My 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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Middle EastRemembering tax preparation maven Henry W. Bloch, who was born this day (July 30) in 1922.
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Travel and Food
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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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Ira Sharkansky, USA
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 & Satire