5 Things to Remember Near an Active Shooter

By Douglas Parisi GARDNER, Kansas — We live in a time where we need to educate ourselves and our family on unfortunate events. It’s important to empower your loved ones to take action in active shooter situations, even amidst pangs of fear. This information is designed to highlight important conceptual aspects of readiness training. The […]

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Notes on Torah reading for August 31, 2018

Re’Eh Deuteronomy Chapters 11:26-16:17 By Irv Jacobs, M.D. LA JOLLA, California — This  parsha focuses on blessings and curses, in anticipation of behavior after entering the promised land.  I have chosen a few passages, clashing with, or at least puzzling to, modern sentiments. I. Deuteronomy, Ch. 12: vv. 2-3  Moses commands, “You must destroy all

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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion

Orthodox Jewry Is Changing

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Professor Chaim Waxman, a prominent and highly respected sociologist of contemporary Orthodoxy, has made a superb assessment of the history, development, and current and future situation of Orthodoxy in his relatively short but comprehensive 178-page book, Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy, with 48

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion

In Morocco difference is a strength

By Caroline Kirk MARRAKECH, Morocco — This country’s belief in the strength of pluralism has energized me and shown me that difference can serve as a strength for any country, whether it is religious or secular, large or small, developed or developing. I was told that there are spiritual answers to the question, “Why Morocco?”—every

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Natasha’s Memoir: Life in NYC, N.J., and Israel

This is another installment in author Natasha Josefowitz’s memoir By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Back from our business trip/honeymoon in South America, my husband Sam’s apartment was in a basement on the west side of New York City. The small windows were right under the ceiling. We had a view of people’s

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Book offers tips and facts about DNA testing

Seed of Israel: DNA Guide To Tracing Your Jewish Ancestry by Joshua Robbin Marks,  48 pages including endnotes; available on Amazon.com for $14.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Perhaps your friends or relatives have told you that they did a DNA test and found out about their ancestry, and now you’re wondering whether

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OpEd: Trump tries to move Jewish voters to the right

By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Sad to say, President Trump has just blown any chance (admittedly, next-to-zero, or less) of establishing political détente with me. He did it with an all-too-typical wild-and-woolly statement that many considered startling, even offensive. Count me among them. Trump issued a challenge to Jewish voters, aimed at getting

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Joel H. Cohen, USA