A vertical construct
making a line
upward to the sky –
the Tower of Babel –
it was meant
to unite all humanity …
(Poem by Jeremy Friedman)
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion
By Michael Laitman, Ph.D PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — On the morning of November 4 in the U.S, some people will smile and some people will cry. Hopefully, the aftermath of the election will not be as contentious as the months leading to it have been, and the president will be able to do his job
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International, Lifestyles, Middle East, USA
By David Ogul SAN DIEGO — My daughter tried her best to talk me out of the trip. My brother thought I was nuts. Friends were somewhere between shocked and amused. But when Major League Baseball decided to conclude an unprecedented season by allowing a limited number of fans to witness the National League Championship
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David Ogul, Lifestyles, Sports & Competitions, USA
By Ira Spector SAN DIEGO — One of the classes I attended in graduate school was Conflict and Resolution. The instructor was the Dean of Men, his name long since forgotten, but what transpired is as fresh in my memory as if it were yesterday. The first night of the course, after we had settled
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Science, Medicine, & Education
By Marcia Berneger SAN DIEGO — The first book of the Torah begins with the Creation story. This story is read during Simchat Torah, the holiday celebrated last week that marks reading the end of the last book of the Torah and immediately starting over. (See last week’s description of the Creation story.) This week’s
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Jewish Religion, Marcia Berneger
No on Proposition 20 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – When you boil it down, Proposition 20 seeks to keep felons in prison longer by changing the rules of parole, and would create a new class of “wobblers” – that is, crimes that could be treated either as a misdemeanor or a felony –
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
Compiled by Laurie Baron, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — All times are Pacific Daylight Time. Sunday, October 18 8 am Luca Ascoli, “The Jews of Italy,” Sephardic World. 8 am Yevilah McCoy, “Keynote Address,” Jewish Coalition for Racial Equity Virtual Conference. 8 am Moshe Halbertal and Jonathan Sacks, “Strange New World- Conversations in Times of Crisis- Religious
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — “The paintings which I propose to do will depict the struggles of a people to create a nation and their attempt to build a democracy” – this is how Jacob Lawrence described his project in 1954. Over sixty-five years later his proposal has, if anything, become only more urgent.
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –In these difficult times Israel finds itself facing a fresh scandal on an almost daily basis. The latest was the bold statement made by the outgoing head of a hospital situated in the ultra-orthodox town of Bnei Brak, and hence treating primarily that population. As a rule I don’t
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Dissuaded from wearing a superman costume underneath his clothes after his release from the hospital, Donald Trump has been itching to demonstrate that he is the man of steel who beat Covid-19. When he realized suburban white women no longer loved him, he decided he could kill two birds
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Irv Jacobs, MD LA JOLLA, California — This essay covers creation stories; rivers in the Eden and pagan stories; and snakes and serpents in mythology. Genesis 1:1-6:8 The creation stories, and Genesis in general, offer a different focus in my year-long project, because they are more legendary than historical in flavor. I have
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International, Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO –In Fiddler on the Roof, Tevya’s daughter Chava wants to marry a Russian Orthodox intellectual. In real life, Jared Kushner weds Ivanka Trump, and she converts to Judaism. Interfaith romances are common. San Diego Jewish World editor Don Harrison says the intermarriage rate among Jews in San
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Donald H. Harrison, Ken Stone, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Proposition 19 is one of those measures that gives something with one hand and takes something away with another. What does it give? Currently people over age 55, disabled persons, and victims of natural disasters are able to transfer the base value of their former property to whatever
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –One of the most brilliant ancient Jewish thinkers was Abraham ibn Ezra (1089 or 1092-1164). Being human, he, like all other people including the best of humans, without exception, made mistakes in his thinking, such as his belief that astrology is a true science. But overall. He
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion