By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — While sorting through and getting rid of books in order to accommodate a new item of furniture I came across “The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait,” which I had given to my father for his birthday in 1965. It still bears my dedication, “To Daddy, with love,” reminding me […]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Who in the world are we to speak to anyone else in a harsh, insensitive, or disrespectful manner? This week’s Torah reading teaches us to speak with love, kindliness, and thoughtfulness. Speaking with gentleness, graciousness, and warmth is vital to our healthy future. How timely parashat Emor is
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “They love him in Israel.” Do they love him in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami Beach, the main cities and their suburbs where most Florida Jews live? Or, for that matter, Floridians generally who live in those areas? Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade county voters consistently vote for
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Mike Wagenheim (JNS) Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save Jews during the Holocaust and is one of five Americans Yad Vashem names as “Righteous Among the Nations.” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) put the bill up again in the
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Holocaust, USA
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — There were 150,000 Israelis demonstrating in support of judicial reform. That’s about as big of a crowd as provided by opponents. So it’s close to a tied score. Right-wing extremists are excited. Yari Levin, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Simcha Rothman are pressing for action. Reports from before this
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — If my interviews with these three spirited women is any indication of the energy of this show, Scripps Ranch Theatre’s Lost in Yonkers is going to blow your mind! Last Tuesday, I had the extreme pleasure of speaking with actor, Jill Drexler, director Jacquelyn Ritz, and dramaturg, Samantha Goldstein.
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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Kate Hatmaker, co-founder and director of Art of Elan, gave an enthusiastic welcome to the full house at an unusual concert by living composers from various corners of the world. The program was entitled, DEFINING HOME. This concert took place Sunday evening, April 23, in the basement space
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
(Melody: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — We believe a fetus constitutes a life. Whether the mother is single or a wife. Ending Roe made the moment rife. There must be fifty ways to ban abortions. Fifty ways to ban abortions. “We’ll save the ovum in the womb. A
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Each year the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego (JCF) facilitates the Peter Chortek Leadership Award (PCLA), an award created by the Chortek Family to foster Jewish communal involvement by rewarding Jewish teens who are practicing Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. The Peter Chortek Leadership Award was established in 2011
By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California – I like porridge, cream of wheat, and semolina. It’s a nice starter for cold weather. I remember the advertising ditty, “Its cream of wheat weather, we repeat, so guard your family with hot cream of wheat.” In 2005 we were in San Francisco for a wedding. We breakfasted
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food
SANTA ANA, California (Press Release) — StandWithUs strongly condemns Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) approval of an Ethnic Studies: World Geography course which promotes bias and bigotry against Israel and the Jewish people. The course was approved by the SAUSD Board of Education on April 25th, 2023. The SAUSD board also approved an Ethnic
Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose program became a symbol of low brow television with its on-air fights, swearing and infidelity revelations, has died at the age of 79, US media reported Thursday. Springer, whose show became an international hit that ran for 27 years, died
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Jewish CelebritiesBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Tucker Carlson’s potpourri of prejudice ended last Friday when Fox News fired him. Now the network is busy considering the credentials of replacements for him. My mole there has furnished me with the application letters of candidates. The following are quotes from the leading contenders: Alex Jones: “Tucker merely
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
LONDON (Press Release) — On the morning of Israel Independence Day, staff at StandWithUs UK arrived at their office to find that it had been broken into. In a calculated attack, the perpetrators broke through the ceiling into the office and left a lit memorial candle placed next to a StandWithUs t-shirt. The implication of
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International, Israel