Happy birthday Norm Coleman
Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, R-Minn., was born this day (August 17) in 1949.
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHounding the headlines: August 16, 2019
Who is the Endangered Species? By Elona Baron (as told to Laurie Baron) SAN DIEGO−The Golden Deceiver has decided to weaken the Endangered Species Act to make it easier for companies to build, develop, drill, and mine habitats where rare animals reside. Since dogs aren’t threatened with extinction, why should I care? I might be
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USASan Diego County celebrates Israel’s day of love
By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – Up and down San Diego County, Jewish congregations and organizations are beginning to embrace the celebration of Tu b’Av, a relatively unknown holiday in the United States, but considered to be the equivalent of Valentines Day in Israel. This secular year, it arrived on the evening of August
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Gabriel Lippmann
Gabriel Lippmann, born this day (August 16) in 1845 won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of a process to take color photographs.
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International, Jewish HistoryGlad that Omar and Tlaib aren’t coming
By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, all “women of color” known as “the squad,” are the darlings of the mainstream media. Omar (a refugee from Somalia) and Ocasio-Cortez are constantly in the news making bigoted,
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAAbraham and Isaac after the Akedah
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Was Isaac extremely angry that Abraham tried to kill him? Many people are convinced that Isaac was angry with his father because he lied to him when he said that the two were going on a trip to offer a sacrifice to God, implying that the
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionJewish groups split on barring Tlaib, Omar from Israel
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Jewish organizations are divided three ways over the decision of the Israeli government to deny entry to two anti-Israel members of Congress — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Those on the right lined up behind the Israeli government; those on the left condemned
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAWeiss propounds ‘Open Orthodoxy’ in new book
Journey to Open Orthodoxy by Avraham “Avi” Weiss, Ktav Publishing and Urim Publishing, New York © 2019, ISBN 978-1-60280-318-3, p. 592, plus appendix and index, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Reform Judaism in eighteenth century Germany and Hasidism in the Ukraine in the same century represent the first modern ruptures in traditional Judaism;
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionIllegal Arab settlement changing face of ‘Area C’
-First in a series- (c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Area C,” which comprises some 60 percent of the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria, is making news these days. This time, the hot button issue is illegal Palestinian settlements sprouting across the region, shredding the last vestige of the Oslo Accords, which,
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Edwin Black, International, Middle EastHappy Birthday Stephen Breyer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was born this day (August 15) in 1938.
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Jewish History, USAHumoring the headlines: August 15, 2019
Make Holidays Affordable Again By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−President Trump postponed imposing a new round of tariffs on popular Chinese consumer goods “for Christmas season, just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on U.S. customers.” His new economic doctrine is trade wars are good except if they spoil your holidays. He
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireReasons for skepticism in Israeli election
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In this last month before the elections in Israel I find it very difficult to believe anything the political parties are telling us about themselves. (This includes Benny Gantz, the leader of Blue and White, who often says one thing and its opposite almost in the same breath). I
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Judaism, Middle EastWhat Congress can do about mass shootings
By Congressman Adam Schiff LOS ANGELES –With the horrific mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, I wanted to collect my thoughts and tell you what I’m focused on when it comes to gun violence, and what we can do. Where to start? Maybe, with the “talk.” Kids are going back to school,
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USAJeffrey Epstein suicide denies victims their closure
By Amy Neustein, Ph.D FORT LEE, New Jersey — As a Jewish feminist and child advocate, I was horrified to learn of the cruel and abusive behavior committed by convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. I am doubly pained by the fact that he was a Jew. It is not because our religion is
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