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Finding Comfort in Our Unity
Parshat Va’etchanan / Shabbat Nachamu 5783 By Rabbi Daniel Reich LA JOLLA, California — Another Tisha B’Av has come and gone…The Jewish people are still in a deep exile…Jerusalem has yet to be rebuilt…to put it lightly — it is exhausting! Every Tisha B’Av, we sit on the floor mourning the destruction of Yerushalayim and
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Daniel Reich-Rabbi, Jewish ReligionThe Political Situation in Israel: What Unites Us in Times of Deep Division?
By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES — In recent months, we have seen tensions in Israel rise to alarming levels. Although the current debate is focused on Israel’s judicial system, it cuts deeper into divisions over what it means for different groups to coexist in a Jewish and democratic state. This has been very painful to
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Israel, Opinion, USAA New Dawn?
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — For the last few months, Israel’s long-suffering population has been subjected to a double barrage of government legislation on the one hand and demonstrations protesting said legislation on the other. Anyone living in Israel who is not completely cut off from the news media is unable to avoid
County Human Relations Commissioner Resigns After His Antisemitic Rant
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego San Diego County Supervisor Joel Anderson announced Wednesday that Human Relations Commissioner Khaliq Raufi had resigned over his antisemitic comments during an official meeting last week. “Commissioner Raufi’s ignorant comments were hurtful and in no way reflect my personal views, but they do highlight the urgent need to
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San Diego CountyJewish Agency Chairman Visits Ojai’s Camp Ramah in California
OJAI, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Chairman of the Executive Major General (Res.) Doron Almog last Wednesday visited Ojai-based Camp Ramah in California to meet with campers as well as with the organization’s Summer Camp Shlichim (Israeli emissaries), who are working to forge connections to Israel at the camp this season.
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California, IsraelParashat Va’etchanan/Shabbat Nachamu: Comfort at a Time of Hardship
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Wow! Talk about a special Shabbat. First, this is Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of Comfort, based on the first verse of the Haftarah reading that says, “Console, console my people, says your G-d.” This, of course, follows Tisha B’Av in which we deeply re-experienced a litany of tragedies
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Jewish Religion, Michael MantellPreview: Top Flamenco Artist to Perform in Intersections Concert Series
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — One of the top flamenco artists in the world today, Lakshmi Basile, “La Chimi,” will be featured in the Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m. Intersections Concert Series at Park and Market, curated by Yale Strom. She will be joined by her quintet, Souls on Fire, and by Hot
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyThe Buzz About Barbenheimer
By Eric George Tauber “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” — Barbie Okay. No. The iconic doll never said this. This quote actually comes from a Hindu tale in Baghavad Gita wherein Vishnu tells the warrior prince Arjuna not to worry about who lives and who dies in battle. Such choices are
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Eric George Tauber, Opinion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USASan Diego Jewish Community ‘Appalled’ by Human Relations Commissioner’s Antisemitic Rant
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — An antisemitic rant by a member of the San Diego County Human Relations Commission has drawn sharp criticism from the local Jewish community. Commissioner Khaliq Raufi said during a meeting on July 18 that he had read “a few verses” in the Old Testament
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San Diego CountyFederation Reacts to Judicial Reform Developments in Israel ‘With Great Concern’
Jewish Federation of San Diego’s President and CEO Heidi Gantwerk, as well as Federation’s Board Chair David Bark, on Monday issued the following statement regarding the latest developments on the issue of judicial reform in Israel: Friends, Like everyone who cares deeply about the land and the people of Israel, we are watching the latest
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Israel, San Diego CountyCensure Rep. Jayapal Over Dig Against Israel?
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “There is nothing progressive about racism,” said. U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas. It was a shit-hits-the-fan moment last week when the U.S. House of Representatives reacted to Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s (D-Wash.) “racist state” dig against Israel. It was an empty resolution, officially having nothing to do with Jayapal. For
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USASatire: Uncle Tom’s Mansion
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The new African American history curriculum for Florida public schools requires teaching that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” and that acts of black-on-black violence are the equivalent to white collective violence against blacks. The textbook companies are now scrambling to publish
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireSummertime Films in Jerusalem
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Michal and I recently returned from a mini-vacation in Jerusalem, which featured the annual Jerusalem Film Festival. While much of Europe and the U.S. is sweltering, Israel is “enjoying” its usual hot summer weather, with no rain expected until the end of September or early October. So,
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Israel, Steve Kramer, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food