By Sofia Gardenswartz Times of San Diego LA MESA, California –I walked into an office that looked just like the three others I had visited that morning in May: American flag, stock-photo landscapes hanging on the walls, inbox overflowing with papers, and busy staffers. I was at the Capitol in Sacramento for the National Council […]
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International, USACellist Leonard Rose, here performing “Shelomo” by Ernest Bloch, was born this day (July 27) in 1918.
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Travel and FoodBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I was ready to leave my parent’s home in Beverly Hills to test myself as an independent, 22-year-old woman. My friend Myra Cohn told me about a college friend of hers in New York looking for a roommate; this provided an opportunity to lessen my parents’ worries
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Natasha Josefowitz, USAFeminist Bitch By Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−You probably are wondering why I am referring to myself in such a derogatory way. This illustrates the problem! I am a female dog, but another meaning of bitch is “an unkind or unpleasant woman.” So why do humans always call female dogs bitches,
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Lawrence Baron, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireComposer/ conductor Serge Koussevitzky was born this day (July 26) in 1874.
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Travel and FoodBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just a week after writing critically about an article by a well-known journalist in an influential publication, I again feel the necessity to respond to the utter nonsense that these prominent “experts” espouse to their large readerships. Both Dana Milbank and Peter Beinart are Jewish. What “liberal” attitudes
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — Travel broadens the mind, they say. However, one of the less delightful aspects of travel is making sure you haven’t forgotten anything. I’m not talking only about essentials such as passport, documents, etc., but rather about the myriad other objects you have to have about your person to cover
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — In our Torah portion this week, Pinchas, we read about the daughters of Tzlafchad. Tzlafchad had no sons, only daughters. According to biblical law, only sons could inherit from their fathers, which would have left his daughters with nothing. So they petitioned Moses for the rights to their
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyProclaim Liberty Throughout the Land, The Hebrew Bible in the United States: A Sourcebook by M. Y. Soloveichik, M. Holbreich, J. Silver, and S. W. Halpern, editors, The Toby Press, New Milford CT, © 2019, ISBN 978-1-59264-465-0, p. 344, $29.95. By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Historians generally acknowledge the importance of the Protestant pulpit
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionFolksinger/ composer Steve Goodman was born this date (July 25) in 1948. In this video clip, he sings one of his best known songs.
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It must have been a challenging task for the La Jolla Music Society to find a successor for Summerfest’s former director, violinist Cho-Liang Lin. Taiwanese-born Lin was not only a brilliant violinist with a successful career as a performer, but he proved himself to be a gifted administrator
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Bruce F. Lowitt TAMPA, Florida — Here’s an astrological chart for my fellow sports fans. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Tampa residents, you’re living in the only major-league market to have never hosted an All-Star Game. If the Rays don’t get a new ballpark, Montreal will host another one before Tampa Bay does. VIRGO (Aug.
Folksinger/ composer Steve Goodman was born this date (July 25) in 1948. In this video clip, he sings one of his best known songs.
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — One of the fundamental principles of Orthodox Judaism is the belief that there is a Written and an Oral Torah, both of which were revealed by God to Moses. Quite a few Orthodox rabbis declare that if a Jew does not accept this teaching, the Jew is not
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