Travel and Food

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

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