Rep. Susan Davis announces plans to retire

In a personal letter to her constituents, Congresswoman Susan A. Davis on Wednesday announced that this is her final term in Congress.

“I have struggled to make this very difficult decision.  I will not seek another term in Congress.  My decision today represents a desire to live and work ‘at home’ in San Diego,“ wrote Davis, who is an active member of San Diego’s Jewish community.

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San Diego County, USA

Hadassah Hospital: An Oasis of Peace

To many, the term “Middle East peace” represents the impossible dream, if not the ultimate contradiction in terms. But there is a place in the region where Jews, Muslims, and Christians meet peacefully every day on the basis of shared concerns and a sense of humanity.

It’s not a country, though it is older than many of the nations in the vicinity. Nor is it a mirage, though the desert is within view.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Notes on Torah reading for September 7, 2019

Shofetim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:8 By Irvin Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — This parsha focuses on morality issues. They were written in an ancient setting, inserted just “prior to entering the promised land,” but they clearly are applicable today. I have chosen two passages for examples, and herein I explore their beginnings. I. Chapter 16: vv.

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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion

80 Jewish groups protest SF State prof’s postings

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Eighty organizations on Tuesday wrote to the California State University (CSU) Chancellor and the University’s General Counsel demanding answers regarding San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor Rabab Abdulhadi’s continued use of the university’s name and logo to spread anti-Semitism and false propaganda against Israel on social media. The groups

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Our Shtetl San Diego: September 3, 2019

Items in today’s column
* A Non-Traditional, ‘Erotic’ Night of Yiddish poetry Has Been Rescheduled to Sept. 21.
* Some Rabbinic Thoughts as Rosh Hashanah Approaches
*A Rosh Hashanah Recipe:  Apple & Olive Oil Cake
* Richard Hirschhaut to head regional office of American Jewish Committee

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA

Reform Judaism condemns Trump’s ‘hate speech’

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The following statement was issued by the Reform Judaism’s principal officers. As we begin the month of Elul, we enter a time of introspection and reflection culminating in the Jewish High Holidays. Individually and communally, we consider our actions, their impacts on others, and our responsibility to do whatever we

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Jewish Religion, USA