Allen Funt, creator of Candid Camera, died this day (September 5) in 1999. (Earlier we had mistakenly posted a video about Darryl Zanuck, who, reader Norm Galston of Los Angeles pointed out to us, was one of the few movie moguls who was not a member of the Jewish community.)
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
-Eighth and last in a series – By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — “Well, I’m always open to meeting new people. Of course you can give him my contact info” I tell Harriet, the aunt of my cousin’s wife, whom I’ve met exactly once. Why shouldn’t I trust her judgment? Her intro of this
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Rep. Susan Davis said Wednesday she would retire after the current term in Congress — her 10th — thus inviting a Democratic gold rush in the heavily blue 53rd district.
“I have struggled to make this very difficult decision,” she said in a statement. “I will not seek another term in Congress. My decision today represents a desire to live and work ‘at home’ in San Diego.”
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Ken Stone, San Diego County, USA
… “Arugot” is Hebrew for “flower beds” and in the last 30 years Arugot has planted seeds for the success of more than 4,000 children.
Dr Jeremiah Lubasch, founder of Arugot, is a pediatrician from Argentina, to which his parents had fled from Germany and the Nazis in 1939. He made aliya to Israel with his family in 1977 and they settled in Haifa, where he discovered, through his work, that there were problems that were going untreated, especially among the Haredi population, who were unwilling to send their children to secular pre-schools or therapy centers.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Toby Klein Greenwald
…In the main part of the paper of 9 August my attention was drawn to a full-page advertisement placed by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation and headed by the clarion call (in French): ’11th August 2019 – “Aid el-Kebir,” Day of Sorrow and Blood.’
What followed was a long and detailed diatribe against the fact that thousands of sheep were going to have their throats cut under appalling conditions….
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish Religion
There are many different aspects of financial planning, from retirement planning, to employee benefits, to ensuring your estate and assets are properly protected. It’s a lot to manage all on your own. In this post, we’ll talk about the value of having a financial advisor to consult, and the criteria you can use to ensure you are choosing the best person (or people) for the job.
More and more, we are seeing financial planning companies offering a service known as “robo-advising.”
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Business & Finance, Sheryl Rowling
In a personal letter to her constituents, Congresswoman Susan A. Davis on Wednesday announced that this is her final term in Congress.
“I have struggled to make this very difficult decision. I will not seek another term in Congress. My decision today represents a desire to live and work ‘at home’ in San Diego,“ wrote Davis, who is an active member of San Diego’s Jewish community.
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San Diego County, USA
To many, the term “Middle East peace” represents the impossible dream, if not the ultimate contradiction in terms. But there is a place in the region where Jews, Muslims, and Christians meet peacefully every day on the basis of shared concerns and a sense of humanity.
It’s not a country, though it is older than many of the nations in the vicinity. Nor is it a mirage, though the desert is within view.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
Items in today’s column:
*’Remembrance and Hope’ at Jewish Family Service depicts Holocaust Survivors’ lives
*Judy Gumbiner turns 75 with a big Tifereth Israel Synagogue celebration
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education-Seventh in a Series- By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Seated next to a woman at the festive dinner at the synagogue, I am not offended when she suggests introducing me to a friend of hers. “Marvin is a really nice guy. He’s retired, divorced for a few years and lives in Solana Beach.
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Eva Trieger, Lifestyles, Trivia, Humor & SatireCartoonist and story teller Syd Hoff was born this day (September 4) in 1912.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories
Parasha Shoftim By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This parasha may be an environmentalist’s dream. It says, “When you besiege a city for an extended period, to make war against it to capture it, do not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall
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Judaism, Michael Mantell
Shofetim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:8 By Irvin Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — This parsha focuses on morality issues. They were written in an ancient setting, inserted just “prior to entering the promised land,” but they clearly are applicable today. I have chosen two passages for examples, and herein I explore their beginnings. I. Chapter 16: vv.
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — American security assistance generally is predicated on the principle that a smaller or poorer country that has U.S. equipment and training will be better able to defend common interests than one that doesn’t. Sometimes it works that way. But sometimes it puts the U.S. in bed with people who want
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA