By Mark D. Zimmerman Jews around the world are listening to the blowing of the shofar during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, and again on Yom Kippur. The shofar is typically a hollowed out ram’s horn, though other animals’ horns are also used, including goats, ibexes and kudus. While there is not a specific reference to […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
“So much of our liturgy this time of year is talking about, and confessing to God, about things I’ve done wrong,” says Rabbi Daniel Reich, leader of Congregation Adat Yeshurun of La Jolla. “And that’s important to do, and it’s important to recognize our mistakes so we can rectify them and move on to
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. You wake up exhausted after a good night’s sleep. You take no pleasure in your activities. You have difficulty concentrating, tasks take longer than usual, at times you find yourself irritable for no obvious reason. Maybe you feel “keyed up” all the time, or as if your energy goes through
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz
Chabad at La Costa community member Adeline Glovsky Hale passed away on August 31, 2022. She was 87. Adeline was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Portland, Maine, in May 1935. The family had emigrated from the Ukraine. Addy, or Channah to her Jewish friends, grew up in a close-knit family where Yiddish was
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — Daniel Brodsky, originally of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and an influential member of the San Diego Jewish community, passed away peacefully at The Gardens of Blenman Elm in Tucson, Arizona, on September 19, 2022, at the age of 87. He was born to Frances and Israel Brodsky on August 1,1935 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County
Published by DPA Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, as long as the state would be a peaceful one, in his speech to the UN General Assembly. “Peace is not a compromise. It is the most courageous decision we can make,” he said. He said Israel seeks
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Israel
Published by DPA Iran’s military has issued a stern warning to protesters, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Friday, as state media reported thousands of people taking to the streets in solidarity with the government. “We will not allow enemies to use the situation,” a military statement said, according to ISNA. The secret service
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Middle East
Published by Reuters By Alexander Cornwell and John Irish DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Israel has agreed to sell an advanced air defence system to the United Arab Emirates, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the first such known deal between them since they forged ties in 2020. The deal reinforces how, for some
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Federation of San Diego County concluded its first cohort of the San Diego Jewish Community Security Institute and announced a $10,000 donation to each participating synagogue to show communal support for their efforts. “The vital work done with the San Diego Jewish Community Security Institute ensures that Jewish organizations
By Dorian de Wind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — If you thought that book burnings were a barbaric relic of the Middle Ages, think again. In the 1930s, in Nazi Germany, Austria and, later, in occupied territories, the Nazis conducted massive burnings of books they felt contained anti-Nazi ideology – including books written by
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorian de Wind, Holocaust, International, Opinion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I suppose the etymology of the two phrases (Holy Days and Holidays) is the same, but their significance in this day and age is very different. Holidays are a time for enjoying oneself, whether relaxing on a beach or trekking up a mountain, whichever suits your taste. Holy
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Opinion
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Couldn’t we all use some genuine happiness about now? This week’s parasha may be just the thing that can help us create it. We are offered these days of Elul to be an ais ratzon, a space filled with the love and desire between us and Hashem.
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
SAN DIEGO — Our license plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted her latest gem on Monday morning. Cheers to that!
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth died at the age of 96, having reigned for 70 years. She is being mourned around the world, including by members of the British Jewish community. According to Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom, “Her affection for the Jewish people
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire