By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The Jewish people: Where are we? Where are we going? How do our numbers of those moving compare with other countries? Jews move. We always have done so. We hear complaints of here and there, and aspirations/hopes for here and there. Some figures: According to Israel’s Central Bureau of […]
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — McDonald’s has closed its restaurants in Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine. Considering the high levels of cholesterol and salt in its products, it could have harmed Russia more by providing meals for Russian soldiers who would eventually keel over from heart attacks when they get scared in
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Rabbi Samuel is also a prodigious author of books on Jewish religion, Jewish ethics, philosophy, and social issues. A recent book was God and the Pandemic, A Judaic Reflection on the Coronavirus.” Other works include sets of books on how both Philo and Maimonides understood each of the five books of the Torah. The two interpreters of the Jewish religion lived respectively in 1st Century Alexandria, Egypt, and in 12th Century Spain. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel is faced by two dangerous peoples, each presenting Israelis with an implacable enemy which strives for Israel’s destruction. The rulers of Iran are Persian Shi’ite religious fanatics whose aim is to lead a resurgent worldwide Islamic Caliphate. (Persians, who ruthlessly control the many minorities in Iran, are
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International, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — A Jewish audience would normally expect Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served as a foreign policy adviser in five U.S. presidential administrations, to speak about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But on March 15 at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Gould Legacy Society Appreciation Luncheon, Ross acknowledged that it was incumbent upon him to
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International, Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Amnesty International America’s Paul O’Brien asserts a Catch-22 form of logic to undermine Israeli Jews if the Jewish state ceases to function as a Jewish state. Addressing the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington last week, O’Brien suggested that Israel should no longer operate as a Jewish state while
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — After Israeli cellist Amit Peled and his piano collaborator, Hyeyeon Park, entered the stage, the amiable cellist introduced his three-sonata program during the “Arts and Ideas” concert on March 14 at the Garfield Theatre. His concise and informative remarks about each work offered welcome focus for his listeners.
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
“Truth,” said Mark Twain, “is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be possible and truth doesn’t.” Indeed, no story from the San Diego Jewish World’s 2022 Purim Spoof section can possibly top the strange reality of November 30, 2021. That’s precisely why, in honor of Purim, we’re re-sharing the epic story of that night
By Jacob “Matzah Man” Kamaras With global wheat prices soaring, a Passover staple that’s already strikingly overpriced in more normal times is suddenly beyond reach for the budgets of Jewish consumers around the world. The price of matzah, typically anywhere from $20 to $60 for a single pound, has soared to an international average of
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jacob “#DontFlyFrontier” Kamaras El Al Israel Airlines has announced a trilateral merger that countless travelers in the U.S. and Israel are describing as a “transaction from hell,” joining forces with the low-budget American carriers Frontier and Spirit. Surrendering to the harsh financial realities in the airline industry on both sides of the Atlantic —
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Ken “Megillah Writer” Stone San Diego Jewish World (SDJW) owner Jacob Kamaras today announced his sale of the website to the San Diego Union-Tribune for $2, doubling his initial investment in the media property. The Union-Tribune said in a statement, “Why not? What can we lose? If Jews constitute approximately 2% of the U.S.
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Lizzie “Challah Billz Correspondent” Rubin Supply chain issues have affected products we rely on daily: furniture, cars, cream cheese. Now, hamantaschen have become the newest victim. Many beloved flavors of hamantaschen, including raspberry, apricot, and cherry, are slashed and not expected to make an appearance on grocery shelves this Purim. The only flavor that
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jacob “Jewish Leprechaun” Kamaras With the Purim and St. Patrick’s Day holidays overlapping this year, bars in San Diego’s lively downtown Gaslamp Quarter experienced a notable uptick in business on Thursday. The Purim-St. Patrick’s Day convergence marked arguably the most significant holiday mashup since “Thanksgivukkah.” (On November 28, 2013, for the first time in
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Lizzie “Challah Billz Correspondent” Rubin Due to inflation, your checks made out to the Bar Mitzvah boy and your favorite Jewish charities are no longer acceptable in amounts of 18, the beloved number that symbolizes “life.” They must be made out in multiples of 22.5. Inflation is a common and often accepted flaw of
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Trivia, Humor & Satire