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REFLECTIONS
Temple Emanu-El dedicates new sanctuary;
congregants return to Del Cerro home
By Sheila Orysiek
 SAN DIEGO—Everything has a beginning. G-D created the Earth and we who are created in His image created a new Sanctuary in which to celebrate G-D. The intent of the original Architect was to make the Earth a home for all of His creation; providing sustenance and the opportunity to be fruitful. The congregation of Temple Emanu-El followed this example and its first request of the architect was to make the new Sanctuary a welcoming home: “hamish” - providing spiritual sustenance.
On August 17, the Torah Scrolls were brought into the new sanctuary and the first Shabbat was celebrated on August 22 which happily coincided with Rabbi Martin and Anita Lawson’s 40th wedding anniversary. But the official dedication was designated for the weekend of Friday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008.
At the conclusion of Shabbat services on Sept. 12, architect David Raphael Singer was asked to stand and receive the applause for the success of the sanctuary he designed. The first few families, the founders and past presidents, were also honored and rose to the thanks of the congregation as we began Dedication Weekend.
The mild evening, typical of San Diego, added to the beauty of the Temple courtyard which was filled with happy people, groaning tables of catered food, laughter and chatter. The Jerusalem stone with which the building is faced was lit with mellow landscaped lighting to echo the golden glow of the Western Wall as it is lit at night in Israel’s ancient capital. Enclosing the courtyard is more Jerusalem stone interspersed with vines, leaves and pomegranates in wrought iron with water streaming down one wall in a soft murmur. The wrought iron gates into the courtyard are a sculpted menorah but though the courtyard is thus “enclosed” it is not enclosing.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, a crowd of hundreds (brought by shuttle buses from distant parking lots) filled the outer and inner courtyard with happy noise and much anticipation. But all came to a reverent silence as Rabbi Lawson recited and then placed the handwritten parchment prayer into the mezuzah - both of which came from Israel - and affixed it onto the door post of the sanctuary.
After worshiping 17 months in the chapel of the large First United Methodist Church in Mission Valley, the congregants finally were able to return to the Del Cerro property where their previous sanctuary, less than twice the size, used to burst at the seams.
 
The City and County of San Diego had declared this Sunday as “Temple Emanu-El Day” and the commemorative plaque was delivered personally by Mayor Jerry Sanders. Congresswoman Susan Davis - a Temple member - and City Council Member Jim Madaffer gave speeches of congratulations. Laudatory letters also were read from Congressman Duncan Hunter and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Torah scrolls were greeted by shofar blasts as they were carried into the sanctuary under huppahs, reminders of our sojourn in the desert and our marriage to G-D’s law. Led by Cantorial Soloist Myrna Cohen, a children’s choir, a youth and adult choir as well as the entire congregation joined in song. Acknowledgments were made of major donors, past and present officers and board members including congregational president Aaron Borovoy and president-elect Aaron Cohn, as well as of all committee chairs, led by Marc Hamovitch, chair of the Project Management Team's All Chairs Committee.
 
The highlight for me - and I believe for most of the congregants - was when a plaque was affixed to the Aron Kodesh dedicating the Ark to Rabbi and Anita Lawson for the three decades (and more) of loving leadership, of being the heartbeat and strength of the community. There was a standing ovation and many teary eyes in special thanks to Anita Lawson. As one speaker said: “Behind every great man is an even greater woman.” Well, a hearty “brava” to that!
 
Temple Emanu-El’s new sanctuary has good sight lines, great acoustics, beautiful stained glass windows, handsome - yet intimate - décor and more. It is a setting designed to take one on a spiritual journey and, as expected, the focal point is the Holy Ark which houses the Torah Scrolls. However, there are two other exceedingly important symbols that are not in the Sanctuary at all.
In the building which houses the Temple’s administrative offices and library two flags stand: the blue and white flag of Israel (a flag which existed before there was a country to claim it) and the red, white and blue flag of the United States of America. Each has contributed to and enabled the other.
The early colonists as well as the Founding Fathers of our country acknowledged that their spiritual and civic inheritance was derived from the tribes of Israel. They called this inheritance of concepts and values: “Judeo-Christian.” Quite rightly they put the word “Judeo” first.
The two flags are the two halves of my heritage. One is my ancient birthright, a spiritual connection and an ongoing pursuit of wholeness. But it is the other flag which has enabled Jews either as individuals or as a community to make a choice to walk that spiritual journey - or to ignore it. At Shabbat services Rabbi Lawson reminded everyone what a blessing it is to live in the United States; the freedom to worship and be and grow. Were it not for the American flag many of us attending this weekend of dedication of a new sanctuary would not be alive. I am one of those people.
There are many countries of the world which by purposeful policy will not allow a synagogue to be built. There are some countries which only allow Jews to meet quietly in homes and some which forbid even this. The flag and shores of America, with a few exceptions, have welcomed Jews since 1654. The construction of a new sanctuary represents the marriage of those two flags.
The Temple congregation didn’t have to placate a despot, or bribe an official, or make other promises and commitments, or feel that life would be endangered if a sanctuary was built. They simply went down to the city planning department and applied for permits as would any other group of citizens seeking to construct a building. That simple act speaks volumes against the scream of history.
G-D bless this new Sanctuary and the people who enter it.
G-D bless America - where Jews are free to build a Sanctuary.
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TEMPLE SOLEL High Holy Day Greetings
TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
Rabbi Rosenthal to lead trip to Israel for Tel Aviv's 100th birthday!
 
SOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
THE JEWISH CITIZEN
Jewish moments with 2 retired journalists
By Donald H. Harrison
 SAN DIEGO—During the dedication services on Sunday at Temple Emanu-El, the former “trouble shooter” and consumer reporter on television, Marti Emerald, tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I had any tissue. Her eyes were red and teary.
I didn’t have any, so I in turn tapped Nancy Geist on the shoulder, who was sitting one row in front of me along with her daughter Mary Epsten. I repeated the request for tissue. “Why?” asked Geist, apparently seeing I was dry-eyed. “She’s crying,” I responded, nodding over at Emerald, who now is a candidate for San Diego’s 7th District City Council seat. Geist hurriedly looked in her pocket book and found some tissue, with which Emerald gratefully dabbed her eyes.
“What brought that on?” I later asked Emerald, a compassionate woman who at times had projected the image of a tough, hardened television reporter who would track down manufacturers of bad products or purveyors of bad services and bring them down. What had so troubled the Troubleshooter?
She explained that the tears came to her suddenly as she listened to Temple Emanu-El’s youth choir singing a song in Hebrew highlighting the concept of Dor v’ Dor – from generation to generation. “It’s my father’s yahrzeit today,” Emerald said. She added that she hadn’t realized that the dedication service would bring his memory so close to her. She had figured she would mark the anniversary of his death privately by lighting a candle at her Tierrasanta home.
The song—so beautifully sung by the children—reminded Emerald of the concept that Jewish heritage, learning and tradition will continue from generation to generation, and that these children would learn Judaism from their parents and teachers, even as Emerald had learned from her own father.
It was a poignant moment.
After the tears were gone, it dawned on Geist that she had recognized Emerald—as did many of the worshippers later—as the woman she had seen so often on television.
As Sheila Orysiek reports in another story in this issue, Emerald was not the only political figure to attend the temple’s celebration. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders greeted congregants in the courtyard of Temple Emanu-El, but had to leave before the services got underway. Congresswoman Susan Davis sat on the bima throughout the service. Likewise San Diego City Councilman Jim Madaffer also got to sit in a seat of honor facing the congregation. In the audience, sitting well in the back, was Marty Block, a candidate for state Assembly and longtime president of the San Diego Community College Board. I also saw Superior Court Judge Frederic Link.
We get cynical sometimes and think that political figures only go to community events to seek votes or campaign contributions. But, in fact, Sanders already has been reelected; Davis, a member of the congregation, is considered a shoo-in for reelection, and Madaffer is termed-out and is not running for reelection. Along with them, Block and Emerald—Marty and Marti—are members of the Jewish community, who like the rest of us, encountered the joy and inspiration such proceedings often generate.
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Earlier on Sunday, amid Tiki sculptures and the Polynesian decor of the Bali Hai Restaurant on Shelter Island, Norman Manson whipped a green kippah from his pocket and recited the Shehechiyanu prayer before 30 friends and family members.
The prayer thanks God for sustaining us and allowing us to reach this moment—and for Manson, it was a special moment indeed. Recently he and Israela had celebrated 50 years of wedded life, and within the past few days Manson had become an octogenarian.
A lifelong journalist and volunteer for the Jewish community, Manson disclosed that when he left his longtime job as a copy editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune in 1992 he didn’t expect to live very long; that one of the reasons he had left was that he “didn’t want to be “carried out of the building.”
“I am really overwhelmed that I am still here, and not only that I’m still here but that I’m still active,” he told the celebrants of his 80th birthday, who included daughter Rebecca and son Joe as well as his young grandchildren. “I can still do things, I can still travel… I just finished a very nice trip up to the Canadian Rockies last week, and I can still walk, read and I can still write and I am really thankful I can do this.”
But why, he wondered, had God allowed him to reach such a moment? Manson pondered.
“I am sure it is not because I did anything wonderful in my life; I didn’t do any great and noble deeds. I was just a plain old working stiff, really, for most of my life. As I say I am overwhelmed...My contribution to the world has been pretty minimal really, but here I am.”
Most at the two long tables felt that Manson was being far too modest. He was a sportswriter for a good portion of his career, bringing enjoyment to many homes in the cities where he worked. In San Diego, he worked as a copy editor—one of those unsung, often unrecognized, yet vital positions that help assure that readers are spared grammatical and spelling errors. Beyond that, Manson demonstrated an understanding of what facts were needed in a news story, and if they weren’t there, he would bring the copy over to a reporter (me, for instance)and in a gentle, but no nonsense way, demand clarification.
Many years later, our roles reversed (I had been a politics writer on the San Diego Union) and I became Manson’s editor. I edited the book reviews that he wrote first for the San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage and now for this publication. His reviews have always been insightful, providing readers a synopsis of the book and giving its writer and publisher a gentle pointer or two on how the book could have been improved.
As officials at both the Lawrence Family JCC and at Congregation Beth El surely will attest, Manson also has been an ever-ready volunteer, not only for writing assignments but for almost any other request thrown his way. He has spent his career and his retirement in the service of others, and if that is not contributing to our society, and to the world, I don’t know what is.
Manson and others need to know that, in his journalistic parlance, you don’t need to be a headliner to really matter. You just need to care, and to try to leave the world and your community somewhat better than you’ve found it. Manson surely has done that!
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PEOPLE OF THE BOOKS
Envisioning U.S.-Iran nuclear nightmare
Eve of Destruction by Barry Broad, Seven Locks Press, ISBN 978-0-9801270-5-8, 2008, 496 pages, $24.95.
By Donald H. Harrison
 SAN DIEGO-As I read this book, I kept hearing the chorus of the old Barry McGuire song:
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.
Whereas McGuire’s song had four stanzas in addition to the chorus, this 496-page book has 117 chapters, some less than a page long. So as not to give away the suspense novel’s ending, let me simply report that the book envisions Iranian terrorists trying to detonate a primitive dirty bomb in Los Angeles, and the Iranian government working feverishly at home to complete development of a more sophisticated, highly destructive nuclear bomb.
The book follows the course of the Iranian terrorists’ recruiting and training, while at the same time keeping us abreast of the activities of spies for Israel’s Mossad and an American special forces team working in close cooperation with the FBI. Although the foes do not become aware of each other’s efforts until near the conclusion of the book, there is some crossover in the plot. The Iranian terrorist team is infiltrated by a Farsi-speaking counter-espionage agent from Israel.
Also, a good guy (from the American standpoint) in both scenarios is a maverick professor of nuclear physics who is on temporary assignment with the Department of Energy. The way he ignores protocol and tells the facts as they are soon lands him in official hot water, but this does not deter his patriotism.
San Diegans will find the chapters concerning how the Iranian terrorists prepare and then cross into the United States from Mexico (at the Otay Mesa border crossing) to be of considerable local interest.
While the book is a page-turner, I personally believe it could have been better organized by consolidating the action into longer chapters, perhaps dealing first with developments in Iran, then with the developments in the United States. Having to jump back and forth between plots became a little tiring. It also seemed to preclude real character development, so that the personalities involved in the espionage and terrorist teams nearly seemed to be cardboard cutouts of each other.
It’s easy to see how this might be converted into a screenplay.
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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
UJF Drive Date Set
Southwestern Jewish Press, January 27, 1950, page 1
April 1 has been set for the opening of the United Jewish Fund Campaign, according to Murray D. Goodrich, General Chairman.
Plans for the drive, whose major beneficiary will again be the United Jewish Appeal, is continuing under the leadership of Goodrich and Victor Schulman, President of the Fund.
Beneficiary agencies, which include, besides UJA, other overseas as well as national and local organizations, will be announced before the campaign’s opening date.
Goal of the campaign will come out of a community meeting to be held in March.
Goodrich is appealing for workers, stating that with 200 good workers every prospect in San Diego could be covered. “A study of the 1948 results show that the chances for a successful campaign not only depends on increases from contributors, but on coverage of many who were missed in 1948, continued Goodrich.
He pointed out that the challenge has been moved from Europe to Israel where 100,000 D.P.’s are living in tents. Rations have been reduced to a minimum.
Associate chairmen will be selected this week and plans completed for the campaign.
Where Does the Money Go {Editorial}
Southwestern Jewish Press, January 27, 1950, page 2
A great many people in this community really don’t know. We mean the money raised by the United Jewish Fund. It’s not because the U.J.F. doesn’t tell its contributors where every last penny was spent—It publishes booklets listing all the organizations that receive funds from the U.J.F. a report is made at the Annual Meeting. Meetings are held—publicity distributed, and yet people say they don’t’ know where the money goes!
We’ve heard people say they won’t give a dime to the Fund because:
1. They don’t send enough to the United Jewish Appeal.
2. They send too much money overseas.
3. The Fund wants to build a Center.
4. They didn’t give enough to THEIR favorite organization.
5. A clique controls the Fund.
6. They don’t like so-and-so on the Board. Etc.
All these reasons may or may not be valid but—are they sufficient reasons to stop giving.
The Community has chosen a Board of Directors to run the affairs of the Fund. In our opinion they have chosen well. If you have a gripe—tell them about it but—don’t forget that this is YOUR fund and YOUR conscience.
In another column in this newspaper you will find the first of a series of articles describing the work of the recipient agencies of your money. Read these articles carefully and you will know where the money goes.
United Jewish Fund
Southwestern Jewish Press, January 27, 1950, page 8
Where does your money go when you give it to the United Jewish Fund of san Diego? How is it divided and what’ really the score?
These are pertinent questions which are being asked every day by both the sincere person who makes his contribution and the person who is looking for an excuse. They and similar questions should be answered and we hope to answer them in this series of articles describing organizations which are beneficiaries of the United Jewish Fund.
Since 1947 San Diego Jewry has contributed about $683,000 to the united Jewish Fund, of which $496,000 or 72 ½ % has been forwarded to the United Jewish Appeal.
Seven percent or $46,000 was used for year round administration of the Fund and its various activities. About 1 ½ percent has gone for campaign expenses. Unpaid pledges in this period amounted to about 4%.
Other overseas organizations, national agencies, including civic protective groups such as the Joint Defense Appeal, hospitals similar to Duarte Institution in Los Angeles, and institutions in Denver, Jewish Education and Jewish Religious Institutions, as well as cultural groups received monies from the United Jewish Fund.
In the past three years local agencies have received less than $35,000 from the United Jewish Fund.
It can therefore easily be seen that the bulk of the money raised in San Diego has been given to the United Jewish Appeal. What is the United Jewish Appeal and why should it receive such a large percentage, not only of San Diego’s money, but of the entire American Jewish Community?
Combining the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Service for New Americans and the United Palestine Appeal is the outstanding philanthropic effort in the world. Its constituent agencies are recognized as the prime organizations in the field of the relief, resettlement and readjustment of Jews throughout the world.
The Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has since the end of World War I, been one of the reasons for the survival of Jews in Europe. It has concerned itself with the welfare of Jews throughout the World except in Israel and the United States. Its offices have encircled the Globe. It has fed, moved, clothed and sheltered millions and millions of people who would not have received assistance from any other source.
The United Palestine Appeal is the fund raising organization for the needs of people in Israel. Its constituents are the Jewish National Fund, Jewish Foundation and the Jewish Agency. Its money is not used for governmental purposes but is used to take care of the immigrants when they arrive in Israel. It is the major source of income for work amongst the people who are coming to Israel.
The United Service for New Americans was born of the merger of the old National Refugee Service, and the Service to Foreign Born of the National Council of Jewish Women some years ago. It has the responsibility for the resettlement and adjustment as well as the rehabilitation of displaced persons and other Jewish immigrants to the United States. Through its doors has passed well over 29,000 Jewish displaced persons who have come to the United States in 1949.
There is much more than could be told about these three major organizations. But simply and concisely these are the organizations that joint together to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews who would have died if it had not been for their assistance. Together they are asking the American Jewish Communities to give $272,000,000 in 1950. The United Palestine Appeal needs $209,000,000 for its work with immigrants who have come to Israel and who are today living in tents on the sands and shores of that country.
The Joint Distribution Committee has lowered its budget from $69,000,000 in 1949 to $44,000,000 in 1950. Much of this money will be used to bring the Jews of Africa and the Near East to Israel.
To aid in the resettlement and readjustment of those immigrants who desire to come to the United States, the United Service to New Americans needs $18,000,000—without it, it cannot do its job.
The United Jewish Fund of San Diego and Central Funds throughout the country are asked to do their jobs. In turn the United Jewish Fund of San Diego asks you to do your job when the campaign opens on April 1st, 1950.
Overseas News and Views
Southwestern Jewish Press, January 27, 1950, page 2
(By Maxwell Kaufman)
I have met many native Israelis—as a matter of fact we worked together in Europe in the displaced persons program of J.D.C. The Sabras (as natives of Israel are called) were sent to Germany and Austria by the Jewish agency for Palestine as early as 1946. Their work was in the main a teaching job, but in those days the political aspects were not unimportant.
The Israeli workers came to Europe to organize the schools in the D.P. Camps and train whatever teachers they could find. J.D.C. and the Jewish agency had reached an agreement that made the agency responsible for education of the children. Just as important was their work of propaganda on behalf of the then unborn new Jewish State. Their aim was to keep the Jewish D.P. pressuring the world for a place to go.
At that time almost 250,000 Jews were in D.P. camps in Germany, Austria and Italy. These Jews, survivors of concentration camps and refugees from terror and destruction, lay heavy on the conscience of the world. It was the need to do something about this problem and the constant cry of the Jews to be allowed to go to Palestine that finally led to Partition.
Most of the Jewish Agency people spoke English, but some refused to speak anything but Hebrew. They would make a concession and talk to me in Yiddish. In 1947 they were still an unofficial agency attached to the J.D.C. They preferred this arrangement since a great deal of the “Schwarz” emigration work was being handled by “Brichcah,” a strictly illegal organization which brought Jews from all over Europe to the American Zones of Germany and Austria. The refugees were then taken over the mountains to Italy and shipped to Palestine. When the story of “Brichcah” is finally told, it will prove to be one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the Exodus od Jews from Europe.
Some of the Jewish agency workers were assigned to Education, some to Emigration and others to political work. The educators had the responsibility of organizing the teaching staff an originating a curriculum of study which was pointed in just one direction. They taught the language and culture, and instilled a love for Palestine and its future. The children, Hungarian, Roumanian, Polish, Czech, German and Austrian were taught the songs, the dances the hopes and dreams of a land which was theirs by right and would have to be won by might.
The Emigration workers selected candidates among the D.P.’s who were found to be fit for the long and hazardous journey to Palestine. Later on they began to restrict immigrants to those who could fight or work. Families with old people or children were held back for a time. This waa especially true during the fighting with the Arabs.
The Political workers of the Agency devoted themselves to keeping up the morale of the Jews and at the same time instilling a political consciousness into the numerous organizations which flourished in the camps. These organizations later became the political parties that now form the Government of Israel. At the last count there were thirteen ranging from left to right and the religious groups. It may come as a surprise to many hat there was no Reform or Conservative representation either in Europe or Israel. Religious groups ranged from Neo-Orthodoxy (Agudath) to Ultra-Orthodoxy (Mizrachi). As a matter of fact only the Orthodox Rabbis can perform a legal marriage ceremony in the New State.
I hope I have given you some idea of the work of the Jewish Agency, which with the aid of the J.D.C. and American money played an important part in saving the remnant of European Jewry from the degradation of the D.P. Camps.
What I have omitted to tell you is the courage and daring of these Sabras, who said to all the Jews in the camps, “Come home! We want you! You belong here! This is YOUR land!”
They said this to the young, the old, the sick, the crippled, the bad, the good, the rich, the poor. They said it to the black marketer, the trader, the skeptic, the ones who had forgotten to work, others who had no trade—with the knowledge that many would become a burden, they STILL told them to come. They were not afraid. They had faith in the ultimate outcome.
These D.P.’s were the last handful of once flourishing communities. Israel would take them all and make them proud again. For the first time in 2000 years, they would be citizens in a country that wanted them. They would be at home in their own Nation.
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SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD: THE WEEK IN REVIEW
CAMPAIGN 2008
Jewish auxiliary groups of Democrats and Republicans in battle to define Sarah Palin—spin doctoring by the Democratic National Jewish Caucus and the Republican Jewish Coalition.
JUDAISM
—Solel offers variety of Jewish choices by Donald H. Harrison in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California
—Torah demands accurate weights, measures by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego
—When the kind lady was locked out by Rabbi Baruch Lederman in San Diego
LIFESTYLES
My Money, Your Money, or Ours by Natasha Josefowitz in La Jolla,California
SPORTS
A bissel sports trivia with Bruce Lowitt in Oldsmar, Florida
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—January 13, 1950: Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood
—January 13, 1950: Temple Beth Israel
—January 13, 1950: Tifereth Israel News
—January 13, 1950: Congregation Beth Jacob
NEWS FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
Students pay Labor Day tribute to San Diego Jewish Academy’s silent heroes
CAMPAIGN 2008
The choice between Obama and McCain could be this generation's most important by Howard Wayne
Jewish access to Palin in government by Gary Rotto in San Diego
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Add Haym Salomon to list of important Jews from Sheila Orysiek in San Diego
Seven years after 9/11, what's Bush's legacy? from Dr. Norman Mann in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—January 13, 1950: “What’s Cookin’” At Troop 99?
—January 13, 1950: Council of Jewish Women
—January 13, 1950: Inside AZA by Leonard Naiman
—January 13, 1950: Jewish Youth Council
—January 13, 1950: Tifereth Israel Young People’s League
ARTS
Night Sky audience experiences aphasia by Carol Davis in San Diego
LIFESTYLES
16-year courtship finally reaches chuppah by Norene Schiff-Shenhav in Fallbrook, California
NEWS FROM OUR ADVERTISERS
—Adoption Alliance of Jewish Family Service: Upcoming Events
—Bronfman Youth Fellowship Awarded to San Diego Jewish Academy’s Jack de Tar
—Tifereth Israel Synagogue schedules Selichot showing of Iraq documentary
Remembering 9/11/2001
Does government need 'back door' authority to break encryption codes? by Martin Charles Golumbic in Haifa, Israel.
'Ordinary' citizens demonstrated grace in an extraordinary disaster by Sheila Orysiek in San Diego
National
Who were 3 most important U.S. Jews? by David Benkof in New York
Campaign 2008—Letters to the Editor
—Matthew Brooks column draws rebuke from Carol Davis in San Diego
— Obama didn't protest Wright for 20 years; how would he act towards bombastic leaders of anti-U.S. nations? from Donald A. Moskowitz in Londonderry, New Hampshire
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—January 13, 1950: San Diego Jr. Pioneer Women
—January 13, 1950: Labor Zionists
—January 13, 1950: Junior Charity League
Arts
Thursdays with the Songs of Hal Wingard.
—#243, Mary Had a Little Lamb
—#244, The Itsy Bitsy Spider
—#246, The Little Star
News from Our Advertisers
—Mental Illness: Coping Strategies, Current Treatments, & Paths to Wellness from Jewish Family Service
—San Diego Jewish Academy focuses on academics, athletics and arts
International
Don't trivialize the Shoah by making light of it, or using it for partisan ends by Dvir Abramovich in Melbourne, Australia
The Jews Down Under, a roundup of Australian Jewish news by Garry Fabian in Melbourne:
—World No Safer after 9/11—Juval Aviv
—Tough opening game for peace team
—Submission highlight campus bias
—Community Security Group first public appeal
—A remarkable musical milestone
—Jewish Community welcomes new Premier
—Outrage over Arab leader's remarks
—A grave situation in Brest, Belarus
—Something in lighter vein - The Jewish Car
National
Campaign 2008: Democrats' attacks on Palin lack merit by Matthew Brooks in Washington D.C.
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—January 13, 1950: Senior Pioneer (Negba) Club
—January 13, 1950:Yo-Ma-Co News
—January 13, 1950:Guardians
—January 13, 1950: J.C.R.A.
Arts
It’s a Hit! It’s the Housewives! by Cynthia Citron in Sherman Oaks, California
Sports
Will Spitz legend survive Phelps? Book review by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
News from Our Advertisers
Musical Selichot at Congregation Beth Am
San Diego Jewish Academy Unveils New Gymnasium & Sports Complex
International
How much of a criminal is PM Olmert? by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Budgetary caution saves lives in Georgia by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
National
Campaign 2008: Palin opposes abortion, evolution, sex ed by J. Zel Lurie in Delray Beach, Florida
Judaism
Florida rabbi questions why some areas have many synagogues, only one mikvah by Bruce Lowitt in Palm Harbor, Florida
Songs of Our People: Eylu D'Vorim—Torah study prelude by Cantor Sheldon Merel in San Diego
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—January 13, 1950: 1950 {Editorial}
—January 13, 1950: Former Major Israeli Army In San Diego
—January 13, 1950: Who's New
—January 13, 1950: Samuel L. Fox Lodge by John L. Kluchin
—January 13, 1950: Hadassah
Arts
Memphis: Racism and rock n' roll by Carol Davis in La Jolla, California
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International
Israeli professor worries over course his native United States is taking in world by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Judaism
Non-practicing vegetarian chooses to make a kosher compromise by Rabbi Dow Marmur in Toronto, Canada
Undeterred by vandals, Ner Tamid leaders predict bright future for the congregation by Donald H. Harrison in Poway, California
A new daughter embraces the Covenant by Sheila Orysiek in San Diego
Sharing a meal at Chabad of La Costa by Gerry Greber in Carlsbad, California
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—January 13, 1950: Fund Ends Year With Over $207,000
—January 13, 1950: Institute to Feature Course in Mental Hygiene
—January 13, 1950: Youth Aliyah To Present Film
—January 13, 1950: There’s Room For You {Editorial}
Arts
Picking right shows for teenage grandkids by Carol Davis in San Diego
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International
Are olim more prone to child-murder? by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Israelis trust IDF and the media more than they trust their politicians by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson in Mevasseret Zion, Israel
Campaign 2008: Obama worries some Israel supporters by Michael Goldblatt in Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania
Judaism
Christian saints and Jewish tzaddikim: what is the meaning of graveside prayers? by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego
Does medical treatment interfere with G-d's will? Akiva had the answer for that one by Rabbi Baruch Lederman in San Diego
Zipping into learning at Beth Israel by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
San Diego County
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History
—January 13, 1950: Late Flash
—January 13, 1950: Hutler and Levenson to Attend Conference
—January 13, 1950 Rabbinical Assembly To Meet Here
—January 13, 1950: Israel Representative Talks on Investments
Sports
A bissel sports trivia with Bruce Lowitt in Oldsmar, Florida
Messages from Advertisers and Our Publisher
—Gotthelf Art Gallery opens exhibition of emerging Jewish artists
—October activities offered at College Avenue Senior Center
—Please actively support San Diego Jewish World
International
Tales of squill, wagtails and sunsets by Ulla Hadar in Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel
A lightning tour through South Italy's numerous Jewish historical sites by Karen Primack in Trani, Italy
Judaism
'Prayer isn't boring... You are' by David Benkof in New York
San Diego County
In tribute to Marie Berg and other community leaders who came before us by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Adventures in San Diego Jewish History:
—December 30, 1949: Episcopalian Rector Invites Cantor To Participate in Midnight Mass
—December 30, 1949: S.D. Lasker Lodge Bnai Brith Installation Set For January 8
—December 30, 1949: Congregation Tifereth Israel
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