By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. In this week’s Torah reading, we learn of a gift that Hashem has given to us, yes, another gift, this, the gift of giving. Want to grow happier and more joyful than you are? Terumah teaches us a way — give. Want to live with a sense of abundance and
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Haftorah Reading for Terumah is I Kings 5:26-6:13 By Irv Jacobs, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — These brief all-prose passages from “The Former Unnamed Prophets” purport to summarize a description of the construction of the First Temple, i.e. King Solomon’s “house.” Solomon is depicted simply as wise, via a gift from the LORD. [1] The
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion
By Elie Klein JERUSALEM — As a kosher foodie living in Israel, I am intimately familiar with the ever-potent power of novel and nostalgic comfort food. Within minutes of hearing about the newest offerings at our favorite restaurants or the childhood treats that clandestinely crop up on our grocer’s shelves, Israel’s Anglos hunt them down
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Middle East, Opinion, Travel and Food
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — In the same week as the Israeli government announced a rise in the price of fuel and electricity, several major food importers and manufacturers in Israel proclaimed that they would also be raising prices. For once, instead of the usual passive acceptance of their fate, consumers in Israel
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Business & Finance, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Silly sideshows dominate much of the news on Israel and other Jewish and general issues. So much so that keeping up with them amounts to “posing problems that would cross a rabbi’s eyes,” to quote Tevye as he croons “If I were a rich man” in the musical “Fiddler
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Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, Opinion, USA
By Israel Kasnett (JNS) Amnesty International’s latest controversial report released on Feb. 1 during a press conference in Jerusalem, this time accusing Israel of apartheid, has come under fierce condemnation from the Israeli government and Jewish groups around the world as being “antisemitic.” The Biden administration rejected it as “absurd.” Some U.S. lawmakers denounced it
(JNS) Two Israeli high-tech companies will join the exclusive club of NFL Super Bowl advertisers, the business daily Calcalist reported on Wednesday. Israeli high-tech company Gong.io has “tripled its advertising budget compared to last year and plans on broadcasting a commercial during the upcoming NFL Super Bowl, investing some $1.5 million,” said the report. Cloud-based
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA
(JNS) Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz landed in Manama, Bahrain, for the first official visit by the head of Israel’s defense establishment to the Gulf country on Wednesday. A Bahraini welcoming ceremony held at Bahrain International Airport saw Gantz’s counterpart, Minister of Defense Affairs H.E. Lieut. Gen. Abdullah Bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, greet him upon
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Middle East
A retirement party was held via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 2, for Hedy Dalin, who for 21 1/2 years has served the clients of Jewish Family Service in a variety of roles, particularly as a problem solver for elders and as a mentor for more recently hired staff members. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53), who is Jewish and whose district is in San Diego County, released the following statement on Wednesday: “Today, I tested positive for COVID-19. I have been testing daily — and tested negative as recently as 6pm last night — but tested positive on an antigen test this
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San Diego County
SOLANA BEACH, California — At long last, Mashiach is coming…to San Diego County? Indeed, Jeffrey Grossman spotted it on this license plate in Solana Beach.
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Trivia, Humor & Satire
Published by Miami Herald No, Gov. Ron DeSantis, it’s no coincidence that, only days apart, antisemitic flyers were hurled out of a passing car in Miami Beach while in Central Florida neo-Nazis staged rallies last weekend. At not one, but two gatherings in public spaces — an Orange County highway overpass and in an Orlando
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Holocaust, Opinion
(JNS) ABC News president Kim Godwin announced on Tuesday that Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of the morning talk show “The View,” would be suspended for two weeks after her controversial remarks during a Jan. 31 episode of the program. During the episode, which focused on the recent Tennessee school board decision to ban Maus, a Pulitzer
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Holocaust, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Whoopi Goldberg was wrong but as far as I’m concerned, the folks at ABC and The View were too harsh when they suspended her for two weeks. Let me explain. In a discussion of the Holocaust on The View television show, Goldberg commented that the Holocaust wasn’t racist
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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast