Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5: Chapter 9

Even with the major portion of the old saltworks being repurposed, one still can see how salt is processed from sea water. A three-step process occurs within shallow ponds with levees around them. In the first pond, seawater evaporates to the point that it becomes brine. That is moved to a second shallow pond for further evaporation, and finally into a third pond where the salt crystallizes. From here the salt is dredged out of the pond and made into salt mounds, which quickly crust over, protecting the salt inside the mounds. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food

Ukraine Synagogues Prepare for Tense Shabbat Under Heavy Security

By Hanan Greenwood (Israel Hayom via JNS) Ukraine’s Jewish communities are preparing for an unusually tense Shabbat, without knowing if they will be under Russian or Ukrainian rule when the Sabbath is over, or what the war will bring. Synagogues in the country were under heavy security for fear of looting and anti-Semitic attacks. “I

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Former Israeli Envoy: Russia Could Be Preparing New Challenge for West in Mediterranean

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Russia could be preparing an option to challenge the West and NATO in the Mediterranean and Middle East as a means of opening a new global hotspot, former Israeli Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine Zvi Magen has told JNS. Magen noted a large-scale naval and air exercise held by the Russian

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‘The Voice of Silence:’ Captivating and Timely Reading on the Jewish Underground in the USSR

The Voice of Silence, The Story of the Jewish Underground in the USSR, Ephraim Kholmyansky, Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2021 284 pages; $22.63 (Paperback) By Toby Klein Greenwald In a frosty February of 1988, I took a short drive from my home in Efrat to Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim, in Gush Etzion. There was a special

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Jewish Federation Provides Update on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

SAN DIEGO — On Thursday, Heidi Gantwerk, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and Jack Maizel, the Federation’s board chair, released the following update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “Through our global partners, Jewish Federation of San Diego County is closely monitoring the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are

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JDC ‘Working Around the Clock’ for ‘Ukraine’s Neediest Jews’ Amid Crisis

NEW YORK (Press Release) — In response to the invasion of Ukraine, JDC has launched an emergency campaign to respond to spiking humanitarian needs among the nearly 40,000 poor Jews it supports in 1,000 locations around the country. JDC is already providing extra essentials like food and medicine to its clients and has activated its

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International, USA

Satire: Ukraine

(Tune: Maria) Na solidarnistʹ z ukrayinsʹkym narodom By Laurie Baron Crimea! It was mere practice, Crimea. For the invasion pain I’ll inflict upon Ukraine. You’ll see in Ukraine. The Ukraine, It claims it’s a nation, the Ukraine. It was Russian under the Czars And under the commissars. We’re back in Ukraine. I’ve prevented its NATO

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs Condemns Russia’s ‘Unjustified Attack’ on Ukraine

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), who is Jewish and whose district is in San Diego County, on Thursday released the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine:   “I condemn President Putin’s unjustified attack on Ukraine that will have devastating and deadly consequences for the Ukrainian people and widespread

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Russia Denounces Israel’s Sovereignty in Golan Heights After Jerusalem Backs Ukraine

By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) Russia denounced Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, hours before it launched its invasion of Ukraine. “We are concerned over Tel Aviv’s announced plans for expanding settlement activity in the occupied Golan Heights, which directly contradicts the provisions of the 1949

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American Friends of The Hebrew University Appoints Hadassah Development Executive Joshua W. Rednik as CEO

(JNS Wire) Veteran nonprofit and former Hadassah development executive Joshua W. Rednik has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU). The national organization is based in New York City, and has seven regional offices around the country. Rednik succeeds longtime CEO Beth A. McCoy, who served AFHU for

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Why Did the Jewish Federations’ Umbrella Ease Up on Gun-Safety Laws?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — On the same day, a Jewish candidate for mayor was assaulted by a gun-toting intruder in his office in Louisville, Ky., and the Jewish Federations’ umbrella organization altered its priority list by removing advocacy for gun-violence prevention. Fortunately, Craig Greenberg survived an incident on Monday, Feb. 21, when the

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

Kyiv’s Jewish Community Watches With Apprehension as Russia Attacks Ukraine

By Israel Kasnett (JNS) Chief Rabbi of Kyiv Jonathan Markovitch and his wife Inna are hoping for the best as Russian forces bombard Ukrainian cities. Hunkered down in Kyiv, where they run the Kyiv Jewish Center, the Markovitchs said they decided to stay in the city “because we have a flourishing community of 2,500 here

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