SOLANA BEACH, California (Press Release) – Seacrest Foundation hosted The 211 Club Patron Recognition Party on July 28. Patrons of The 211 Club are “Visionaries of Jewish Eldercare,” a prestigious group of community leaders that are the cornerstone of a tremendous fundraising effort. Their individual contributions of $1,000 or more annually help to ensure the […]
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San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A friend gave me James Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, and it strikes me as worthy of a review. Comey was a bureaucrat. A professional in the field of law, who worked his way from Assistant US Attorney, through positions as lawyer in the private sector,
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By Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel LA JOLLA, California — The public was treated to a free weekend of brilliant piano music that started on Friday morning, July 12th at the beautiful new Conrad Preys Concert Hall in La Jolla. Piano music including the works of Bach, Debussy, Mozart, Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert and many
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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. —Jerusalem Post editor Yaakov Katz probably had no way of knowing that this would be a perfect time to release his briskly-selling Shadow Strike—Inside Israel’s Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power (St. Martin’s Press). Or did he? The world’s attention is once again and inevitably riveted to the
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USASilent film star Theda Bara was born this day (July 29) in 1885.
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Travel and Food
SAN DIEGO — Rabbi/ Cantor Arlene Bernstein, currently serving as the acting senior rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, will share the story of her journey first into the cantorate and later into the rabbinate at buffet dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 21, at the temple, 9001 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego. Cost for
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Concerned that his Jewish support is waning, President Trump has consulted a southern California psychiatrist for help. (This account is based on what was disclosed by a witness to the session, who either accidentally overheard he discussion or deliberately eavesdropped.) The psychiatrist is also a rabbi, which caused
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Boris Johnson has just replaced Theresa May as prime minister of Great Britain. Johnson has been a strong supporter of Israel and an advocate for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. What was Johnson’s connection to Israel before he became a politician? A. Johnson attended high school at the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Oliver B. Pollak ALBANY, California — Several years ago I attended the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Two years ago I attended the Berlin and Beyond German Film Festival in San Francisco. This year we attended the 39th annual San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. The crowd was lined up around the block to
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Story and photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Although our San Diego Padres were defeated by the San Francisco Giants by a score of 7-6 on Sunday, July 28, there was a magical moment during what was designated as “Jewish Community Day” at Petco Park. That moment came during the bottom of the
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Sports & CompetitionsBritish Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefiore died this day (July 28) in 1885 at age 100.
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dow Mamur JERUSALEM — Israel is “blessed” with some twenty political parties each aspiring to be represented in the Knesset. But the law that requires a party to have a minimum number of votes in elections in order to qualify would exclude many of them. That’s why before each election the small parties,
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Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Their messages were aimed at different people, but both screeds were just as historically shameful. In a 10-day period, our president and a congresswoman from Detroit uttered some of the most disgraceful words ever to emanate from Washington. Even Republican leaders pounced on President Trump for proclaiming in
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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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