By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — The co-creator of the songs for some of the most popular children’s shows on television is bringing a new musical to San Diego. Actually, it’s a musical about putting on a musical. Ensemble: The Musical — which will be performed live for the first time at the Tenth […]
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Just when you thought America’s Finest City couldn’t get any finer, it just did! Not only do we have the country’s best weather, Museum Month at Balboa Park, and world-class surfing, but now March has a new moniker — San Diego Theatre Month. Eight years ago, San Diego
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The weekly Torah portion of Mishpatim begins with laws concerning an eved ivri, translated “Hebrew Slave.” But the term is not explained. It continues with laws when a man sells his daughter as a slave, a death sentence to a person who kills another, the law
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
Published by Knewz Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks are leading to more hate, according to a new report. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report on Monday recording a spike in antisemitic incidents since October, many of which specifically reference rap artist and producer Kanye West, likewise referred to as Ye. According to the report, these
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USA
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — In the words of Louis Nizer, the noted Jewish-American trial lawyer author, artist, and advisor to some of the most powerful people in the world of politics, business, and entertainment, “True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess.” In this week’s readings, we are
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
SAN DIEGO — Clearly, the owner of this license plate wants to wish good health to fellow drivers and other passersby. (As they say in Yiddish, zei gezunt.)
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mark D. Zimmerman The United States recently shot down a Chinese spy balloon which had sailed across the American continent. Since that time, there have been reports of previous Chinese spy balloons. And the United States military has now shot down three additional unidentified objects, over Alaska, Canada’s Yukon Territory, and Michigan. Of course,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Dear editor: It shouldn’t be controversial to use the word “terrorists” when referring to terrorists. A February 6 Reuters news article that was republished in San Diego Jewish World used the terms “militants,” “gunmen,” and “armed individuals” to characterize the Palestinian Arab terrorists who carried out recent attacks, such as the massacre of seven worshippers
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Israel, Opinion, USA
Published by DPA About 90,000 Israelis protested against planned judicial reforms in front of the Knesset parliament in Jerusalem on Monday, according to media reports – hours after the Israeli president warned of a social breakdown in the country. “We are only moments away from a clash, perhaps even a violent one,” Herzog warned in
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Israel
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The protests are mounting in Israel. Street demonstrations, on the bridges over main highways, as well as known personalities commenting against the government and its recommendations. And major investors, threatening or actually taking money and themselves away from Israel. All due to proposals, and actions, against the judiciary: giving
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — A few months ago, I was walking 4,000 steps a day using long strides. Then, one day as I was opening my refrigerator, the handle broke in two and I crashed onto the kitchen floor. An X-ray revealed a compression fraction in the L1 disk of
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Community College District has named Rabbi Laurie Coskey, Ed.D., former associate rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel, as its vice chancellor of Development and Entrepreneurship, a newly created position responsible for building even stronger initiatives to promote student success and persistence with philanthropists, private and public foundations and
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — To defend the country from foreign attacks, the United States has developed sophisticated weapons like stealth jets and weapons capable of shooting down incoming missiles. The Chinese spy balloon alerted our leaders to the dangers of low-tech threats to our security. A supplemental military appropriation bill addresses this problem.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Urim Publications published “ArchitecTorah, Architectural Ideas in Judaism and the Weekly Torah Portion” by Joshua Skarf in 2023. It contains 178 short, informative, easy-to-read essays on the 54 weekly portions focusing on Torah topics that reveal hidden information about God and architecture design and theory
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion