By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump would like the High Holy days and other Jewish religious holidays to be observed earlier in 2020 than in their usual season, and is taking steps to implement his idea. In a series of tweets just leaked, he gave two reasons for urging a change: to
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Abu Safiyeh, is a representative of the PLO’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the Gaza Strip. He was arrested after he published a Facebook post criticizing Hamas’s corruption. Here are some of the things he wrote that got him thrown into Palestinian prison by Hamas:
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Barry Shaw, Middle East
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I’ve often contended that had there not been a State of Israel, Judaism would by now been confined to museums. Enclaves of Orthodox Jews would perhaps continue to practice their ways in the manner of the Amish in the United States. The majority would assimilate. I’ve now come to
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Middle East
Two Who Survived: Keeping Hope Alive While Surviving the Holocaust; Rose & Max Schindler’s story, written by M. Lee Connolly; MRS Publishing © 2019; ISBN 9781738-19877; 179 pages including glossary; $21.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is a romantic notion in popular Judaism that everyone has a bashert – a special person
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A young man, Dvir Sorek, religious, a bit short of going from his Yeshiva to the army, was killed as he walked the path from the bus stop to his settlement. It demonstrated, once again, that roadside killings in the West Bank are the most popular targets for Palestinian terrorists.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastConcert promoter Sid Bernstein, who brought the Beatles to the U.S., was born this day (August 12) in 1918.
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Woodstock music festival took place 50 years ago this week. The event, attended by more than 400,000 people, featured performances by Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, The Who, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and dozens of other musicians. Many of the people involved in Woodstock
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The Fire Spot, 4646 Convoy Street, San Diego, California 92111 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — As my time with my older son gets shorter and shorter as we prepare for him to start UC Berkeley in the fall, I’m trying to save up as many experiences as I can for him, his brother and
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San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, Travel and Food
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) concluded its season with an entertaining Pops Concert under the direction of its founder and conductor, David Amos, and featuring soprano Victoria Robertson. The first half of the program began and ended with two unusual selections, Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair March,
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — It was a venue of juxtaposition on Sunday, August 11. In Mission Bay, a dog rode on a paddle board, with it and its master somehow keeping their balance as the wake from a powerboat rocked the board on its course. Elsewhere,
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori, USA
Breedism and Human Supremacy By Elona Baron (as told to Laurie Baron) SAN DIEGO−In the beginning there were wolves, and the Lord decided they were too scary for Adam and Eve who were scheduled to be created the next day. Thus, God took a rib from a wolf and created the first dog to be
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The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The Cities that Built the Bible by Robert R. Cargill, HarperOne, 2016 By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France — This overview of the history of the Ancient Near East as it relates to the events described in the Bible is written in a language that is accessible to any reader who is not an expert in archaeology
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastFilm director Stuart Rosenberg was born this day (August 11) in 1927.
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Mark R. Levin’s very informative book Unfreedom of the Press may surprise many readers when they discover that the book is filled with eye-opening fascinating information that is written in clear easy-to-read English. Levin covers many interesting subjects relating to the press, newspapers, TV, radio, attacks on
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., USA