By Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — This week we read the double portion of Matot and Masei. The Torah lists each individual stop that the Israelites made during their forty years of wandering in the desert. The text doesn’t tell us what happened at each one of those places, or if anything of any […]
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Jewish ReligionBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A chance remark made by one of my fellow-pupils in the weekly German-language class I attend in my neighborhood retirees’ club aroused my curiosity. Thus I learned about the activities of a group of Israelis who have made it their mission to assist Palestinians whose children require advanced
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationShimon Peres, who served as both prime minister and president of Israel, was born this day (August 2) in 1923.
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Travel and FoodBy Irv Jacobs, M.D. SANTA FE, New Mexico — Greetings from New Mexico’s state capital, where this week I am attending the annual “Creativity and Madness” Conference by The American Institute of Medical Education, at the Santa Fe Convention Center. The theme of these conferences is largely to explore in detail the lives of high
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By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO –Although Rep. Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t understand it, most Jews do understand how inappropriate it is to compare our Southern border to a concentration camp. An editorial in Wednesday’s L.A.Times, however, supports Cortez’s allegation and does it in the name of the Jewish community. The writer identifies himself as a Jew to
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USAComposer Walter Scharf, who wrote orchestral and movie scores, was born this day (August 1) in 1910.
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By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Donald H. Harrison’s book Schlepping and Schmoozing through San Diego County, Vol. 1 is enjoyable, really fun to read, as one can tell by the book’s title. He has been a journalist since 1962 and is an excellent writer. His articles are not only enjoyable, sometimes witty,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USADemocrats and Dogs By Elona Baron (as told to Laurie Baron) SAN DIEGO−Now that I have become a prolific pooch pundit, I want to tell you which Democratic presidential candidates pass my sniff test. Before I do, I need to howl a bit about Donald Trump. He is the first president since William McKinley, who
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireEconomist Milton Friedman was born this day (July 31) in 1912.
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Travel and FoodMy Polish Honeymoon and The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova By Oliver B. Pollak ALBANY, California – What do you get when you have two films: a husband with a wife from Paris who wants to bury her one-year-old son’s foreskin in Poland; and a brother and a sister from Toronto who want to dig up
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Oliver Pollak, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Relying on prayer and divine help in daily life and when problems arise and not following the wise advice of Maimonides to use one’s intelligence, study the laws of nature, and act according to these laws, laws created by God, can, and usually does result in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionBy H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — In Pine Bush, New York, a school district just 90 miles from New York City, students were subjected to Hitler salutes, Holocaust jokes, and swastikas for many years. In one horrific incident, a girl was shoved to the ground and money was stuffed in her mouth. Complaints to the
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The recent Arrow 3 missile test in Alaska, announced on Sunday, was nearly taken out by a rogue. Not a rogue missile, mind you, but a rogue amendment to the to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Earlier this month, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-FL) proposed the following language: “None of
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Most of the twenty-or-so political parties in Israel wouldn’t pass the post in elections. To have a chance of at least their leaders to get elected, they come together in joint lists. The reason why they’re separate to start with seems to have more to do with ego than with
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