By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK– Kvelling over the success of what he termed his “unbelievably wonderful” seders last year, President Trump is planning another “very special” celebration this year, combining elements of the 2017 events with new ones. The seders, “tributes to my Jewish relatives, staff members and so many Jewish friends, will make […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release)– Within hours of San Francisco State University (SFSU) President Leslie Wong’s public apology to Jewish students and affirmation that “Zionists are welcome on our campus,” an SFSU professor shot back with a hateful and discriminatory message targeting Jewish and Zionist students. The message was posted on an official site of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and
By Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — Less than a month ago, in advance of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak, which is considered one of the mouthpieces of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), published an
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy David Amos SAN DIEGO — XLNC, San Diego’s only classical radio station for many years, stopped operating on the air waves, as of the beginning of March. The station continues to transmit music on line at www.xlnc1.org This was the source for many of us to hear a good variety of classical music
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)—Jacquelyne Silver, who lectures and plays piano, returns to the Athenaeum with a new series. “We have been making music since the beginning of mankind,” Silver says. “It brings us together, quickens our pulses, and is the universal language.” With her pianistic expertise and storytelling talent, Silver will elucidate upon the
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CalendarBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — “What is your favorite sound?” was one of the questions that the legendary French interviewer and literary figure, Bernard Pivo, used to ask his interviewees. The answers were usually interesting but not very original. “The sounds of nature,” “A champagne cork popping,” “The harmonious cacophony of the orchestra tuning
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Israeli author Ayelet Gundar Goshen, whose Walking Lions has been a best seller in Europe and was described by the New York Times as a notable book of 2017, will speak at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, in Room 430 of San Diego State University’s Love Library. The program is
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, San Diego CalendarWith Liberty and Justice: The Fifty-Day Journey from Egypt to Sinai by Senator Joe Lieberman with Rabbi Ari D. Kahn, Maggid Books and OU Press, New Milford, CT, © 2018, ISBN 978-1-59264-501-5, p. 165, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – An ancient midrash explains that just after the Israelites left Egypt, Moses told
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, USADonald H. Harrison, 77 Miles of Jewish Stories, History, Anecdotes & Tales of Travel Along I-8. (San Diego, 2017) By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California –There are book length guides to Jewish Italy, Germany, Poland, Eastern and Central Europe and New York City. Now there is a 338-page Jewish guide to a portion of San Diego
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Oliver PollakBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Jews have a long history in Ireland, with historical references as far back as the eleventh century. Today there are approximately 2500 Jews living in Ireland, a community which included such prominent members as Immanuel Jakobovits, former chief rabbi of Ireland and the first rabbi to sit in
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The story is an old one, repeated several times in history, literature, film, and Israel’s reality. Most famous is the story of Judas Iscariot, and the use of the label “Judas” for a person turning against a figure to whom the turncoat had been loyal.. The term is used not
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO –Ever since the 1950’s when Albert Ellis, Ph.D., my teacher and mentor, developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy/Coaching (the foundation to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Coaching), the mental health field has not been the same. Instead of spending months and years gazing inward and backward with no real behavior change, folks
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Michael Mantell
First in a series By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – They are of different generations and live on different coasts of the United States, but one can’t help but think of Marsha Berkson and Estee Einhorn as close colleagues who helped to establish Jewish Family Service’s Hand Up Pantry, which offers hungry and homeless
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Thirty four Haredi Women graduated a United Hatzalah EMT course on Thursday, joining the Women’s Unit of the organization. The newly trained EMTs will be tasked with providing emergency medical care as first responders to women in the Haredi communities of Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Director of United Hatzalah’s Women’s
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