By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This week’s parasha, Behar, instructs us not to wrong another with ona’at mamon, “wronging one another with respect to monetary matters,” and with ona’at devarim, “wronging one another with words.” “And you shall not wrong, one man his fellow Jew, and you shall fear your God, for […]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Young Jewish leaders from across Los Angeles joined together May 12 for an experiential, day-long, camp-style gathering hosted by Trybal Gatherings designed to ignite professionals with new ideas, inspire curiosity, and build connections. Supported by the generosity of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles and in partnership with the
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — People from across San Diego joined together this weekend at the “Celebrate Israel San Diego” festival, highlighting Israel’s diversity, culture, heritage and people on its 74th birthday. The festival, held by Jewish Federation of San Diego County in partnership with House of Israel, celebrated the theme of Israel’s human tapestry,
Some will call Stan Andrews a hero because he fought and gave his life for Israel during that country’s War of Independence. Others will call him a fool because he lusted after combat with the same recklessness that he pursued and casually bedded women. The truth lies somewhere in between the two assessments. Through meticulous research, the authors pieced together a complex portrait of a young man who was an accomplished writer, portraitist, and pilot. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Lag B’Omer will be celebrated this Thursday. The name of the holiday means “the 33rd day of the Omer,” a period which begins on the second day of Passover. Counting the Omer historically references the harvesting of the new barley crop to be brought to the Temple,
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Ali Viterbi has been on my radar ever since I attended my first performance of Women of Valor at the San Diego Repertory Theatre. Viterbi co-authored that play with Artistic Director Todd Salovey, Leah Salovey, Sarah Price-Keating, and Rebecca Myers. It continues to showcase San Diego’s very own
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Shireen Abu Akleh was a journalist associated with Al Jazeera, who was shot to death during a confrontation between Palestinian and Israeli forces near Jenin last week. She then became the centerpiece of a media and political obsession involving both communities. Who shot her? And was her death
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Amid the varied dissections of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, the Palestinian Authority was consistent. To paraphrase Israeli diplomat Abba Eban, they did not miss an opportunity to miss the opportunity to sound credible. The authority’s opportunity was to allow Israeli officials to inspect the bullet that killed the veteran
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion
By Natasha Josefowitz, ACSW, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — There is so much acrimony and animosity in the world today. We are living under circumstances in which even typically rational people are pushed over the edge and act out. While it’s easy to see the cultural forces that are eroding civility, this generation is facing
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Lifestyles, Natasha Josefowitz, Opinion
Since the team’s induction into Major League Baseball in 1969 until 2021, the Padres counted 11 players and two coaches on its rosters who had at least one Jewish parent. In 2022, Bob Melvin became the team’s first manager with a Jewish parent. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Yoatzot Halacha, an organization that is Advisors of the Law, has published this 376-page book Nishmat Ha-Bayit (The Soul of the Home), by Maggid Books, Nishmat, and OU Press. It contains a collection of 63 common questions that Yoatzot Halacha have been asked. The goal
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — A few years ago an enterprising resident of the suburb where I live, just outside Jerusalem, initiated and organized an association providing social and cultural activities for the growing number of retired persons living here. Since then the association has reached over one thousand members and conducts a
By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Sir Winston Churchill said, “A nation that forgets its past has no future.” A remarkable story from the Talmud has profound implications for today’s times. It reads: Rava said: A person is obligated to become intoxicated with wine on Purim until one does not know
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The Israel Defense Forces’ investigation into the tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in Jenin is ongoing, and no final determination has yet been made over where the shot came from that struck Akleh. While the identity of the shooter remains a question mark at this
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