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Power couple? Sara Jacobs and Ammar Campa-Najjar?

October 14, 2020

By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO –In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevya’s daughter Chava wants to marry a Russian Orthodox intellectual. In real life, Jared Kushner weds Ivanka Trump, and she converts to Judaism. Interfaith romances are common. San Diego Jewish World editor Don Harrison says the intermarriage rate among Jews in San […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Ken Stone, San Diego County, USA

SDJW Urges Voters to Reject Prop. 19

October 14, 2020

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Proposition 19 is one of those measures that gives something with one hand and takes something away with another. What does it give? Currently people over age 55, disabled persons, and victims of natural disasters are able to transfer the base value of their former property to whatever

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

The Brilliant Ideas of Abraham ibn Ezra

October 14, 2020

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –One of the most brilliant ancient Jewish thinkers was Abraham ibn Ezra (1089 or 1092-1164). Being human, he, like all other people including the best of humans, without exception, made mistakes in his thinking, such as his belief that astrology is a true science. But overall. He

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

Trump and the Rise of U.S. Violence

October 14, 2020

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Right-wing thugs plotted to kidnap Michigan’s governor while New York authorities walked a tightrope to contain the Covid-19 virus amid Orthodox Jewish protests that escalated to violence. President Trump’s role: He encouraged the revolting antics (conveniently, two meanings in one) of militias and even suggested that New York

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Bruce Ticker, Jewish Religion, USA

Former San Diegan aids Sephardim seeking Spanish citizenship

October 14, 2020

UPDATE: March 14, 2026 — Nichole Martinez Kruse reports that she has closed the Welcome Home Sefardi business and therefore is no longer offering to facilitate for a fee citizenship applications for Portugal and Spain. — Editor, San Diego Jewish World. By Nichole Martinez Kruse ZARAGOSA, Spain — Throughout my life, I was drawn to

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County

Amid pandemic, Brandeis Collegiate Institute pivots to alumni

October 13, 2020

By Luke Stafford SIMI VALLEY, California –When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Los Angeles in mid-March, Rabbi Morris Panitz, director of American Jewish University’s (AJU) Ziering Brandeis Collegiate Institute (BCI), knew that this year’s iteration of the beloved summer program he oversees would be unlike anything seen in years past. For nearly eight decades, BCI—housed under

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

An evening with Fritz Perls

October 13, 2020

By Ira Spector SAN DIEGO — One of the very most prominent names in the field of Humanistic Psychology was Fritz Perls, the great Gestalt Psychiatrist. When Fritz was alive, he was often bored, but never boring. He was arrogant, mean at times, totally individualistic, and posturing. He dressed as a guru with a full

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Lifestyles

Self-Sabotage: Learning from King David

October 13, 2020

By Teresa Konopka SAN DIEGO — There are times in life where people hold themselves back. Afraid of failure, some stop themselves from even trying. Others are not so much fearful but simply lack confidence and motivation. This could be with regards to any goal in life from getting a job to making a new

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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Teresa_Konopka

Police increase patrols following attack on rabbi

October 13, 2020

Other items in this column include: *Seacrest Village has newly reconfigured kosher kitchen *Jewish organizational news *In memoriam By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Police Department considers last Saturday’s attack on Rabbi Yonatan Halevy to be a “high priority incident” and as a result will increase patrols in the University City

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Donald H. Harrison, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

SDJW urges ‘Yes’ votes on Props 17, 18

October 13, 2020

Expanding the voter rolls By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Voter rolls would be expanded if the electorate approves Proposition 17 to reinstate prisoners who have completed their prison terms, and Proposition 18 to permit primary election voting by 17-year-olds who will turn 18 before the November general election. Opponents of Proposition 17 say

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Holiday gatherings hamper Israel’s fight against coronavirus

October 12, 2020

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Life here has focused on the confluence of holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah, plus the preoccupation of the Prime Minister with his indictments. The combination is a spike in the illnesses of the ultra-Orthodox, and manipulations by the Prime Minister to remain on the good side

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

With Bereishis We Begin Learning Torah

October 12, 2020

Parasha Bereishis By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — As we learn from “The Parsha Song” from Torah Island by Suki and Ding, “With Bereishis we begin learning Torah, How precious we hold our Mesorah, Bereishis, Noach, Lech Lecha, Vayeira, Chayei Sarah, Sarah lived for 127 years…” And on we go. Yes, new beginnings

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Sephardic rabbi says youths attacked him

October 12, 2020

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Sephardic Rabbi Yonatan Halevy of Kehillat Shaar Hashamayin (Community of the Gates of Heaven) has told police that he was attacked by teenagers during the Sukkot holiday last Saturday as he walked with his father Shalom Halevy, a stroke victim, near his congregation at 3232 Governor Drive, Suite

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Israel to receive another 2,000 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants

October 12, 2020

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) applaud Monday’s decision by the Government of Israel to approve the Aliyah (immigration) of 2,000 members of the Ethiopian community who are expected to arrive in Israel by early 2021. These Olim (immigrants) are among the thousands in

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International, Middle East

Power couple? Sara Jacobs and Ammar Campa-Najjar?

SDJW Urges Voters to Reject Prop. 19

The Brilliant Ideas of Abraham ibn Ezra

Trump and the Rise of U.S. Violence

Former San Diegan aids Sephardim seeking Spanish citizenship

Amid pandemic, Brandeis Collegiate Institute pivots to alumni

An evening with Fritz Perls

Self-Sabotage: Learning from King David

Police increase patrols following attack on rabbi

SDJW urges ‘Yes’ votes on Props 17, 18

Holiday gatherings hamper Israel’s fight against coronavirus

With Bereishis We Begin Learning Torah

Sephardic rabbi says youths attacked him

Israel to receive another 2,000 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants

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