Remembering Franz Werfel
Novelist and poet Franz Werfel was born this day (September 10) in 1890.
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Books, Poetry & Short StoriesThe Talmud has defined the Judaism of today
In tracing the origins and development of the Talmud over the millennia in which it has existed in one form or another (first oral, then written, and eventually printed), Harry Freedman, a historian and expert in Aramaic and Judaic studies, introduces us to the different environments and cultures in which the Talmud emerged and eventually flourished, as well as giving us insights into the various rabbis, interpreters, and scholars who helped to formulate and establish it.
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionAJC urges court to uphold anti-BDS law
NEW YORK (Press Release) — American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging the United States Court of Appeals to uphold a Texas law that bars the state from engaging the services of contractors involved in boycotts of Israeli products and services. In an amicus brief submitted in the case of Bahia Amawi v. Texas Attorney General
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Middle East, USAHow humane is stunning an animal before slaughter?
Among the newest countries to come out against kosher slaughtering, Belgium now insists that any kind of ritual slaughtering must first stun the animal before it is killed. The European Union held that the animal ought to be unconscious by the time it is slaughtered, to minimize its pain.
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, The World We ShareHow to help Hurricane Dorian victims
Numerous organizations are collecting money for the victims of Hurricane Dorian. The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego gives contact information for some trusted charitable partners.
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International, The World We Share, USAOur Shtetl San Diego: September 9, 2019
Subjects in this column:
*Dr. Peter Salk to Discuss the Works of His Father, Dr. Jonas Salk, Oct. 28
*Beth Israel Men’s Club hosts San Diego Jewish World publisher Donald H. Harrison Oct. 16
*Love Chocolate? You’ll love LFJCC’s Oct 29 Exhibit and Jan. 14 Lecture by Rabbi Prinz
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA‘Just Kidding’: Trump’s Rosh Hashanah Message
It started, as it so often does, with a tweet:
“To my many many Jewish friends all over the world — an incredible people nobody loves more than I do. Certainly not Obama, or crooked Hillary. I want to wish them a wonderful new year….as they say in their exotic language, “Happy Rush HaLimbaugh: and Young Kippur.”
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireKnesset members oppose cameras at polling places
…. First the president, a staunch member of Netanyahu’s Likud, declared his opposition to the move in a thinly veiled statement. Then none other than Benny Begin, the son of the late prime minister and a lifelong active Likud politician, said that he was appalled at the proposed legislation and that as a result, he wouldn’t vote for his party.
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Middle EastJewish trivia quiz: Vaping
…A more complicated issue is whether a cigarette smoker could switch to vaping as a step towards cessation of all smoking, and on this authorities are still quite divided. There is rabbinic precedent that allows substitution of a less serious halachic violation for a more serious violation, i.e., that vaping, while harmful and generally forbidden, would be acceptable when replacing cigarette smoking, which is more dangerous. Authorities in this debate point to what other example where rabbis might allow a less serious transgression of Jewish law in lieu of a more serious one?
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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & SatireRemembering Paul Goodman
Psychologist, anarchist, reformer Paul Goodman was born this day (September 9) in 1911.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASan Diego has many Israel connections
A pillar of our Federation work is connecting San Diego to Israel. We do this both by bringing San Diegans to Israel and by bringing Israel to San Diego.
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAOur Shtetl San Diego: September 8, 2019
Subjects in today’s column:
* Three Jewish women making political headlines in San Diego
* Behavioral Modification for Homeless Dogs and Cats
* Suppose he had lived in Chevy Chase?
* An Example of Erotic Yiddish Poetry
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & SatireThe Jewish Gang that helped a Christian Church
Why did a prominent Valley Center resident who was Jewish underwrite the cost of a stained-glass memorial window at a local Christian church? It is a question that has been asked repeatedly over several decades, but the answer was recently uncovered in a vintage file at the Valley Center History Museum.
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Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRemembering Sid Caesar
Comedian Sid Caesar was born this day (September 8) in 1922.
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