Numbers: Chapter 22, v. 2 through Chapter 25, v.9 (Balak) By Irvin H. Jacobs, MD, MPH, MFA LA JOLLA, California — The gist of this parsha is a story of an intended curse of the approaching Israelites by a fearful pagan ruler, through a seer named Balaam. (f1) Though there are lessons to be learned, […]
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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish ReligionBy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel –I write articles like this one because popular columnists such as Peter Beinart have the reach and the power to misinform many readers. In a recent article on the traditionally leftist and Jewish Forward site, Beinart has again revealed himself as one who gets it all backwards. His pedigree
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The new radical force in American politics has come to be represented by what is called “The Squad, ”four new and radical Democratic congresswomen who have used their gender and their ethnicity as a battering ram to force themselves and their radical policies to the center of their party.
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USA
By Caleb Tisdale MARRAKECH, Morocco — Attracting young people to radical, extremist ideas is not hard. Just ask the ISIS recruiters behind one of the most effective propaganda presences in the world. Extremist groups are so effective at recruitment because the target audience is easily identified and appealed to: those who are at the margins
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InternationalA Racist True or False Quiz By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−President Trump tweeted today, “I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!” True: He doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. He has a racist mind, mouth, and political instincts. As far as bones go, he does have racist skeletons in his closet.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish ReligionPhotographer Arthur Rothstein chronicled rural America during the Great Depression. We remember him on this his date of birth (July 17) in 1915.
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Travel and FoodBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — A recent full-page ad in the New York Times really resonated with me, and I hope it registered with all Americans, Jews especially, as well. It was not selling a product or technology, but a long-held, seemingly endangered principle: welcoming the stranger. A tribute “with much love and respected”
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International, Joel H. Cohen, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – A month after California Gov. Gavin Newsom apologized to Native Americans for the state’s early history of sanctioning murder of Indians and attempting the annihilation of their culture, the City of San Diego celebrated as the flag of the Kumeyaay nation on
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego CountyBy Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California — It’s been nearly 35 years since the beloved film star Rock Hudson died of a heretofore unknown disease called AIDS.At the time, Ronald Reagan, who had been a movie star himself (although not a beloved one) was president. Hereacted to news of the malady that was soon to
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Cynthia Citron, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USARemembering Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945, who was born this date (July 16) in 1924.
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Travel and Food
By Sarita Mehta MARRAKECH, Morocco — As a child, I frequently remember many lazy summer days spent lugging my purple Huffy bike up the cement dunes of my suburban neighborhood. Following the parade of my two older brothers and my neighbor, I would often times find myself summiting hills that turned my palms sweaty. Looking
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s still labeled the two-state solution, despite clear evidence that it requires at least three states. With Gaza kept separate from the West Bank, as its leaders seem to desire. Americans imagine that it’s only the Israeli right that frustrates the creation of a Palestinian State. Yet the reality is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East