By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Pooh, Pooh, Pooh, I’m not superstitious, ken ayin ha’ra (no evil eye). But why take chances? So, of course, I observe the secular warnings: Avoid black cats and don’t walk under ladders — and, honoring the Druids, I knock on wood so as not to invoke bad karma […]
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – San Diego has proven that humane, viable and cost-effective processes to welcome people seeking asylum in the U.S. is possible. (JFSSD), has been providing such services along the border region since 2018, following the cancellation of “safe release” by the Trump administration. “Safe release” was the long-held travel protocol to
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San Diego County, USA
By Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO — “They love our work, but they do not love us” says an elderly man in the high mountains of Ethiopia. He is a Jew. His family has been Jewish as far back as they can remember, and they can remember all the way to the days of Queen Sheeba
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Israel, Middle East, Sam Litvin, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — When I read the news that former President Jimmy Carter had gone into hospice, I began reflecting on his life and career. While I greatly admire his post-executive humanitarian work, Carter’s relationship with Israel and the American Jewish community is a bit more complicated. Hungry for Honesty In
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Eric George Tauber, International, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
Published by BANG Showbiz English Dame Helen Mirren found playing Golda Meir similar to portraying Queen Elizabeth I. The Oscar-winning actress stars as the former Israeli Prime Minister in ‘Golda’ and compared the politician’s “maternal” instinct to that of the Tudor monarch, who she played in the 2005 TV miniseries ‘Elizabeth I’. Helen, 77, told
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International
Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a newspaper’s challenge on free speech grounds to an Arkansas law requiring state government contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, a policy the publication’s lawyers called a threat to a constitutionally protected form of collective protest. The
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USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Roald Dahl Story Company and Puffin Books have changed the original language in Dahl’s children’s stories to make them more inclusive and less offensive. The Mark Twain Foundation is planning to do the same for his works. Here are some of the changes: Tom Sawyer is now described
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — When you give something of yourself, who benefits? Of course, the person to whom you offered something, but the Torah this week sets the groundwork for something many know. Hashem is teaching us this week, among other lessons, that when you contribute, give, you receive and benefit
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Mark D. Zimmerman The Carter Center issued a statement that following recent hospital stays by President Jimmy Carter, the 98-year-old former president “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.” Among President Carter’s greatest accomplishments was the 1978 Camp David Accords, agreements
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For the seventh consecutive week, as Sabbath ended, hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested what the government is proposing on judicial reform. Seeing it as politicians taking over the judicial process by increasing their control over nominations to the Supreme Court, and limiting the Court from overturning Knesset enactments.
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel has not achieved a clear cut victory over its existential antagonist, the Palestinian Arabs. That’s right, NO EXISTENTIAL VICTORY yet. In fact, the last clear battlefield victory against the Palestinian Arabs was more than twenty years ago. Why existential? Because our enemy wants to erase the Jewish
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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer
Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli opposition vowed to “fight for the soul of the nation” with fresh protests as parliament prepared to hold a first reading on Monday of judicial changes promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government. Wielding 64 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, Netanyahu looked likely to
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Israel
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Steven Schick, celebrated conductor, master percussionist, and distinguished UCSD professor, has commissioned over 150 new works. His latest was awarded to UCSD alumnus, Mary Kouyoumdjian for her piece, “Walking with Ghosts,” the opener of the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus’ February 11 concert at Mandeville Hall. Schick,
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — An avid fan of North Coast Repertory Theatre for the past 27 years, I seldom leave this precious gem when I am not bowled over by the performance, direction, set, and acting. Today I attended only my third Theatre School production and WOW! The caliber of these young
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast