Hey Waiter…There’s God in My Soup! Learning Kabbalah through Humor by Sam “Simcha” Krause with Terry Krause; ISBN 978-1-553-4537-2980-9, ©2010, $16.00, 98 pages By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California — Jewish tradition holds that Moses received three things from God on Mt. Sinai. First, he received the Written Law, known as the Torah and Five […]
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionLA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– The Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family JCC will present a solo exhibition, “John David Ratajkowski – From Page to Stage: Portraits of Jewish Literary Figures in Film,” running December 8, 2010 – February 23, 2011. Art will be for sale, with all proceeds benefiting the artist and the Gotthelf Art Gallery.
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Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has canceled an appearance at a fundraising dinner in London over fears he could be arrested by UK authorities, the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ reports. It is believed the Israeli British Justice Ministry warned the Likud politician that an arrest warrant might be issued if he entered Britain. Meridor was
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Travel and FoodEVANSTON, Illinois (WJC)– Authorities in this Chicago suburb are investigating a case of vandalism at the local Chabad house, which serves the nearby Northwestern University campus. A large menorah in front of the building was vandalized and the light bulbs and wiring were pulled out. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. The
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) for his recent speech taking the Obama Administration to task for fixating on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as constituting an obstacle to peace when the truth is that Jews living and building homes there poses no obstacle to
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Editor’s Note: Author Sheila Isenberg will speak as part of the Book Fair at Temple Solel, 3575 Manchester Avenue, Cardiff, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov 14. * Muriel’s War by Sheila Isenberg; Palgrave Macmillan; 256 pages; $26. By Norman Manson SAN DIEGO–World War II, with all its varied ramifications, has spawned a vast
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By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — I’m back from a self imposed leave-of-absence. As much as I enjoy the opportunity to report on and opine about local events, it was one of those occurences where a family event needed to take precedence. So the confluence of factors – namely being a single dad and having
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Travel and FoodCompiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Schissell-Levenson in Double-Ring Rites Southwestern Jewish Press, April 29,1 955, Page 3 On Sunday, April 17th, at 2 p.m., Sandra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Schissell, exchanged marriage vows with Arthur Levenson, son of Mrs. Ethel Levenson. The double-ring candlelight services were held at Temple Beth Israel,
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the massacre of worshippers in an Iraqi Catholic church as a “despicable and cowardly act” and expressed its sympathies to Pope Benedict XVI, saying the attack was “another example of the terrible price of religiously motivated extremism.” Terrorists linked to Al Qaeda took nearly 100 people hostage
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release)― Employers are constantly looking for innovative ways to motivate their workforce. “Self-efficacy,” a typical technique, involves improving employees’ confidence in their abilities so that they expect greater success. This motivates them to exert greater effort and leads to better performance. But according to organizational psychologist Prof. Dov Eden of Tel Aviv
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Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO—We can help our fellow Jews by voting in today’s election, whether we are Democrats or Republicans, members of a smaller party or “decline-to-state” voters. We can help our people just by going to the polls, no matter which candidates or ballot propositions that we, as individuals, vote for. The sad fact in American
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Donald H. Harrison, USACHICO, California (Press Release) — Led by Nobel Laureates Roger Kornberg, Stanford University, and Steven Weinberg, University of Texas at Austin, 38 Nobel colleagues have endorsed the following statement written under the auspices of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) regarding worldwide attempts to boycott, divest from or sanction Israeli academics, institutions, and
HAIFA (Press Release)–Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn’t been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa that examined the significance of early retirement. “A policy of late
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Travel and FoodNEW YORK (Press Release)–Participation in semester or year programs in Israel is directly linked to stronger Jewish affiliation and leadership – regardless of the Jewish background growing up, a study commissioned by Masa Israel Journey finds. Masa, a joint project of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israeli government which serves an umbrella for
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