In the Mix, for 20s to 40s, will focus on cultural events, and hold Dec. 9 mixer to preview Jewish film festival

SAN DIEGO–Jews in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s who desire to participate in and influence the cultural offerings of the Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family JCC have formed a new group called “In the Mix.” The group is kicking off its activities with a Wednesday, Dec. 9, Flix Mix cocktail party […]

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San Diego Calendar

How about some Turkish beignets for Chanukah?

____________________________________________________ By Linda Capeloto Sendowski BEVERLY HILLS, California—Hot from the sizzling oil, dripping with warm, lemon scented, honey syrup the bumuelo is a Sephardic tradition.  That first bite of sweet crispy goodness is worth the calorie conscious guilt I will feel after eating this traditional goodie. Bumuelos also known as birmuelos, as burmuelos, depending on

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Travel and Food

Savoring Jewish life in Burma

Interior of Musmeah Yeshua ________________________________________________ By Sammy Samuels YANGON, Myanmar–Jewish life in Burma today is quite different from what it was during colonial times, which lasted until World War II.  Before the war, it still was the case that “the sun never set” on the British Empire, including in Southeast Asia. Jewish merchants, who migrated

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Travel and Food

Chabad of La Costa seeks yard-sale items

CARLSBAD, California (Press Release)–Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort, spiritual leader of Chabad of La Costa, has issued the following appeal: “Our Annual Community Yard Sale is THIS coming Sunday (December 6) from 8am – 2pm at the shul (1980 La Costa Avenue, Carlsbad). We need your saleable items now. Please bring items in good condition to the

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Lecture on Kafka's last love Dec. 12 at Beverly Hills art gallery

BEVERLY HILLS, California  (Press Release)–Explore the intriguing mysteries surrounding three of Lee Waisler’s portraits on the closing day of his About Faces exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in Beverly Hills on Sunday, December 12 from 3 to 5 pm: Literary genius Franz Kafka, his last love Dora Diamant, and Kafka’s friend and literary executor Max

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Middle East

ZOA to confer Theodor Herzl Medallion on Sheldon G. Adelson

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) announced that it will present to world-renowned businessman and pro-Israel philanthropist Sheldon G.  Adelson its most distinguished and historic award, the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion for outstanding achievement in Zionism. The ZOA Dinner will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, 42nd

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Middle East, USA

Iran financing anti-Semitic films

PARIS (WJC)–The French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has announced that he secured funding from Iran for films meant to “combat Zionism” in France. Dieudonné and the head of France’s Anti-Zionist Party, which Dieudonné helped to found earlier this year, said the support was obtained during a recent meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran

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USA

Ivan Demjanjuk's attorney fails in efforts to change judges and prosecutors

MUNICH, Germany–On the opening day of the trial of suspected Nazi war criminal Ivan Demjanjuk in Munich, his attorney said it was unfair for his client to be charged for following orders when his superiors were never charged. Demjanjuk, 89, a former autoworker who lived in near Cleveland, Ohio, and was extradited in May to

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USA

European Union to consider recognizing East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital

JERUSALEM (WJC)–The foreign ministers of the European Union are expected to endorse a document prepared by the Swedish EU presidency which calls for East Jerusalem to become the capital of a future Palestinian state, the newspaper ‘Haaretz’ reports. A draft document implies that the EU would recognize a unilateral Palestinian declaration of statehood, the paper

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Middle East, USA

'The Mikveh Monologues' to benefit community mikvah Jan. 30, 31

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Waters of Eden, San Diego Community Mikvah and Education Center, hosts its premier event, a multimedia stage production of “The Mikveh Monologues”. Written by best-selling author Anita Diamant (The Red Tent) and director Janet Buchwald, the play is an introspective tour of the ritual bath, redefined for 21st century usage, and a

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