SAN DIEGO – Sukkot is celebrated five days after Yom Kippur and is named after the booths or huts in which Jews are supposed to dwell during this week-long celebration. Typically, it is to honor our ancestors who made the 40-year trek of wandering in the desert after escaping slavery from Egypt. These temporary shelters […]
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Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Will the new year be better than the previous horrible one? It’s hard to believe that it won’t be, given the last year’s continuous warfare. At this juncture, Israel has ruptured Hamas in Gaza and killed its leader Yahya Sinwar, leaving the major problems returning our hostages and eliminating the remnants of the Hamas fighting forces. [Steve Kramer]
5785: A good year for the Jews? Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer
Genesis opens with God ceasing His work on the seventh day (Gen. 2:2-3), and then Shabbat never appearing again as day of rest until after the Exodus and the collection of manna (Ex. 16:23). Levenson brings to bear his own insights and knowledge on the subject, together with the thoughts and theories of other scholars endeavoring to understand the ancient meanings and observances of the Jewish Sabbath. [Fred Reiss, Ed.D]
Why Do Weeks Have Seven Days and Why is the Seventh Day Holy? Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
The year was 1905 and Shoshana, Mama, older sister Libke and twin toddler sisters Pearlie and Tsivia were fleeing persecution and finally got sponsors to bring them to America from Ukraine. [Cailin Acosta]
Fiction for Middle Schoolers: Jewish Immigrants Settle on North Dakota Prairie Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, Staff and Bylined Contributors
They are losing recruits and emboldening their victims and authorities to retaliate, and even a Philadelphia organizer and former allies admit that the movement is running out of steam. It is happening in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, and Providence. The stage is set for it to happen in Portland, Maine. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Anti-Israel Movement Losing Adherents in the U.S. Read More »
Bruce Ticker, California, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
With a Jewish soloist, violinist Pinchas Zukerman, in the first half of the program and a tone poem by a Jewish composer, Arnold Schoenberg, in the second half, last Sunday’s San Diego Symphony concert seemed tailored for this Jewish holiday season. [Eileen Wingard]
Zukerman Performance and Schoenberg Composition Showcase Jewish Musical Talent Read More »
Eileen Wingard, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The main character in this novel is Liv Weisz, a wealthy Jewish South African opposed to the apartheid regime of South Africa, who allows her home on the outskirts of Johannesburg to be a meeting place in 1960 for indigenous Africans and sympathetic Whites. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘Liv’s Secrets’ in Apartheid South Africa Were Political and Sexual Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Donald considers the Kol Nidre the precedent for the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity. When he recites it, he alters the language for the sake of political relevancy. [Laurie Baron]
Satire: Donald Trump’s Yom Kippur 2024 Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAToday, the second Monday in October, is known as “Indigenous People’s Day” which honors the native people whose communities, health and culture were decimated by Europeans who arrived on ships to “discover” the New World. [Cailin Acosta]
A Lesson for Indigenous People’s Day/ Columbus Day Read More »
Cailin Acosta, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
If you were to walk into a JCC or visit a Camp Ramah in virtually any city in this country and utter the name Sam Glaser, you would likely receive a smile of recognition and maybe even be treated to a few bars from a track of one of his 26 albums. [Eva Trieger]
Jewish Biography: Sam Glaser, Musician and Author Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Eva Trieger, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Glaser, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The Opportunity and the Challenge for San Diego is; does San Diego want to have a Daffodil Garden? JASHP is willing to fund one for San Diego. We will pay for the bulbs, the stone, and the marker. The condition of the gift is that the garden must be sited in a significant, publicly accessible location, such as a park. We want the message to be viewed by as many people as possible. Our common future is the Challenge. [Jerry Klinger]
Free Holocaust Memorial Garden Offered to City of San Diego Read More »
Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Southland eventually filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ownership was transferred to a Japanese corporation. What is a Jewish connection to 7-Eleven? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: 7-Eleven Read More »
Business & Finance, Israel, Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
In his novel … and Company (1917), Bloch depicted the conflicts faced by a Jew who wishes to preserve his inner world within the framework of French culture. [Alex Gordon]
Jewish Biography: French Novelist and Playwright Jean-Richard Bloch Read More »
Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Shahar Azani, a former spokesman for the Israeli consulate-general in New York City, said the deaths of four soldiers killed at a Golani Brigade base near Binyamina, Israel, and another 60 people injured on Sunday, Oct. 13, in a drone attack by Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group, are the direct result of Iran’s arms. [Donald H. Harrison and Sandi Masori]