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Excellent dating advice, Marry a Mensch

Kigel’s longest chapter contains her Dating Don’ts. She discusses breaking up a relationship with a so-so man, experiencing opposite traits in a person, confusing bad habits with bad character, being attracted to a “bad boy,” dating guys who are not interested in marriage, having unrealistic expectations, what feelings should be taken seriously, being the pursuer as a woman, being friends with other men, and dating more than one man at a time. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors

The Matzo Chronicles: Hosting a Muslim Student from Jordan

My concern was mostly for him, a 20-year-old, religiously observant, first-time visitor to the U.S. How would he feel staying with Jews? We were fine. We were adults, who had willingly opened our home, but how about him? Would he, who had merely been assigned a random housing slot, feel blind-sighted, uncomfortable, overwhelmed, or G-d forbid, hostile? [Karen Galatz]

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Israel, Karen Galatz, Lifestyles, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Biden Administration Ties Israel’s Hands Behind Its Back

Never mind that many of the “innocents” were terrorists, many more were supporters of Hamas, and any civilians who were killed were human shields, a diabolical war crime that ensures many civilian casualties. This is the atrocious Hamas strategy of making the Gazans into the first line of defense for Hamas terrorists (human shields). [Steve Kramer]

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Eating Pets & Feeding Pets

Judaism ‍has ‍many ‍laws ‍governing ‍what ‍animals ‍are ‍kosher ‍and ‍what ‍rules ‍apply ‍to ‍preparation ‍of ‍kosher ‍food. ‍But ‍Judaism ‍also ‍has ‍rules ‍regarding ‍the ‍feeding ‍of ‍pets, ‍including ‍which ‍of ‍the ‍following? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Biography: Yakov Sverdlov, Who Might Have Ruled Instead of Stalin

Although millions of Soviet citizens were murdered during his rule, no one blamed the Georgian people for this heinous crime. Stalin would likely have lost the power struggle had it not been for the Spanish flu epidemic that killed Lenin’s most likely heir, Yakov Sverdlov, in 1919. [Alex Gordon]

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Local Observances for the October 7 Anniversary

October 7, 2023, marks one year since the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas. Since that time, hostages have been released and some hostages have died. Over 100 hostages are still being held. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Israeli Journalist Who Lived Through It Tells What Happened Oct. 7 in a San Diego Sister City

When Hamas terrorists attacked Nahal Oz at 6:30 a.m. that fateful Shabbat morning, Tibon’s two little girls were asleep in their home’s concrete lined “safe room.” Tibon and his wife Miri joined the girls there for what would be nearly ten hours of terror. They didn’t emerge until 4 p.m., when Amir’s father, Noam Tibon, a retired general with the IDF, after having fought his way from Tel Aviv to the kibbutz, knocked on the metal plate that shielded the safe room’s window and urged them to come out. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors

An Israeli-American Perspective: The Changing Structures of Families

Family looks very different, doesn’t it? Whether I look around in Israel or here in the U.S., I see how family dynamics have evolved. And what fascinates me most is how adaptable we are as humans to these changes. The definition of family has expanded far beyond what we grew up with. [Shahar Masori]

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Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Shahar Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA