TEL AVIV (Press Release) — A groundbreaking study by researchers from Tel Aviv University tracks the development of early humans’ hunting practices over the last 1.5 million years – as reflected in the animals they hunted and consumed. The researchers claim that at any given time early humans preferred to hunt the largest animals available […]
By Danielle Levsky SOLANA BEACH, California — “Tuesday Night Comics” advertises itself as “the funniest night of comedy in San Diego” and though initially promising in its lineup, the evening fell short and inconsistent in meeting this claim. Hosted by by comedian and performer Mark Christopher Lawrence (“CHUCK,” “Kirby Buckets,” 2021 Emmy award nominee, San
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San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
JERUSALEM — For Prof. Chaim Sukenik, president of the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT), a recent visit to Southern California marked a homecoming of sorts. Sukenik’s personal history in the region dates back to his time as a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena from 1972-1976 and a postdoctoral fellow at
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Middle East, USA
Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53) led a letter to the White House on Monday calling on the Biden administration to urgently update U.S. policies to address the humanitarian and economic collapse in Afghanistan. The letter was led by Jacobs and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and CPC Vice Chair Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL-04) and was signed by four dozen members. [Rep. Sara Jacobs]
Rep. Jacobs, 47 Others, Call for Lifting Sanctions on Afghanistan Read More »
International, San Diego County, USA
When he’s not Robert J. Entel, MD, MPH, FACR, practicing radiology at Mease hospitals in Dunedin and Countryside and Morton Plant hospitals in Clearwater and New Port Richey, he can often be found in Penny Lane at 730 Broadway in Dunedin, surrounded by an astonishing collection of Beatles memorabilia. [Bruce Lowitt]
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Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
Published by Tribune News Service Considering that Shakespeare himself had to navigate various plagues and pandemics in his theatrical career, it’s almost too appropriate that the filming of Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. It’s not the only way in which the 400-year-old play feels startlingly
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Jewish Celebrities
Frieda Salvendy moved to Malvern sometime after the end of the Second World War, and died here, in obscurity, in 1965. A short notice of her death was placed in the local paper and probate details gave her address in Alexandra Road. Beyond that, it would appear that very few, if any, knew of her existence, or that she had been an eminent European artist. [JASHP}
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
When someone came to the Tzemach Tzedek, the third Lubavitcher rebbe, for a blessing, the rebbe said, “Think positive and it will be positive.” This week our lesson in living optimally, comes from Shemot. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Travel and Food
Pasadena police on Sunday were investigating fliers dropped in a neighborhood that were filled with antisemitic theories regarding COVID-19. The fliers were stuffed in plastic bags and left on driveways over a four-block area, according to Pasadena police Lt. Anthony Burgess. [Times of San Diego]
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USA
Because of Covid, the Radio City Rockettes announced that they have canceled the remainder of their Christmas Spectacular season, which had been scheduled to run through January 2. Which of the following is part of the Jewish history of the Rockettes? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: The Rockettes Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Israel’s situation remains dicey. We haven’t had a strong attack on us for some years, although Iran is a serious threat. But there have been enough reminders that we’re not really welcome in this region. Individual attacks and some killings of Israelis in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Rachel Shyloski has been promoted to camp director of Camp Mountain Chai in the wake of the departure of Dan Baer, a six-year veteran, who is relocating to Rochester, New York. Shyloski will step up January 3rd to the directorship of the camp, which is run under San Diego County Jewish community auspices. [Camp Mountain Chai]
Camp Mountain Chai Names Rachel Shyloski as Next Director Read More »
San Diego County
Come Sinema and Manchin
Please heed the call
Don’t block Build Back Better
And cause Biden’s downfall.
Dems will lose midterms
If it gets stalled…. {Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: ‘The Trump is Still Conspiring’ Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Most people, Jews and non-Jews, think that Judaism prefers that Jews observe Jewish Law, called halakha, rather than ethics, and if the two come in conflict the Jew must follow the halakha. Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn shows in his excellent easy to understand book To be a Holy People: Jewish Tradition and Ethical Values that they are wrong. What are Jewish Ethics? How does it differ from Jewish law? [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Ethics Trump Halakha in Jewish Religion Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion