Poll: Israelis feel their government wrongly disrespectful of U.S. Jews The Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading organization committed to bridging the gap between Israelis and US Jewry, released a poll on Monday morning revealing that the Israeli public feels their government disrespects US Jews. As part of the poll results, 72 percent of Israelis believe […]
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross spent the U.S. Navy’s 243rd birthday in Ashdod, Israel; it was quite a party. American Ambassador David Friedman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and their wives were hosted by Commander David Coles, and the speeches emphasized the close relations between the United States and Israel — specifically, between
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Middle East, USA
By Lea Wolf SAN DIEGO — The world of politics is extremely rocky and campaigning can bring about “dirty” practices. I am running for Board of Trustees of the San Dieguito Union High School District, SDUHSD. The reason I got involved is because I realized that today students are the most vulnerable stakeholders in the
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San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Lotto fever has hit the country, as the Mega Millions first prize in this week’s drawing will be at least $1.6 billion, an all-time high amount. Israel offers its own lottery, known as Mifal HaPayis, with a variety of games including a bi-weekly 7-number drawing, as well
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There isn’t a solution for Gaza. It’s controlled by Hamas, with other factions even more extreme in their opposition to recognizing Israel, or dealing with it openly. And Israel is not ready to deal openly with Hamas, widely recognized as a terrorist organization. Gazans have missiles that can reach deep
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Temple Beth Shalom of Chula Vista celebrated its 60th anniversary Sunday with a banquet, historical reminiscences, and Yiddish folk music at Elijah’s Banquet Hall at 7061 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard. Founded in 1958 by businessman Samuel Vener who purchased the former St. John’s Episcopal Church buildings at the corner
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion-Second in a Series– By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California – Six of the 12 featured student poets at the opening session Oct. 16 of this year’s Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices program shared their feelings about self-discovery, animals and nature. HONESTLY by Jenna Kreedman (SD Jewish Academy Middle School)I am about 5 foot 2 I was
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen WingardBy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In the closing decades of the last century, whenever Israeli politicians came to visit Reform congregations I served, we would quiz them about equal rights for non-Orthodox Jews in the Jewish state. The same would happen when groups of Reform Jews visited Israel and met with representatives of political parties
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Where there’s a bounty there’s a bounty hunter or two…or possibly three. This fact was made evident in the West Coast Premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s sleuth fest, Holmes and Watson. North Coast Rep’s David Ellenstein directed an all Actor’s Equity cast for this exciting and inimitable twist on Sir
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
My first Jewish Baby Book … From Afikomen to Zayde by Julie Merberg, illustrated by Beck Feiner; Downtown Bookworks © 2018; ISBN 9781941-367605; 28 hard pages; $10.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Is there a word in Yiddish for smorgasbord? If there were, it might be perfect to describe the contents of
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. HarrisonRogues Killed Khashoggi (To the Tune of “I Shot the Sheriff”) By Laurie Baron Rogues killed Khashoggi, but you know it was an accident. Rogues killed Khashoggi, when he became intransigent. Fifteen were sent to interrogate. But he resisted and things escalate. It did not go as required. All of a sudden he
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireFirst in a series By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Twelve student poets shared their original poetry for an audience of proud and beaming parents, teachers and friends at the opening program of Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices in the Astor Judaica Library of the Lawrence Family JCC, Tuesday evening, October 16. The audience included Rabbi Lenore
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thine heart.” (Proverbs 3:3) By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — What is Truth? How subjective or objective is truth? When we remember the same incident very differently, do we have different “truths”? These philosophical questions have
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & Broadcast