away early Friday morning at age 92. [Press Release from Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany]
Roman Kent, Survivor and Claims Conference Negotiator, Dies at 92 Read More »
International, Jewish History, USA
It is hard to be against a peace agreement. Really hard. But the Biden Administration is giving it a go. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki slammed Donald Trump’s policies in the Middle East and called the Israel-United Arab Emirates-Bahrain Abraham Accords “DOA.” “We felt there was not a constructive action by the prior administration, aside from putting forward a peace proposal that was dead on arrival. We don’t think they did anything constructive really to bring it into the long-standing conflict in the Middle East.” [Shoshana Bryen]
OpEd: Biden’s Mideast Policies Emboldened Iran, Hamas Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
For most people, it may be difficult to understand why residents sitting on the border to Gaza choose to live there. How could someone put themselves and their family at risk? It’s hard to imagine, especially when you have only 15 seconds to get into a “safe room,” a bomb shelter from the time a tzeva adom, red alert, is sounded, but there is a reason. [Debbie Kornberg]
Why Israelis Continue to Live Next to Gaza Despite the Danger Read More »
Middle East, San Diego County, USA
The Gaza war has seen thousands of missiles fired at Israel, the bulk of which have been shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system. But Hamas “terrorists” – which is how the US government defines them – have also deployed some new sea-going weapons that have the attention of Israeli intelligence. These weapons are of three types – commando underwater swimmers using swimmer vehicles that are used to smuggle weapons into Gaza and for commando operations; semi-autonomous small boats stuffed with explosives and; the latest, a large unmanned underwater vehicle, or UUV. [Stephen D. Bryen]
New in the Terror Arsenal: Underwater Weapons Read More »
International, Middle East, Stephen D. Bryen, USA
The stories from Genesis and Exodus are familiar to anyone who has read the Bible or attended Sunday school, but in making the stories more interesting for children, author Shalev, not unlike the midrash writers of old, has invented some very plausible dialogue. [Donald H. Harrison]
Children’s Literature: Bible Stories Retold Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
Heidi will be stepping in as our interim CEO. Heidi is ideally positioned to take on this sensitive and important role. We deeply appreciate her commitment to all of us at Federation. [David Bramzon]
Heidi Gantwerk to Serve as Federation’s Interim CEO Read More »
San Diego County
No one should have the illusion that once a ceasefire is established, Israel and the Palestinians should or can negotiate a peace agreement. Given the decades-long deep hatred and distrust, a process of reconciliation must precede such negotiations to achieve an enduring peace. [Alon Ben-Meir, Ph.D]
No Mideast Peace Without Prior Reconciliation Read More »
Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East
Once upon a time there was a fly – by all outward appearances an ordinary and inconspicuous housefly. But this fly was quite unlike its fellows, unlike any fly that has ever been or is ever likely to be again. For this fly was in love, and not with another fly let me hasten to add. This fly was in love – in love, I say – with a man. [Sam Ben-Meir, Ph.D]
Short Story: The Fly Read More »
Jewish Fiction, Sam Ben-Meir
“Your eye pressure is fifty,” says Dr. Robert Weinreb, Director of the Shiley Eye Institute and my ophthalmologist, whose expertise is glaucoma. “We have been unable to control your eye pressure with drops; I am recommending eye surgery.” [Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D]
Undergoing Glaucoma Surgery with a New Procedure Read More »
Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education
Published by The Bangkok Post Bodies of slain Thais to return home One still in hospital after Hamas strike The bodies of two Thai workers killed in Israel in a rocket strike by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday will arrive in Thailand next Wednesday, says Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin. Mr Suchart said on
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International
Jacob Kamaras, a public relations professional who previously served as the first editor in chief of the national Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), has accepted a position as managing editor of San Diego Jewish World, it was announced by Donald H. Harrison, publisher and editor in chief of the daily online news publication. [SDJW staff report]
Jacob Kamaras joins San Diego Jewish World as Managing Editor Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA