By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — You who are still reasonably young, how do you picture yourself in old age, like in your 80s, 90s, or even at 100? Do you see yourself as a tottering old person, disabled and dependent on others, or do you picture yourself as dispensing sought-after wisdom, adventurous, […]
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodPlease click on Number for previous installments: 1, 2 The Crazy Restaurant Scene (c) Edwin Black TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s adversaries in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement [BDS] thought they could starve Israel through economic warfare that included even its food sector. Many remember the BDS furor over SodaStream, Sabra hummus, ordinary fruits
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Edwin Black, Middle East, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — I just returned from an evening spent with my colleague, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Although wounded on Saturday, he was up late fielding phone calls, making plans, and sitting with some old colleagues (one of whom is me). Rabbi Goldstein stared death in the face; the rifle of the
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Corvette Diner, 2965 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, California 92106 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO –It’s hard to believe that anyone in San Diego doesn’t know the Corvette’s Diner, but on the off chance that someone reading this might be new to San Diego, I figured why not write a review.. We went there
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By Mimi Pollack LA JOLLA, California — Whenever I hear of an organization whose purpose is to build bridges of communication, I want to find out more. I was invited to attend the Sunday Seder of the San Diego chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an organization of Muslim and Jewish women, which
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Jewish Religion, Mimi Pollack, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Six weeks, eleven flights, six states, one one-week cruise and four countries (in addition to the USA). That is feeble compared with the Beatles’ tour of the USA in 1965 (twenty-five cities in thirty days), but they were much younger than we were (and probably flew first class).
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By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood keeps busy — in addition her literary and TV work — flying around the world on an almost monthly basis to give lectures at universities and book festivals in over a dozen countries. Look up in the sky at any moment, and you
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The Fishery, 5040 Cass Street, San Diego, California 92109 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — There are a lot of restaurants on Cass Street in Pacific Beach but only one is also a wholesale seafood company. The Fishery is the restaurant in front, and in back it’s Pacific Seafood. The fish they serve is fresh
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Here is definite proof that I am both arrogant and foolish. Arrogant because I think I’m 20 years old and there is nothing I cannot do, and foolish because I act on this belief. I had about 500 books on my shelves which I knew I would
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Natasha Josefowitz, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Many Jewish practices are not as old as people think and many had no religious significance when first introduced. We do not even know how or when most Jewish practices began and why they began. We can only guess. And in many instances our guesses reveal
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, Videos“Cursed be that mortal inter-indebtedness which will not do away with ledgers. I would be free as air; and I’m down in the whole world’s books. I am so rich… and yet I owe for the flesh in the tongue I brag with” (Moby Dick, chapter cviii). By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — In standard
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Sam Ben-Meir, The World We Share, Travel and FoodBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Jewish futurists don’t usually fall for end of the world predictions or alien abductions and UFO conspiracy theories. We steer clear of such pronouncements because such nonsense has never been our cup of tea and still isn’t. So what do Jewish futurists like to think about in between
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The World We Share, Travel and FoodSnooze, an A.M. Eatery, 8861 Villa La Jolla Dr #509, La Jolla, California 92037By Sandi Masori LA JOLLA, California — The other day I was meeting with one of my publishing clients and found myself in the UC San Diego area. I was hungry, and while trying to figure out where to grab a bite
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida –The Israelites’ first Passover, celebrated in Egypt just prior to the exodus and described in Exodus 12:1-11, was radically different from the Torah mandated holiday observed after the exodus. Exodus 12, which describes the Egyptian ceremony, raises many questions. (1) Why does the Torah command that “this
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