Travel and Food

By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. Ritual: any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner; a prescribed code of behavior regulating social conduct, such as the shaking of hands in greeting.[1] Tradition: the handing down of legends or customs from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice; a continuing […]

BONITA, California (Press Release) – In an effort to help San Diegans hardest hit by the home foreclosure crisis, Assemblymember Marty Block (Democrat, San Diego) convened a workshop March 31 at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library to advocate for the region’s fair share of $700 million in newly available federal funding to assist those directly at risk in the

By Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK — The main benefit of dating websites is that they’re incredibly targeted. You can search for exactly what you’re looking for. It’s like a giant game of red rover. “Red rover, Red rover. Would Jewish women 25-35 who like baseball and don’t smoke come over.” Of course, to find exactly

SAN DIEGO–A language teacher, wit and troubador, the late Hal Wingard composed some 325 songs, most of them on flights between San Diego and other parts of California, where he consulted on language programs for school.  To hear Hal singing his songs, please follow this link, then pick the song by number.  We think today’s

Samuel’s Daughter by Ann Brener, BookSurge Publishing, 2010, 230 pages, ISBN: 1439249911, paperback, $14.95 By Laurel Corona SAN DIEGO–In the spirit of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent, Ann Bremer takes three individuals mentioned briefly in the Babylonian Talmud and fleshes them out into a rewarding story about life in the Jewish Diaspora in the third-century

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)–Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today that 460 insurers have agreed in writing to a moratorium on future investments in 50 companies identified by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) to be doing business with the Iranian energy, nuclear and defense sectors. “This level of participation in the moratorium signals tremendous progress in

SAN DIEGO — In the weeks before Pesach I am asked more questions about one topic more than anything else: kitniot. Kitniot are vegetables and grains that Ashkenazic Jews avoid eating during Pesach even though they are not chametz. “Kitniot” are often erroneously translated as “legumes.” However, while most legumes are kitniot (i.e., beans and peas),

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–Rabbi Yosef Charif of Slonim was known for his sharpness and insight. Every year as Pesach approached, he received a multitude of queries concerning the intricate laws of the holiday.  One year, he received a distressed looking woman on Erev Pesach morning, asking for an audience with the Rabbi. The

 HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Sexual abuse in childhood increases the chances of high-risk pregnancy, according to a new study conducted by Prof. Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Head of the Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies at the University of Haifa, Lee Yampolsky and Dr. Tzachi Ben Zion, Deputy Director of Soroka Hospital. “Even when a woman willingly and happily commences

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Press Release) – NETS Basketball will host Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Super League, Israel’s top division, in a 2010 preseason game on Sunday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.  The game will mark the first preseason game the NETS will play at the

SAN DIEGO–It’s available on other websites, but historically it is so significant we thought we’d link to it too.  This is a photo copy of the original list of Jews whom Oskar Schindler saved during the Holocaust by saying they were essential for working in his factory.  The list became internationally famous with publication of a book