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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–On Sunday, April 11, the San Diego Jewish community will commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, with a special program at 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center in La Jolla, open to the public.  The theme of this event will be “Remember, Honor, and Teach: Liberation 65 Years Later.”  Stephen Smith,

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–One of the thrills of dance – both to the dancer as well as the observer – is the momentary euphoria of suspension in space and the freedom of apparent flight.  City Ballet of San Diego’s production on March 21 of Peter Pan at the Spreckles Theatre is a delight in

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Contrary to what we might have wanted to believe, Bernard Avishai’s reference, which I cited the other day, to General Petreus’ statement that the collusion of previous American administrations with Israel’s settlement policy has been harmful to US interests, seems to be widely accepted as accurate and significant, also in Israel.

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–It is customary for children to begin their Torah study with the parsha of Vayikra. Vayikra teaches about the pure offerings in the Tabernacle. We let the pure children engage in the purity of Vayikra. The purity and devotion of the Jewish people is beyond measure as the following true

By David Amos SAN DIEGO — During one of my recording sessions at the CBS Studios in London in the 1990’s, the recording engineer warned me and the musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra to be sure to “not make any extraneous noises.” We were recording Alan Hovhaness’ The Shepherd of Israel, with San Diego’s own

VATICAN CITY (WJC)– The Vatican is planning to post selected documents from its World War II archives on the internet, according to the Catholic news agency ‘Zenit’. The move came at the initiative of Pave the Way Foundation, a US-based group that promotes inter-religious dialogue and strives to defend wartime Pope Pius XII from allegations that

 HAIFA (Press Release)–Perception of second language speech is easier when it is spoken in the accent of the listener and not in the ‘original’ accent of that language, shows a new study from the University of Haifa. The study was published in the prestigious Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Many adult schools teaching second languages insist

NEW YORK (WJC)–Rabbi Bernard Lander, the founding president of the Jewish-sponsored academic institution Touro College, has died at the age of 94. Touro College, founded in 1971 in New York, today has 23,000 students in 29 locations around the world. Lander was Touro’s president from its inception until his death, making him one of the

GENEVA (WJC)—The UN Human Rights Council has begun discussions about Iran’s controversial record on human rights. A review was underway on Monday as part of a UN mechanism intended to hold all member states accountable on a range of human rights issues. Review and debate by the 47 countries that are members of the Geneva-based

By Sara Appel-Lennon LA JOLLA, California—A Shabbos Mother,” written and directed by Inbar Namdar portrays how celebrating Shabbos (Sabbath) brings a family together. The film centers on a widow, Miriam, and her three daughters, Yael, Cheli, and Ella. Yael, the oldest sister and radio announcer, shows up for the Shabbos meal just 20 minutes before

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congressman Bob Filner announced his co-sponsorship of H.R. 1074, a resolution that honors the life and courageous spirit of Miep Gies, who helped sustain Anne Frank’s family while they were in hiding and preserved her diary for future generations. “Were it not for Miep Gies, the world would never have met Anne