San Diego Jewish World

Klezmer melodies can be as American as ….

November 8, 2009

By Sara Appel-Lennon SAN DIEGO–Two melodies beloved by English-speaking children recently were played by Klezmer clarinetists at San Diego State University to demonstrate that any song can be Klezmer if played with Klezmer flavor. Yale Strom, Jewish Studies Artist in Residence coordinated the Klezmer complementary concert on Wednesday, November 4, featuring Leo Chelyapov, Robet Zelickman, […]

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San Diego Calendar

Why I'm marrying a Jewish girl

November 8, 2009

By Steve Hofstetter NEW YORK—I have spent the better part of the last four years convincing my parents that I don’t need to marry a Jewish girl. Turns out I was wrong. It’s not the first time that’s happened. Though it may be the first time I’m admitting it to them. Every Jew of my

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Travel and Food

Sha'ar Hanegev opens rocket-resistant elementary school

November 8, 2009

By Ulla Hadar SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel—Amid an atmosphere of joy and Zionistic rededication, the rebuilt, rocket-resistant Sha’ar Hanegev elementary school has been reopened in the same compound it had occupied for a half century. Ceremonies inaugurating the seven-building complex on Thursday, November 5, marked the end of the elementary school’s two-year exile from Sha’ar Hanegev’s

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Middle East

Filner says other Jewish members of Congress feared to vote against measure condemning Goldstone report

November 8, 2009

While only Jewish member of Congress to vote against condemning Goldstone report, Bob Filner of San Diego says he was not the only one who held that view

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar

Thanking Israel’s steadfast friends

November 7, 2009

Eighteen countries voted in the UN General Assembly against the Goldstone report. We should show our appreciation to Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Netherlands, Palau, Panama, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, and our own blessed United States of America.

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Klezmer melodies can be as American as ….

Why I'm marrying a Jewish girl

Sha'ar Hanegev opens rocket-resistant elementary school

Filner says other Jewish members of Congress feared to vote against measure condemning Goldstone report

Thanking Israel’s steadfast friends

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