The holidays and their music, Part I By David Amos SAN DIEGO–In the last issue, I talked about the music we hear for the Christmas holidays, where Hannukah fits in (or doesn’t), and on the larger picture, the place of Jewish Music in the concert hall. While we accept with pleasure the presentation of non-Jewish religious […]
The holidays and their music, Part II Read More »
Middle East, USAThe Jewish Body by Melvin Konner, Nextbook, New York; ISBN 978-0-8052-4236-2, $22.00, 255 pages * By Fred Reiss, Ed.D WINCHESTER, California–The Jewish people are obsessed with the body. While the Sumerians, Egyptians, Canaanites, and others prayed and sacrificed to idols, the embodiment of their gods, the Hebrews announced to the world that God is invisible.
Book examines the images Jews have of their own bodies Read More »
Fred Reiss, EdD, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matthew Brooks released the following statement on Wednesday: “The sense that Democrat incumbents are abandoning a sinking ship was strengthened by the announcements that Democrat Senators Chris Dodd (CT) and Byron Dorgan (ND) will not seek re-election this year. This brings the number of
RJC leader Brooks says Senate retirements harbinger of Democratic losses in 2010 Read More »
USA
Companion story: Talmis’ visit to San Diego prompts special JCC programming By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California–“Dine With The Talmis,” the dinner prior to Yoav Talmi’s lecture, will include a silent auction for an abstract sculpture entitled “Musician” by sculptress Shirley Brody, a member of the planning committee for the dinner. The 20-inch high solid brass
Shirley Brody sculpture to be auctioned at JCC Talmi event Read More »
Eileen WingardNEW YORK (Press Release)–After Pope Benedict XVI last year praised so-called “evidence” presented to him at a Rome conference which claimed that World War II-era Pope Pius XII did everything he could to save Jews during the Holocaust, the Anti-Defamation League embarked on a research project to analyze some of these materials. Pius XII historian
ADL provides research on Pope Pius XII Read More »
Travel and FoodIRVINE, California (Press Release)–Student film maker Edward Zeiden, a junior at UC Irvine, says he wants to bring to film something that many artsy, creative types tend to avoid: solid business principles. He loves movies and movie making, but life in front of the camera doesn’t have as much appeal for him as movie producing,
UC Irvine student tests whether You Tube is a ladder to movie-making success Read More »
Travel and FoodSAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Jewish Family Service has announced its February activities at the College Avenue older Adult Center, which meets at Beth Jacob Congregation, 4855 College Avenue, San Diego: Mondays: Classes and Activities offered: Aerobics with Kara Anderson (8:30 – 10 am, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays); Feeling Fit with Kara Anderson (10 – 11:15 am,
JFS College Avenue Older Adult Center tells February plans Read More »
Travel and FoodSTOCKHOLM (WJC)–Swedish authorities have confirmed that they have been asked to assist the investigation in Poland into last month’s theft of the entrance sign to the former Auschwitz death camp in Poland. Five men have been remanded in custody in Poland on suspicion of organizing and carrying out the theft of the infamous “Arbeit macht
Report that British neo-nazi collector commissioned theft of Auschwitz sign Read More »
Travel and FoodJERUSALEM (Press Release)–The municipality of Jerusalem has approved construction of four apartment buildings next to a Jewish seminary in the eastern part of the city. “As far as the municipality is concerned, building can begin,” a spokesman for Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said after a planning committee gave the go-ahead on Monday for the complex
Municipality approves four new apartment buildings in East Jerusalem Read More »
Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC)—Mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem has announced that he would petition the High Court against an election process which is likely to lead to the appointment of two ultra-Orthodox chief rabbis for the city. Barkat said 70 percent of Jerusalem’s population was not haredi. On Sunday, a five-man committee, including three haredi members from the
NORWICH, Vermont (WJC)–Freya von Moltke, a prominent member of Germany’s anti-Nazi resistance during World War II, has died at the age of 98 at her home in Vermont. She belonged to a group of aristocrats, clerics and diplomats who backed the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Hitler with a bomb in July 1944. The
Leader of anti-Nazi resistance, Freya von Moltke, dead at 98 Read More »
USABy Rabbi Philip Graubart LA JOLLA, California–Who is the most influential writer for American Jews? To my mind, it’s Daniel Gordis, the American-born rabbi, writing from Israel. Gordis grabs his readers with passionate, cogent arguments, but also through his chosen medium: emails, which fly through cyberspace, landing in tens of thousands (or more) inboxes, provoking
Has the influential Rabbi Daniel Gordis lost his way? Read More »
Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Prime Minister Netanyahu isn’t specific and doesn’t exactly endorse the upbeat news that comes from Cairo, and perhaps also from Washington, that speaks not only of the imminent resumption of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians but also the possibility of a deal within a couple of years. But he doesn’t
Can there be Middle East peace without real leadership? Read More »
Middle East, USAALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Press Release) – A survey of more than 150 travel managers by the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) — the association for business travel professionals — shows that the December 25, 2009 attempted bombing of an Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight is likely to have little impact on business travel levels. The number of respondents
Business air travel seen as unaffected by Christmas Day bombing plot Read More »
USA