ATLANTA — President-elect Joe Biden cut an ad for Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock that ties the twin runoff races for control of the U.S. Senate directly to the fate of his plan to contain the coronavirus pandemic and juice the economy. The minute-long ad released Thursday outlines Biden’s plan to boost the public […]
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USA
Washington (AFP) – US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen congresswoman Deb Haaland to serve as the first Native American interior secretary, US media reported Thursday, in a move that could recast the department’s often troubled ties with indigenous tribes. Haaland is a first-term Democrat from New Mexico in the US Congress and a member of
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Travel and Food
Two religious leaders, Jew and Catholic, each succeeded in breaching the wall separating church and state within two days of one another. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA
As previously reported, I had been scheduled for brain surgery on Dec. 18, but on the recommendation of an anesthesiologist at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in San Diego, the surgery will be delayed for four to six weeks. The anesthesiologist was troubled by an X-Ray showing a spot on my lower lung that suggested the possibility of pneumonia. My neurosurgeon informed me today any problem in the lungs can cause serious difficulties during an estimated six-hour surgery in which it’s necessary to insert a breathing tube will be inserted. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Nazifying ideological opponents is a tactic that campus anti-Israel groups and individuals have long used as part of the ongoing cognitive war against Israel, in which Zionism is racism, Israelis are the new Nazis, Gaza is equivalent to the Warsaw Ghetto, Israel is committing genocide against the guiltless Palestinians (a “Holocaust in the Holy Land,” as one student event called it), and the Star of David of the Israeli flag is regularly manipulated to incorporate a swastika. [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]
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Richard L. Cravatts
The Israeli conductor and composer, Yoav Talmi, recently had one of his greatest recording successes, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, made available on YouTube, per above. This recording, on the Chandos label, won the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque in 1987. [Eileen Wingard]
Talmi, Oslo Philharmonic Perform Bruckner to Perfection Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
With a new secular year coming upon us, perhaps it’s time to review just what prayer is all about, the value and benefit of prayer, and why the Talmud refers to prayer as standing “…at the pinnacle of the world…” Perhaps with this deeper understanding, this year may be a new year with a new commitment to prayer. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
A Prayerful, Healthy New Year Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are locking in plans to get vaccinated for the coronavirus — but the most powerful man in the nation hasn’t followed suit yet. Donald Trump, who is only president for 35 more days, has yet to make arrangements to get inoculated for the vicious respiratory virus, even though
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USA
PHILADELPHIA —The seven Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania who supported a lawsuit that would have thrown out their own state’s votes in the presidential race had little to say about the final outcome after the U.S. Supreme Court flatly rejected their effort and the Electoral College certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner this week. Three
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called US sanctions against Ankara over its purchase of a Russian missile defence system an “open attack” on the NATO member state’s sovereignty. The United States made good on months of threats to punish Turkey for buying the S-400 system under a 2017 law known as CAATSA, which
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Middle East, USA
This essay covers: dream interpretations in ancient societies; search of ancient stories of seven good, then bad years; ancient evidence of an outsider rising to ‘vizier’ in Egypt; extensive famines. I have chosen three passage groups, for comparison, via the Internet, with writings attributed to ancient Israel’s neighbors. [Irv. Jacobs, MD]
Comparing Torah (Mikkets) with Ancient Practices Read More »
Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion
Hours after powerful Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted President-elect Joe Biden won the election, President Donald Trump lashed out at his sometime GOP ally for throwing in the towel too early. “Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!” Trump tweeted early Wednesday morning. Trump shared an
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USA
Israeli actress Gal Gadot was projected onto Dubai’s Burj Khalifa skyscraper on Tuesday to advertise her latest film in the Wonder Woman franchise. The Emirati promotion for soon-to-be released “Wonder Woman 1984” makes a marked contrast from the reception in the Middle East of Gadot’s previous appearance as the superhero. The first “Wonder Woman” film
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastThanks to the friendship between Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices Committee member, Michael Mark and San Diego’s Poet Laureate, Ron Salisbury — Salisbury has agreed to lead a workshop for ten poets on January 31, under the auspices of the committee, a program of the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center.
The first ten poets to sign up will fill the ten slots. There will be a nominal charge of $15 per participant. [Eileen Wingard]
San Diego’s Poet Laureate to Conduct LFJCC Workshop Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County