By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Reports tell of severely censored media, and tough Russian police actions against protesters of what the country is doing in Ukraine. We also hear of opposition, but quiet, among senior officers. And timid rebellion in the military. Of not fighting in peak form. As well as absorbing considerable casualties […]
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The United States and other countries have placed sanctions on a number of Russian oligarchs, who are seen as major financial and political supporters of Vladimir Putin. Among the oligarchs is Roman Abramovich, the multi-billionaire owner of the Chelsea Football Club, one of the United Kingdom’s top soccer
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — Fourth-generation San Diegan Shana Hazan, in her candidacy for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Board of Education District B, says her quest for a school board seat is guided in part by Jewish values. “Tzedek (justice) and tikkun olam (repairing the world) really guided my great-grandparents,
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. Louis XIV of France was the last king where exaggerated wasteful opulence was the norm. He aptly predicted “après moi le deluge” (after me the deluge)—indeed that flood was the French Revolution which ended the monarchy as it was known. Why am I writing this? Because this is what today
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Natasha Josefowitz, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Jerry Klinger MALVERN, England — An important Holocaust memory was completed, interpreted, this week, not just for today but for a hundred years or more of tomorrows. A permanent interpretive headstone was placed for an Austrian Jewish woman, a refugee, who died and was buried far from her homeland in an obscure English churchyard
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Travel and Food
By Dorian de Wind In this author’s opinion, there are probably no other symbols that to this day can evoke more intense emotions — anger, fear, horror and sorrow — than the Nazi Swastika and the Yellow “Jude” Star. Another symbol may soon be added to this short, infamous list. We have all noticed the
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Travel and Food
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Volodymyr Zelensky has impressed the world with his courage and leadership. Before being elected president of the Ukraine, he was a popular comedian. Since many American politicians are already jokes, perhaps Biden needs to reshuffle his cabinet and enlist popular comedians to make America great again. Here are some
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
However, there are other ways that the process of conversion can be completed, much closer to home, as Dr. Mark Scheller, an anesthesiologist, learned in 2015 when he waded from the shore of Chula Vista’s Bayside Park into the cold waters of San Diego Bay. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Author Susan J. Cohen is a compassionate attorney who handles many immigration cases on a pro bono basis for the Boston branch of the national Mintz Levin law firm. This book, written with the help of journalist Steven T. Taylor, tells of eleven cases in which she helped immigrants obtain asylum or permanent residency in the United States. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, USA
By Maayan Hoffman (JNS) An estimated 80,000 Ukrainian women will give birth in the next three months without access to critical maternal care as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Israel is hoping that its innovative technology and certain tools will help ensure that these women remain
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International, Middle East
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Purim. It’s our happiness, fun-filled, dramatic, costume-drinking-upside down-holiday. Many have the tradition to fast on the day before Purim (Fast of Esther). Some have the custom to give three coins to charity to recall the half-shekel donated annually to the Temple during Adar (Machatzit HaShekel), and this
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Sam Glaser LOS ANGELES — The 14th of Adar, Purim, is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing in costumes, getting together with my community and partying with friends. Hopefully, we do this more than once a year! But on Purim, the joy and communal harmony is mandated. What fun it is to
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Jewish Religion, Sam Glaser
By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — In my last op-ed, I noted that the Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton of the State of Texas are issuing orders to classify gender-affirming care for transgender minors as “child abuse.” I have a friend who is a Child Protective Specialist. I cannot use her
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Eric George Tauber, Opinion, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Misinformation campaigns through social media and other avenues are a lesser known, yet central aspect of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, reveals Dr. Yaniv Levitan, an expert in psychological and information warfare at University of Haifa. “The Russian invasion was accompanied by a huge ‘noise’ of TikTok videos