Happy birthday Marty Appel
Sports historian and public relations maven Marty Appel of New York City was born this day (August 7) in 1948.
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Travel and FoodStand With Us issues ‘action alert’ on ethnic studies
LOS ANGELES — StandWithUs, the pro-Israel group which offers intellectual debate to Israel’s campus detractors, has issued an “Action Alert” warning against a proposed school curriculum in California that supports the anti-Israel movement. The organization issued the following notice: The State of California is currently reviewing a model Ethnic Studies curriculum, which openly promotes hateful boycotts against Israel
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABlaming Trump for the El Paso massacre
By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Within 13 hours, two mass shooting took place—in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—killing 31 innocent people and injuring twice as many. We normally hear about these horrifying incidents, express sorrow and bewilderment, talk about gun control, and move on. Politicians, including Trump, dispatch their old and tired expressions
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Alon Ben-Meir, USAHow academics have changed Torah understanding
By Irvin Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — This is an example of the current status among scholars on how the Torah text came to be, referencing an essay by Haaretz reporter Elan Gilad. He is a prolific writer, with degrees in philosophy/political science and Hebrew (Master’s level) from Tel Aviv University. Modern scholarship on
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish ReligionTeens, officials fete San Diego and Jerusalem Zoos
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Ziv Ayalon, the new director-general of the Tisch Family Zoo in Jerusalem – known popularly as the Biblical Zoo and as the Jerusalem Zoo– said Tuesday he had a special reason for wanting to accompany six Israeli teens to San Diego
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Middle East, San Diego County, USARemembering Marvin Hamlisch
Composer Marvin Hamlisch, who won and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony during his career, died this day (August 6) in 2012. He was 68.
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Travel and FoodThis campaign is BIG (Buy Israeli Goods)
By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — When I moved to a small city in the South, a place with a long-standing Jewish community, I was disappointed that there was no place to buy kosher meat. There were both Conservative and Reform congregations, yet there was not enough demand. At least the local supermarket carried Hebrew
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Middle East, USAU.S. going around P.A. to the people
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration’s presentation of an economic plan — rather than a political plan — for the Palestinians was generally mocked or dismissed. As it percolates, however, it appears the administration, as is its habit, was reading trends. The formulation takes an axe to the notion that all plans,
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USATikkun Olam Award won by teen expert on autism
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – At 18, Ethan Hirschberg has become a recognized authority on autism. He has a blog on which he posts about the condition every two weeks or so; has authored a book on sale on Amazon, in which 20 of his most trenchant columns about autism are included; and
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationSix weeks to Israel’ election, it’s a muddle
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re past the due date for final party alignments and lists of candidates. It was a scramble the last few days, and the big view to September 17th election is that the results look like the last time, more or less. Beginning on the left, Meretz combined with Ehud Barak,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastHappy birthday Gil Vermouth
Professional soccer player Gil Vermouth was born this day (August 5) in 1985.
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Travel and FoodDoes the Torah mention life after death?
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The general consensus is that the Hebrew Bible does not mention life after death or even hint that it exists. Yet books such as The Everyday Bible Commentary: Daniel” by John C. Whitcomb argue that the Book of Daniel does speak of life after death. Dr. Whitcomb’s
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish ReligionWhat is a ‘Jewsraeli’?
By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — There is concern today by many in Israel that some Israelis are unappreciative of their Jewish heritage. Author and journalist Shmuel Rosner has challenged this by suggesting a new paradigm for most of us, whom he calls, “Jewsraelis.” Since Israel’s independence in 1948, Israelis have changed radically. There
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve KramerLikud members swear fealty to Bibi
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the current Speaker of the Knesset. In response, the Likud party
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