We’re in the midst of a confusing set of maneuvers concerned with Bibi’s efforts to assure his continuation at the center of things.Hearings have occurred, and there is conflicting commentary about their capacity to delay or derail the Attorney General’s decisions about indictments. (To read more, please click the headline.)
Netanyahu maneuvers as mandate time dwindles Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
Yom Kippur has its own unique customs and traditions, and one of the most historically controversial customs involves taking a chicken and swinging it around one’s head. When I was a Hassidic youth, I recall getting up early in the morning before dawn to reenact the tradition better known as “Shlugging Kaparos,” or “Kapparot.” (To read more, please click on the headline.)
Kapparot ceremony is unnecessary cruelty to animals Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, The World We Share
Items in today’s column include:
*The Chagim bring interesting experiences
*Political bytes
*Mazel tov! Mazel tov!
*Coming Our Way
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Our Shtetl San Diego County: October 7, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Rudy Giuliani finally recognized that admitting the crimes the president is accused of is not a good legal strategy. Therefore, he is concocting more subtle ways of conveying to foreign leaders that they should investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter for corruption. Here’s a draft for a future call he plans to make to the Chinese Embassy. (To read more of this satirical column, please click the headline.)
Humoring the headlines: October 7, 2019 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireHistorian Harry V. Jaffa was born this day (October 7) in 1918.
Remembering Harry V. Jaffa Read More »
Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Yom Kippur, also known as Yom Hakippurim, means “Day of Atonement.” What is another explanation for the name Yom Kippur or Yom Hakippurim? (To read more, please click on headline.)
Jewish trivia quiz: Yom Kippur Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
For those old enough to remember the horrifying brutality and tragedy of the Second World War, Wendy Kout’s new play Never Is Now, the past is prologue” is almost too unbearable to sit through. Yes, it’s yet another Holocaust story, compiled from the testimony of ten Jewish survivors and presented by six actors, three men and three women, who change their personas as they switch from one character to another. (To read more, please click headline.)
Play draws parallels between U.S. and Nazi Germany Read More »
Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
nce again, the students of Mira Costa College and Theater School have brought us a winner. This time they explore the delightful, provocative depiction of many expressions of love. Through nine vignettes, John Cariani’s Love/Sick invites the audience into the most intimate moments between a couple, through the succession of two individuals. (To read more, please click on the headline.)
Love/Sick touches audience at Mira Costa College Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Michael Jeser, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, reports that $42,000 of a $100,000 fund to help Holocaust survivors already has been expended. “The first claim was filed in July,” he wrote in an email to Jewish community members. “Since then, there have been 80 requests for emergency services … We were told that San Diego is accessing these funds at a faster rate than any of the other dozen communities who are part of this pilot funding program.” (To read more, please click on headline.)
Our Shtetl San Diego County: October 6, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County
President Trump has now added Israel to the nations he wants to supply him with information about possible scandalous or illegal activity on the part of political rivals.
If Israel fails to do his bidding, he’s considering moving the U.S. embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv. (To read more of this satire, please click on the headline.)
‘Just Kidding’: Trump seeks Israel’s help in election Read More »
Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireTelevision’s Point-Counterpoint debater Shana Alexander was born this day (October 6) in 1925.
Remembering Shana Alexander Read More »
USA
Two Talmudic sages lived around 130 CE and disagreed on how to interpret the Bible. Rabbi Akiva won out, and Rashi, Nachmanides, and most ancient Bible commentators as well as most Midrashim follow his view. Others, such as Rashi’s grandson Rashbam, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Maimonides interpret the Torah as Rabbi Ishmael did. (To read more, please click on the headline.)
Two rabbinic leaders disputed Torah in ancient times Read More »
Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion
Paul Eilert died of cancer in a Utah hospital in 1944. Eilert was a German POW. He is buried in a section reserved for POWs in Ft. Douglas, Utah. There are 20 other German WWII interments in the Utah U.S. military cemetery. His is the only one with the Knights Cross and Oak Leaves, a very, very high military decoration for his actions against the enemy, clearly carved with a swastika into his tombstone. Of the 800 German POW deaths in the U.S., from the lowest rank to generals, his unusual stone is the only one with the Knights Cross on his tombstone. Research, so far, has found his name, nowhere. Paul Eilert, the Swastika in the U.S. Military Cemetery, is a mystery. (To read more, please click on the headline)
The swastika in a U.S. military cemetery Read More »
International, Jerry Klinger, USA
Items in today’s column include:
*Zandra Rhodes’ costumes to grace San Diego Opera’s ‘Aida’
*Fundraising
*Political Bytes
*Social Action
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Our Shtetl San Diego County: October 5, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast