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ZEEK MAGAZINE October 24-26 Crossing Borders Weekend
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO January 29 Men's Event
THE JEWISH GROTTO
Obama has a yiddishe neshema
By Gary Rotto
 SAN DIEGO—I’m sick of the distortions and scare tactics used by emissaries of the Republican Jewish Coalition. You’ve seen it in the viral emails and even in some articles submitted to this publication. It’s time to set the record straight.
“My ties to the Jewish community are not political they precede me entering politics. When I think about my friendships through my college years and my early public life and who supported me and who is most sympathetic to the causes that I care about so many of those people have been rooted in the Jewish community,” stated Senator Obama to a group in Philadelphia on April 16, 2008.
One of those relationships was with Nathan Diament, Director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. The two played basketball during down-time while attending Harvard Law School. "Based on more recent conversations I've had with him, I believe his support for Israel is genuine and not a cynical 'vote getting' tactic. Of course, what it means to be 'pro-Israel' is, in this day and age, somewhat contested among Jews and Israelis - there are doves and hawks etc. Obama is clearly in the mainstream of the range of views," stated Diament. These are very strong words coming from a leader of the nation's largest orthodox Jewish umbrella organization. Just to clarify, these are personal observation of Diament as the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America does not endorse candidates.
APAC has set the record straight as far as where Senator Obama stands on support for Israel. Josh Block, Director of Media Affairs for AIPAC has praised Obama's voting record and said he is a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Back when Senator Clinton was still in the race, Block told Salon.com that "All three candidates have strong congressional voting records on issues important to the pro-Israel community and have demonstrated their commitment to the special relationship between the United States and Israel."
Examine what Senator Obama has said about Jerusalem when visiting Sderot in July of this year: “I continue to say that Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel. And I have said that before and will say it again. And I have also said that it is important that we do not slice the city in half but I have also said that it is a final status issue that’s an issue that has to be dealt with the parties involved the Palestinians and the Israelis and it is not the job of the US to dictate the form that that will take but to support the efforts that are being made right now.” The position that the two parties must determine the final perimeters is basic US policy that Israel has supported in order to prevent outside parties (i.e.: the UN or individual countries) from imposing a position that Israel does not agree to.
In April, Senator Obama took a position very similar to that instituted by the long time mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek. “Israel I think has a historic claim on Jerusalem. I think that obviously there are sacred sites in the Old City that are central not just to Judaism but to Islam and Christianity. I think that it is important for us to find a way in which all those claims are respected. And this is something that I think is very important for the parties themselves to decide on. But I believe that it is not acceptable for Jerusalem to be severed from Israel along the lines of the 1967 borders. That is not going to be an option.” Kollek’s administration respected the rights of all religions while maintaining the municipal governance under Israeli control. This sounds like the situation described by Senator Obama.
Obama’s views also include a strong rebuke to factions within amongst the Palestinians who attempt to equate their alleged rights to homes and land abandoned during the Israeli War for Independence. “If we are going to achieve a two state solution that the Palestinians are going to have to recognize that the right of return as they’ve understood it historically would extinguish Israel as a Jewish state and that’s not an option.” Clearly, he appreciates and strongly supports the continuing identity of Israel as a Jewish state, not just as another democracy in the world.
Obama is not afraid to call out former presidents, even one who has endorsed him. Haartez ran the headline, “Obama slams Carter for meeting Hamas, tries to reassure Jewish voters.” The newspaper goes on to quote Obama as saying "We must not negotiate with a terrorist group intent on Israel's destruction. We should only sit down with Hamas if they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel's right to exist, and abide by past agreements.” These conditions are consistent with Israeli foreign policy as applied to the Palestinians under Yasser Arafat. Only when the PLO renounced terrorism and recognized Israel’s right to exist did direct negotiations begin.
Lt. General Amon Lipkin Shahak, former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces states, “I believe that Obama is committed to Israel’s security and I believe that Americans are committed to Israel’s security.”
”There is a kinship and a sense of shared commitment that predates my politics and will extend beyond this particular election,” notes Senator Obama. Jewish leaders in Chicago have embraced and supported Obama’s campaigns from the beginning of his tenure in the Illinois legislature. Prominent families like the Pritzkers and the Crowns have enthusiastically supported then candidate Obama. “Those that are unsure are those that don’t know him and don’t know enough about him. And if they did, I think that they would be very strong backers of his candidacy, states Lester Crown a member of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science and of the Tel Aviv University's Board of Governors as well as a leader in the American Jewish Committee.
On the domestic front, Senator Obama has been willing to take on tough issues with the African American community. Speaking from the same pulpit as the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Obama confronted elements of the African American community, noting that, “The scourge of anti-Semitism has at times revealed itself in our community.” Clearly, he would be abridge builder between our communities on the national level.
Chicago area Jewish leaders point out that as early as 1999, while in the state legislature, Obama supported Jewish causes such as advocating for more state resources to keep Chicago’s only Jewish hospital open.
Ab Mikva, the former White House Counsel and Chicago area congressman says that Obama has “a yiddishe neshema – a Jewish soul, he reacts to things, many ways, many times in ways which Jews would identify with.”
Over 500 rabbis support Senator Obama. One who knows him well is Rabbi Sam Gordon, of Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Wilmette, IL. Rabbi Gordon has said, “Barack Obama is a man of incredible wisdom, insight, and integrity. His connections within the Chicago Jewish community could not be deeper. He has won the admiration and trust of many of the leading figures of Chicago Jewish life. Those who know him best recognize him to be a person who truly understands the American Jewish experience as well as the centrality to Jews and all Americans of Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East and America’s strongest ally. He demonstrated a remarkable depth of understanding of Israel in his most recent visit there and impressed all those whom he met. I support him as well because of his commitment to an America called to its highest ideals.” Southern Californians may recognize the name Rabbi Elliot Dorff, who is active with the Rabbinic Assembly and noted for his conservative movement response. Rabbi Dorff has lent his support to the Obama candidacy as well.
Itai Anghelo, Senior Correspondent for FACT, which has been described as the Israeli equivalent of 60 Minutes directed an in depth documentary all over the globe, tracking his roots. “I think all the attempts to try and frame him as some kind of threat to Jewish people and the people of Israel are driven just by fear.”
Let’s heed that well known quote from Franklin Delano Roosevelt and overcome our fears, rely on the trust of our brethren in Chicago who know Barack Obama so well and overcome the smear campaign that attempts to distort reality for petty purposes.
San Diego Jewish World endorsements
SAN DIEGO—Following is a list of endorsements made by San Diego Jewish World with links to the editions in which the explanations for each endorsement appeared.
U.S. President —Barack Obama
California State Assembly, 78th District—Marty Block
San Diego City Council, 1st District —Phil Thalheimer
San Diego City Council, 7th District —Marti Emerald
California Proposition 4—Abortion notification —No
California Proposition 8—Ban on Same-Sex Marriage—No
In addition, San Diego Jewish World proudly endorses for reelection two members of our community who have represented us well in the United States Congress: Democrats Bob Filner in the 51st Congressional District and Susan Davis in the 53rd Congressional District
TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
TEMPLE SOLELNovember 8 Synaplex featuring Rabbi Daniel Gordis
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LETTER FROM JERUSALEM
U.S. election, Israel coalition building
again in Jewish spotlight as holidays end
By Ira Sharkansky
 JERUSALEM—It is "after the holidays." They begin with Rosh Hashanah and end three weeks later with Simcha Torah.
Last evening we stood on our balcony and saw the congregants of a nearby synagogue dancing with the Torah scrolls. We also saw a line of cars inching their way along the road from Eilat, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan Valley, as families returned from vacation.
It is time to stop postponing unpleasant things, and go back to work.
Tzipi Livni has two more weeks to form a government. It is unheard of for a person designated by the president to create a coalition to fail in the task. It is also unheard of for potential members of the coalition to make it easy.
The Labor Party agreed in principle to a coalition agreement, but its Knesset members are still quarreling about the details and threatening that nothing is final. The Pensioners' Party is saying that the provision in the Kadima-Labor agreement concerning pensions is ridiculous, and will not get them into the coalition.
The ultra-Orthodox party, SHAS, is saying "no deal" due to Livni's lack of generosity with respect to payments for families with numerous children, and her refusal to promise not to negotiate with the Palestinians about the division of Jerusalem. Commentators say it is not entirely about those issues, but reflects a power struggle at the summit of SHAS. The Knesset member currently holding the title of party head is doing everything he can to torpedo the efforts of a rival, who is likely to be more flexible about joining the coalition.
Lacking enough votes without SHAS, Kadima is making overtures toward the left-of-center Meretz party. If it joins, Labor stays in, and the Pensioners come on board, Livni will have a enough votes to win Knesset approval, if she has the support or at least the abstention of Arab parties. With Meretz in the coalition they are likely to cooperate.
However, Shaul Mofaz, who barely lost the leadership contest to Livni, is threatening to jump if the coalition includes Meretz. Mofaz is more hawkish than Livni, and has spoken about attacking Iran. Meretz would work to make Livni more accommodating with just about everybody who may be threatening Israel.
Some problems seem to be waiting for Israel to return from its holidays. Reports are that Hamas is interested in a continuation of the cease fire that has kept the southern front quiet. Syrian officials say that there has been progress in indirect talks with Israel, and they are waiting for a new prime minister. Mahmoud Abbas wants more progress, but he has not threatened anything lately.
However, nerve-wracking sharp drops and gains in various stock exchanges provoke worry about a world recession. Economists are talking about a wave of bankruptcies and worker dismissals reaching Israel.
Right-wing American Jews have not given up on their campaign against Barack Obama. A lengthy letter written by Anne Bayefsky, of the Hudson Institute, is circulating, sent on by individuals no closer to the political center. Bayefsky sees Iran's nuclear program assuring another Holocaust if voters neglect to choose John McCain.
Wake up. There is a genocidal maniac on the verge of reaching the point of no return in his ability to make a nuclear weapon. A fanatic with the stated ambition to murder five million Jews living in Israel — to start. A villain who has already funded and armed a terrorist war against the Jewish state that in 2006 forced one-third of Israel's population to live underground for almost a month. . . .
So when you cast your ballot this election, make no mistake: you are voting for or against a nuclear holocaust. Not because Barack Obama wants such a horror, but because he will not prevent it. He will still be talking when the point of no return in Iran's nuclear program is reached. And the balance
of power in the world will — with terrible consequences — have changed forever.
The prominent weakness in Bayefsky's argument is Sarah Palin. Palin has more than the average Vice President's chances of becoming president. She wants to stop Iran, but may not know how to do it without causing more problems than she prevents. A few more wars like Iraq and Afghanistan, and the American empire may go the way of the Soviet, British, French, Ottoman, and Roman.
Where will that leave Israel?
It would be great if the holidays would last forever. The problems are not simple. Someone has to work, sometime.
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FABULOUSLY OBSERVANT
The trouble with improvising Judaism
By David Benkof
 NEW YORK—Many liberal Jews - but also some Orthodox Jews - like to improvise on Judaism when they feel another value is more important. The results range from the heretical to the tragic to the silly. Some examples:
A friend from yeshiva got married last year, and invited his friends. But because his bride is not Orthodox, he sent a note to all his friends letting us know that there would be mixed dancing. Well, OK. But then he asked us not to start all-male circles, and warned that if we did, he would stop us. I haven't asked, but my hunch is that if men wanted to dance together because we were gay, his fiancée would allow it, but if we wanted to for the observance of Jewish laws about not touching women we're not married to, that wouldn't be acceptable.
Current custom by many Jewish cemeteries is to openly disregard, out of "compassion" for the mentally ill, and often with rabbinical approval, the halacha (Jewish law) that suicides should not be buried there. In my opinion, compassion for the mentally ill would mean never announcing any such policy, because some people suffering from depression or manic-depression may find that the fear of not being buried with their families is the very thing that keeps them alive. Rather than assuming that we know better than God, it's a good idea to trust that the traditional way has much wisdom to it.
I know two people who got Holocaust tattoos in memory of victims of the Shoah. The numbers on their arms are conversation starters for sure, and they have a constant physical reminder of the deaths of the six million. But the Nazis' tattooing of their Jewish victims was particularly galling because halacha does not allow us to deface our bodies in such a manner. Thus, Jews with Holocaust tattoos are defiling their own bodies the exact same way the Nazis did a few generations ago. Surely there are better ways to remember the Holocaust.
I used to belong to a gay synagogue on the West Coast that made liturgical changes that make no sense at all to anyone who knows any Hebrew. For example, in the Friday night Kiddush, they changed the words "MiKol Haamim" - that God selected us and made us special "from all the nations" to "Im Kol Haamim" - with all the nations. If one disagrees with the chosenness of the Jews, then the Hebrew "bacharta" and "kidashta" should be dropped, too, because they mean the Jews are chosen and special. I asked about this situation and was told the synagogue didn't want to make so many changes that the tune would no longer work.
Reform and some Conservative Jews have tried to do away with the second day of the Jewish holidays, which is generally not observed in Israel, arguing that the reason for the second day is no longer applicable since we have modern calendars. But they also aim to abolish the second day of Rosh Hashanah, which actually is observed in Israel, thus putting the lie to their claimed motivation.
One of the first gay Conservative rabbinical students admitted under the new, inclusive 2006 policy at the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) told a group of gay Jews I was a part of that he does not actually consider himself bound by the policy under which he was admitted. That policy bans penetrative gay sex by all men including rabbinical students, and makes no change in Jewish law's ban on same-sex marriage. But violating those rules appears to be OK because of Conservative Judaism's emphasis on mara d'atra, or consulting local rabbis. This student claims he can flout JTS's policy and even worship idols and commit adultery as long as he can find a single Conservative rabbi to permit him to violate traditional rules in those areas.
Some Jews take the concept of pikuach nefesh (most mitzvoth are suspended for saving a life) to places it's not meant to go. For example, I heard a prominent Conservative lesbian rabbi speak on Shabbat afternoon at a Reform temple. She used a marker and pad of paper, because, she said, "we were saving lives" by reinforcing gay self-esteem and thus preventing gay youth from killing themselves. I've spoken to several Conservative and Orthodox rabbis, and her argument does not hold water. One key point: the ban on gay relations is one of the most serious violations, so serious that pikuach nefesh doesn't apply.
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#41 Old Love, Sweet Love
Old love, sweet love, love that’s tried and true. (dw-article text}
Warm love, sure love, better old than new.
Steady glow of embered coals
After flames subside;
Honied scent of jasmine blooms
When bees fly off to hide.
Old love, sweet love, love that’s tried and true.
Warm love, sure love, better old than new.
Velvet touch of summer rain
That cools the August heat;
Joyful surge of happy smiles
When old friends chance to meet.
Old love, sweet love, love that’s tried and true.
Warm love, sure love, better old than new.
All the hope this old world shows,
The joy that life can hold,
The beauty, peace, and happiness
Combine in love that’s old.
Old love, sweet love, love that’s tried and true.
Warm love, sure love, better old than new.
#91 Together We Will Watch Our Old Love Grow
It’s been a long time, baby--
A bad time, I must say.
I been so awful lonely
Since I walked away.
I wanna come back, baby,
So we can reconcile.
I’ll make a strong commitment
To stay a long, long while.
I know how much I hurt you;
I know I made you cry;
But that was such a long time ago.
I won’t again desert you.
The bad times have gone by.
Together we will watch our old love grow.
So, let your husband hunger.
Cooking’s not for you.
And as your kitchen crumbles
We’ll start our life anew.
Forget about your family.
Your kids will be O.K.
Exit by the back door
And we will go away.
Our love is such a virtue.
We’ve really got to try
One more time to make our love go.
I won’t again desert you.
The bad times have gone by.
Together we will watch our old love grow.
Together we will watch our old love grow.
#280 To Make Things Fair
Oh, please come back.
We’re off the track
With love grown slack.
Oh, please come back.
What can I do
Not having you?
We can’t be through.
What can I do?
With you away,
I cry all day--
High price I pay
With you away.
Come back tonight.
We’ll make it right,
Let love ignite.
Come back tonight.
From what I see
You tired of me,
So now I’m free,
From what I see.
To make things fair,
I won’t despair.
I just won’t care--
To make things fair.
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
Support San Diego Jewish Soccer Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 28, 1950, page 10
Do you know that in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Israel and South America, the game of soccer is more popular than tennis, football, baseball or any other major sport? Do you know that soccer draws as many as 150,000 spectators to Cup games in Europe and South America?
Three soccer teams have already been developed in San Diego. One of these groups is the Hakoah J.C.C. Soccer Team. This club of fine young Jewish men has elected as its president, Zel Camiel and as captain, Gerald Lazard. The other members of the team, many of them newcomers, are Alex Barach, Joe Baumgarten, Salvatore Paz, Jack Rosenbaum, Jack Sonabend, Mike Zachs, Gerald Lazard, Ivan Ilkovics, Philip Malek, Beny Levy, Levy Lipowski, Joe Schwartz, Abe Sonabend, George Schlesigner, and Harold Stone.
Men and women and boys and girls of our community should be out at the games, cheering, when these boys are playing on Sunday afternoon at either Cabrillo Field, State College, or Tijuana. Those persons who would like to receive notifications of Soccer matches so that they might attend might do so by phoning Irwin Wohl at F-0171.
Surprise for Rabbi Levens
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 28, 1950, page 10
March 14th was a big day for the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood. After a delicious luncheon, over 300 guests observed the Installation of Officers conducted by Rabbi Monroe Levens. He referred to the officers of the Sisterhood as members of a symphonic orchestra each one with a part to play and together creating symphonic harmony.
The fashion show presented by Ballard and Brockett brought the ladies present the latest in Spring fashions and judging by the comments they liked what they saw.
The afternoon was climaxed by a surprise presentation to Rabbi and Mrs. Levens of a large oil painting of the Rabbi. This beautiful work was done by Mrs. Al Doctor, a member of the Sisterhood.
Civic Protective Agencies To Be Part Of The 1950 ‘Keep the Miracle Alive’ Campaign
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 28, 1950, page 19
This year the United Jewish Fund of San Diego will again include among the participating organizations those agencies which carry out an effective program of ‘Civic Protective’ work. These agencies fight bigotry and anti-Semitism, seek to protect the rights of Jewish people in the United States and throughout the world.
Organizations to be included in the Civic Protective field are the Joint Defense Appeal, including the American Jewish committee and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith; the American Jewish Congress, Jewish war Veterans and the Jewish Labor Committee.
The Joint Defense Appeal raises funds nationally for the two organizations mentioned before. The American Jewish Committee, one of its constituent agencies, was founded in 1906, and carries on a broad program designed to fight prejudices in the United States and to achieve equality for Jews everywhere in the world.
The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith began its work in 1913 to maintain the dignity of Jewish life in America, to guard the good name of Jews against defamation, to disseminate accurate facts about Jews that would kill off defamatory myths. All of the work of the Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith is accomplished here in the United States.
Also carrying on a broad program of work, whose object is the defeat of prejudice and discrimination here in the United States and other countries of the world, is the American Jewish Congress. It publishes books and pamphlets for the dissemination of the truth about Jewish people and Jewish ideals and about the dangers to American life of anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice.
The Jewish Labor Committee’s program in the United States covers educational work in combating intolerance and anti-Semitism, primarily among labor groups, ad through trade channels. The Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee now channel their labor relations program through the Jewish Labor Committee.
Dealing with veterans in combating intolerance and prejudices, the Jewish War Veterans work closely with other veterans groups. It does an educational job through these channels.
All of these organizations, dealing in protecting the rights of American Jews, are financed completely in San Diego through the united Jewish Fund Combine Appeal which will “Keep the Miracle Alive” in 1950.
Passover Recipes
Southwestern Jewish Press, March 28, 1950, page 20
Matzos Brei (Pancakes)
By L. Rubel
Three matzos, broken in small pieces.
Pour glass boiling water over matzos and drain off immediately.
Add ¼ teaspoon salt, dash of cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon sugar, 4 egg yolks, well beaten.
Beat egg whites stiff and fold in other mixture. Fry in butter or chicken fat.
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Knadlach (Matzo Balls)
By J. Kaufman
Four eggs, 4 tablespoons chicken fat, 1 teaspoon salt, ½ cup cold water, 1 1/3 cup matzo meal. Mix thoroughly, and leave standing for 2 hours. Let soup come to boil before adding matzo balls. Boil about 20 minutes.
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Nut Sponge Cake
By L. Rubel
Nine eggs, separated. Beat yolks, add 1 ½ cut sugar, pinch of salt, rind of one orange, 1 tablespoon of juice. Beat whites of eggs stiff and fold into mixture. Sift together ¾ cupt cake flour and ¼ cup of potato starch (a heaping cup). Fold gently into egg mixture.
Lastly fold in ¾ cup of finely chopped nuts>
Bake at 350 degrees in a tube pan, 45 minutes. Let cake cool in pa, inverted.
Gefilte Fish
By Rose Neumann
Four lbs mixed fish (fillet and chop), add 4 large onions chopped fine; add 1 soaked matzo, pepper and salt to taste. Add gradually 2 whole eggs, well beaten, 1 cup of water. Chop fine entire mixture.
Break up bones of fish, add one large onion, one carrot, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper; cover with 10 cups of water and boil. Roll fish into medium sized balls and slowly drop in boiling fish stock. Cook 45 minutes on high flame with cover on pot. Remove cover and cook until juice is boiled down to just cover fish (approximately 2 ½ hours).
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SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD: THE WEEK IN REVIEW
CAMPAIGN 2008
San Diego Jewish World endorsements, with links to our editorials
INTERNATIONAL
The Jews Down Under, a roundup of Jewish news of Australia by Garry Fabian in Melbourne
—Musician saved by Oskar Schindler dies at 90
—Australian Government backtracks on Ahmadinejad
—Police regret Yom Kippur jaywalk ticket
—JCCV Calls for urgent meeting with police
—Australia likely to attend Durban II
—Former Melbourne Jewish teacher jailed in the US
—Jewish Students snub B'nai B'rith competition
—Melbourne Jewish Communal launch in 2010
JUDAISM
A celebrity's courtship with Torah by Judy Lash Balint in Jerusalem
Holidays help measure time and values by Fred Reiss in Winchester, California
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: Letters to the Editor from Nixie Kern, B.B., and Pauline Opert
—March 28, 1950: Once Upon A Time {Jews of Libya} by Pauline Oppert
COMMUNITY WATCH
Lawrence Family JCC: Religion and Atheism To Collide at S.D. Jewish Book Fair
CAMPAIGN 2008
Jewish Studies scholars support Obama; by Laurie Baron in San Diego
Tifereth Israel, Temple Solel slate presidential debates by surrogates; SDJW staff report
RJC ads call Obama ‘naïve’; NJDC ads tout his plans for energy independence; dueling press releases of the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Jewish Democratic Council
NATIONAL
Did Paulson read the Jewish media? by J. Zel Lurie in Delray Beach, Florida
SAN DIEGO
Israeli students see contrasts in education and religion in Israel and the U.S.; by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
ARTS
Adonai, Adonai chant inspired by Sinai by Cantor Sheldon Merel in San Diego, with recording of him singing this prayer
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: Tifereth Israel News
—March 28, 1950: Temple Beth Israel
—March 28, 1950: Beth Jacob Ladies Auxiliary
COMMUNITY WATCH
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center: NBC News Bureau Chief Martin Fletcher at S.D. Jewish Book Fair Nov 12
San Diego Jewish Academy: “Kindergarten, the Beginning of the Journey” on Nov. 18; $1,000 Tuition vouchers will be raffled
CAMPAIGN 2008
NJDC says Republicans panicking; RJC accuses Obama of squelching debates; press releases from the warring camps
McCain understands Mideast realities by Charley Levine in Jerusalem
ARTS
Fool for Love incestuous... or is it? by Carol Davis in Carlsbad, California
LIFESTYLES
Bella family circle: Jewish Halloween party by Sheila Orysiek in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 28, 1950: Big Gifts Committee Goes Over The Top!; Campaign For 1950 Hits Stride
—March 28, 1950: Who’s New
—March 28, 1950: Beth Jacob Breaks Ground For New Synagogue
—March 28, 1950: Beth Jacob Congregation
COMMUNITY WATCH
Jewish Family Service: College Avenue Older Adult Center Holds Annual Health Fair with Flu Shots
San Diego Jewish Academy: “Kindergarten, the Beginning of the Journey” at San Diego Jewish Academy
INTERNATIONAL
Arab-Jewish coexistence at the gym by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Not buying CITGO gasoline could send an economic message to Venezuela's Chavez by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
CAMPAIGN 2008
Letter to S.D. Council candidate Lightner, by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
JUDAISM
The roomer teaches a valuable lesson by Rabbi Baruch Lederman in San Diego
SPORTS
A bissel sports trivia with Bruce Lowitt in Oldsmar, Florida
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
March 10, 1950—Jewish War Veterans Post 185 Auxiliary
March 28, 1950—Chaplain Goldberg Honored at Reception
March 28, 1950—Interfaith Program At State College
March 29, 1950 -- Mrs. Berg Heads Presidents Council
COMMUNITY WATCH
Jewish Family Service: The 7th Annual Run for the Hungry Thanksgiving Day 5K and 10K
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center: Former Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer and Middle East expert Scott B. Lasensky to urge U.S. involvement in Arab-Israeli peace at San Diego Jewish Book Fair
United Jewish Federation: Yitzhak Rabin' Memorial sponsored by the UJF Israel Center
CAMPAIGN 2008
Beware politicians' promises—in any nation, by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
INTERNATIONAL
That 'big elephant' in the Middle East by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C
ARTS
Angel Girl kid's book —too good to be true? by Dan Bloom in Miami, Florida
Mourning, a poem by Sara Appel-Lennon in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 10, 1950: Temple Beth Israel
—March 10, 1950: Temple Sisterhood
—March 10, 1950: Pioneer Women
COMMUNITY WATCH
Jewish Family Service: “At the Hop” Health Fair & Flu Shot Event
Lawrence Family JCC: Internationally best-selling novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated, to present most recent novel on November 10
Tifereth Israel Synagogue: Israel Advocacy Series at Tifereth Israel Synagogue
CAMPAIGN 2008
Abortion, ending Mid-East oil dependence major topics in final presidential debate by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
INTERNATIONAL
New Arab-Israeli battleground: textbooks; book review by Norman Manson in San Diego
Making Aliyah is like coming out by David Benkof in New York
ARTS
Thursdays With The Songs Of Hal Wingard:
#87, A Tiny Piece Of Paper
#55, The Whirlpool Of Love
#70, Shadows Of Midnight
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—March 10, 1950: Tifereth Israel Sisterhood
—March 10, 1950: Daughters of Israel
—March 10, 1950: Beth Jacob Ladies Auxiliary
COMMUNITY WATCH
Lawrence Family JCC: Henry Winkler to present critically acclaimed book at S.D. Jewish Book Fair
Tifereth Israel Synagogue: The Great Debate of 2008: Wednesday, October 29th, 7:00 p.m.
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