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High Holy Day publishing schedule
San Diego Jewish World will not publish editions on either the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, September 30, or on Yom Kippur, Thursday, October 9.
Stories and advertisements that appear in the previous days' editions will remain on line during these two sacred days, but, as has been our practice on Shabbat, advertisers will not be charged for those days.
The publisher, editors, writers, field reporters and advertising staff of San Diego Jewish World join in the fervent wish that Hebrew Calendar Year 5769 will be the year that brings peace, prosperity, happiness and nachas to our community, to our neighbors and to all the world!
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MON., SEPT. 29-THURS., OCT. 9 Congregation Beth Israel High Holiday Services
CAMPAIGN 2008
Republican Jewish Coalition highlights quotes from Democrats in pro-McCain ads
By Suzanne Kurtz
Washington, D.C. (Press Release) -- The Republican Jewish Coalition has released the latest in an ongoing series of national advertisements. These ads are part of a substantial advertising campaign undertaken by the RJC. This ad highlights Senator John McCain's outstanding record of patriotism, reform, and principled bipartisan leadership.
The ad quotes Senators Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and John Kerry and National Jewish Democratic Council Executive Director Ira Forman, all speaking highly of John McCain's record and personal qualities:
"Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience.”—Hillary Clinton (CNN, 3/3/08)
"John McCain has always been a leader fighting any kind of special and narrow interest." —
Chuck Schumer (Press Conference, 11/21/03)
"John McCain is a courageous, patriotic American." — John Kerry (CNBC's "The News". 4/7/04)
"I have to take my hat off to [McCain] for putting principle in front of politics... I wish there were more John McCains."—Ira Forman, Executive Director, The National Jewish Democratic Council
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 10/1/99)
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said, "Given that the American Jewish community might expect to hear praise of Senator McCain from the RJC, we thought it best to highlight not what we are saying, but what leading Democrats are saying about Senator McCain. They have each paid tribute to his record of public service, his fierce independence and his courageous principles."
"In difficult and uncertain times, when we face security threats and economic uncertainty, it is reassuring to know that John McCain is a man who has demonstrated bipartisan leadership and experience," said Brooks
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FROM THE GATES OF THE NEGEV
Jews, Druse honor trailblazing soldier's memory near the border of Gaza
By Ulla Hadar
 KIBBUTZ NIR AM, Israel—Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 24, to pay tribute to the memory of Israeli Lt. Col. Nabi Meri at a site that was dedicated to him after he was killed in a 1996 attack by Arabs in the Gaza Strip. The attack that claimed the life of this Druse officer has been described as part of a nationwide riot by Arabs in reaction to rumors that Jews were tunneling under the Temple Mount.
Many notables from the Druse community were represented at the ceremony, including Sheikh Mufak Tarif, their spiritual leader, who was among the speakers . There were also representatives of the Israeli government, local municipalities, security forces and Meri’s family, who came from the village of Horfesh in the Galil. Residents of Sha’ar Hanegev municipality, which includes this kibbutz, rounded out the crowd.
Soldiers representing different units started the day with a race from Hof Ashkelon to the site. In the latter stages of the race, they were joined by children of the municipality of Sha’ar Hanegev. Later in the day, soldiers and members of Meri’s family participated in a target shooting competition,
Meri was born April 15, 1954, to Zarfat Nasif Meri and Mahmoud Dieb Meri z"l. His father passed away last year. The family earns its living from agriculture.
 
When killed at the age of 42, he left behind a wife Shaha and a daughter Manal, as well as his parents, four brothers and a sister. He had started his army service in 1972 and joined the paratrooper division. This was an unusual act for a Druse youngster, as members of his religious group typically were exempted from fighting units and were instead assigned to a Meutim (or minority) unit. The same was often true for Bedouin soldiers.
With the help of Moshe Dayan, who was then Minister of Defense, and David Eliazar, who was head of the IDF, Nabi Meri was able to enlist in the elite paratroopers unit. He fought in the Yom Kippur War and, after completing officer training, he was given command of a Meutim unit. His wish was to instill Druse soldiers with pride in their own unit and also to motivate and encourage more Druse youngsters to join the IDF. Through the years served many different tasks and positions in the lines of the IDF.
In 1989 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and was positioned in Southern Lebanon taking
over from Colonel Ithak Rachimov who had been killed. Five years later he was given command of a regiment in Gaza.
Hit by a bullet from a Palestinian sniper whilst defending one of the strongholds at the Tarmit position, near the Rafiah crossing in Gaza, Meri died while defending his soldiers against Palestinian fire.
He is buried in the Horfesh village cemetery.
"From my personal encounter with Nabi Meri I can say that he was a most extraordinary person; he would never moan or complain about the hard work he had to do,” commented Matan Vilnai, deputy defense minister. “He strengthened and nourished the relationship between the Druse and Jewish communities. When his position in Tarmit was attacked and under fire he stepped into the lines as an ordinary soldier and fought together with everyone else as one of them despite his rank as a lieutenant-colonel".
At the end of the ceremony six grants were awarded to Druse students at nearby Sapir College.
The winners of the shooting range competition were congratulated by Sha’ar Hanegev Mayor
Alon Schuster and by his predecessor, Shai Hermesh, now a member of the Knesset.
At the memorial site stands a lookout tower erected in Meri’s memory by the Jewish National Fund.. Near the tower is an olive tree. This is the exact tree that was planted in his family's backyard in Horfesh when he was born in 1954.
After his death, the Meri family transplanted the tree to the memorial site where it continues to grow proudly overlooking the Gaza strip.
At a previous ceremony, Israel’s President Shimon Peres said “ Nabi proved that it is possible to be a wonderful person and a brave soldier at the same time. He proved that personal charm is not tied by national borders or positions and our admiration of him will continue even after the tragic bullet that took his life away…"
Many delegations from San Diego have visited this outlook. But because of the last year's heavy attacks from the Gaza strip, it is now restricted Army territory and one can only enter with special permission.
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THE JEWISH CITIZEN
Nice record: 48 of 48 SDJA seniors
accepted to four -year-colleges
By Donald H. Harrison
  SAN DIEGO—Principal Jeff Davis (right) of the Maimonides Upper School of San Diego Jewish Academy is used to schools receiving academic honors; he was recruited eight years ago to SDJA from Coronado High School, which had been named a national blue ribbon school and ranked as one of the top seven high schools in the nation.
But even Davis has been shaking his head in astonishment since receiving a compilation at the beginning of the current semester of how the most recently graduated SDJA senior class has been scoring academically.
There were 52 students in the graduating class and, of these, 48 applied to four-year colleges. Every one of them was accepted, said Davis. The students were accepted to such institutions as the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, Georgetown, Duke, Tufts, NYU, Northwestern, and various campuses of the University of California and California State University and College System.
College acceptances are based on a variety of factors, including the students rankings on such comparative tests as the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Tests) and on (Advanced Placement) tests in various subjects.
Smiling as he shuffled through a stack of forms, Davis told me that SDJA offered 13 separate Advanced Placement courses last year. The students who took the national examinations in any of those subjects could score anywhere from 1 to 5, with a 3 considered a passing grade. Typically, he said “60 percent of the students who take an AP exam will get a 3 or higher, and those are the best and the brightest kids in the country.”
SDJA’s percentage, on the other hand was “just shy of 80 percent.” Furthermore, he said, “the scores were terrific across the board.” Whereas nationally between 12 and 14 percent of the students score a grade of 5 in an AP exam, according to Davis, “we had 28 percent of the students score a 5.”
So to what does he attribute the stellar performance of the Class of 2008?
“A combination of things,” Davis responded. “It starts with the mission statement that the parents and the Board have created here, and that has created a culture on the campus. It says that we are here to provide a Jewish education for as many Jewish children as we can regardless of social or economic status or their academic ability. So that means we have a really, really wide range of students in terms of their academic ability. We have some kids who are absolutely the best and the brightest and we have kids who really struggle academically. …
“That mission statement says a lot about this community,” Davis added. “When you talk about a private school and its says ‘regardless of their economic ability,’ that means you have to put your money where your mouth is. This school goes out and raises nearly a million dollars every year to give in financial aid to families. That is a remarkable number; it is a committed community to the mission of the school.”
The Maimonides Upper School principal continued that “there is a culture on this campus which is unique, that I have found unique in my some 30 years in education. The faculty is at the top of their game, they are absolutely superb, and the students recognize it and appreciate it. They appreciate not only having a superb faculty but they appreciate how they interact in this community, that their opinion is valued, that they do have input on this campus and that there are a lot of adults here who care deeply about them and will do anything to help them succeed. So all these things have created this culture. Parents who seek this type of education for their children are pretty magnificent people who are helping us to reinforce at home the values that we are teaching.”
Currently there are 362 students in the school, of which 39 are new seniors.
How will they compare against the previous class, I wondered in a subsequent telephone conversation Will there be a competition?
I could feel Davis, the man of a thousand smiles, give me one of his rare frowns. He said he doesn’t believe in pitting students against each other, but helping each one achieve his or her potential.
That’s not to say that the school won’t have plenty of reasons to brag about the new senior class. For example seniors Shiri Bogomolny and Brenna Decker recently became semifinalists in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Competition. They join 16,000 semifinalists from a pool of 1.5 million juniors who took the PSAT examination last year.
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SOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOLSoille Hebrew Day Kindergarteners Take The Taste Test
 
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Thursdays with the Songs of Hal Wingard
#53, The San Diego Air Disaster
9:01, Monday Morning, September 25, 1978
Oh, what could they do?
What could they do--
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
What could they do?
What could they do,
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
San Diego city yawns
As morning sun moves high
Another day has just begun
Beneath a cloudless sky.
The city's folk run here and there
In daily task and chore,
Little knowing what the fates
This morning hold in store.
Meanwhile, north a hundred miles
Where urban angels dwell,
Autos crowd the city streets
And fight the freeway swell.
Blocked behind a snail of cars
A family of three
Worries how they'll ever get
To where they want to be.
Oh, what could they do?
What could they do--
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
What could they do?
What could they do,
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
They're heading for the airport jam;
Already they are late.
They know that there's no way to hold
An airplane at the gate.
Then little Jimmie--three years old--
Begins to fret and whine,
While mom and dad assure the child
That all will soon be fine.
They tell him how much fun he'll have
At San Diego's zoo,
And "grandma's sure to bake a cake
And trays of cookies, too."
With such sweet thoughts at last they reach
The airport's auto park.
They dash to flight 182,
And out of breath embark.
Oh, what could they do?
What could they do--
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
What could they do?
What could they do,
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
The door is closed; they take their seats;
And mother sighs to dad:
"Henry, that's the closest call
That ever we have had.
You know that it is just by chance
That we have caught this plane.
To rush our life the way we have
Has got to be insane.
* *
San Diego city yawns
As morning sun moves high
Another day has just begun
Beneath a cloudless sky.
The city's folk run here and there
In daily task and chore,
Little knowing what the fates
This morning hold in store.
Oh, what could they do?
What could they do--
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
What could they do?
What could they do,
The fated who flew
Flight 182?
#13, Yesterday
Yesterday, when we had our youth,
We sang our song, and we talked of truth.
Yesterday, dreaming youthful schemes,
We lived yesterday's days of dreams.
Gone is our prime.
Gone is our time.
Gone is our yesterday.
Yesterday, how were we to know
The flow of time is a measured flow?
Yesterday, we threw time away.
That was yesterday, yesterday.
Gone is our prime.
Gone is our time.
Gone is our yesterday.
Yesterday, we lived life's full song.
With faithful friends we sang all day long.
Yesterday, how the sounds did blend!
But now yesterday's song must end.
Gone is our prime.
Gone is our time.
Gone is our yesterday.
#66, Time
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
The tempo of time and its measure
Are mystr'ies that no man can know,
For man, in his finite perception,
Can't fathom the temporal flow.
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
It's man who has mismatched the measure
With phases of sun and of moon,
Then labeled his misconceived fancy
In names such as "Sunday" and "June."
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
But time's no more linked to the moon phase,
Nor bound to the rise of the sun,
Than it is to the budding of roses
Or the breathing of hounds on the run.
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
If time has a flow or a movement,
The measure must fit time's own plan,
Disconnected from suns and moon phases,
Disconnected from fancies of man.
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
And time won't be bound by the beating
Of watches and clocks that you fear.
Tonight when you hear your clock ticking,
Don't think it is time that you hear.
Time, time, time. Time, time, time.
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SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FABULOUSLY OBSERVANT
How Jewish were the Beatles?
By David Benkof
 NEW YORK—With Sir Paul McCartney performing in Tel Aviv today (September 25), it's a good time to consider just how Jewish the Beatles were - or weren't:
• McCartney's most famous wife, and all but one of his children, were Jewish. Linda Eastman McCartney was the daughter of American Jews. Her father changed his name from Leopold Vail Epstein to Lee Eastman. Linda grew up in Scarsdale, New York, an area with many wealthy Jews. Despite rumors to the contrary, the family was not related to the owners of Eastman Kodak.
• Perhaps the most Jewish thing about the Beatles is their longtime manager, Brian Epstein. Often called "the fifth Beatle," he played a role in the band's discovery as well as nurturing them to the greatness they achieved musically and professionally. The openly gay Epstein was especially close with John Lennon, and rumors of a single instance of a physical hookup between the two on a trip to Barcelona may be more Epstein's fantasy than actual reality. Epstein died of a drug overdose in 1967 at the height of the Beatles' success.
• The months after the Yom Kippur War of 1973 were fraught with Israeli self-doubt, which was explored by Israel's first lady of song, Naomi Shemer. Her most well-regarded songs of that period were adaptations of two Beatles hits: "Hey Jude," and most famously "Let it Be." Shemer's version of that latter song, "Lu Yehi," had a little in common with the original's music and lyrics, and was mostly an original composition. For a composer who confessed on her deathbed that she took the melody for her most famous work, "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav," (Jerusalem of Gold) from a Basque lullaby, it is admirable that with "Lu Yehi" she was upfront about borrowing musically from the biggest rock band in history.
Not everything was Jewish about the Fab Foreskins, however. For example, at least the first dozen of the Beatles' hit songs were about romantic love (until "Help!" - or "Nowhere Man," depending how one interprets "Help!"). But the Torah doesn't emphasize romantic love, at least not Western-style romantic love. True, Jacob's love for Rachel was intense, but the example of his father Isaac is more dominant in Judaism - we aren't told that Isaac loved Rebecca until after they were married.
Hebrew has one word for loving - and it's the same word for liking: ahavah. We are commanded to love God, and to love our neighbor, and implicitly ourselves - but never specifically our spouses, much less our "dates." Now, arguably "All You Need is Love" is about loving thy neighbor. But I don't interpret any Beatles song to be about loving God (could the guy who wrote "imagine there's no Heaven" even do that?). But there are lots of lyrics about men loving women, sometimes ("Something") quite erotically. There's even a Beatles song about same-sex love, probably with reference to Epstein - "You've Got to Hide your Love Away." The obsession with romance in early Beatles lyrics is just not consistent with Jewish priorities.
Still, there are many intersections between the Mop Tops and Judaism, especially on a playful level--try matching Jewish concepts in Column A to Beatles song titles in Column B. Best of luck to Sir Paul (if he's not, as the old rumor had it, dead) on his visit to the Land of Israel and on his concert in the Holy Land.
Column A Column B
Chanukah "The Long and Winding Road"
God "Doctor Robert"
Holocaust Yellow Star "Here, There, and Everywhere"
Oppenheimer "Paperback Writer"
Lifting the Veil at a Wedding "Hey Jude"
Batya Gur "I Saw Her Standing There"
Masada Snake Path "I've Just Seen a Face"
Observe Shabbat "Let it Be"
Shomer Negiah "Eight Days a Week"
Women at the Wall "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
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UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO
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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
Evening Group Hadassah
Southwestern Jewish Press, February 10, 1950, page 6
The next meeting of the evening group of Hadassah will be held on Feb. 21st at 8:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Leroy Cohn, 5495 Redwood. Miss Lenore Klug, program chairman, has an interesting program planned for the evening. Mr. Maxwell Kaufman, publisher of the Jewish Press, will speak on his experiences in Europe where he served for three years with the American Joint Distribution Committee working with D.P.’s
Mrs. Harvey Steinman, chairman of the group, reports that the last meeting was as entertaining as it was educational. Mrs. Lou Moorsteen narrated movies which she had taken on her trip to Israel.
Future plans of the group consist of a social evening for members, friends and husbands. All young women interested in attending evening meetings of Hadassah are cordially invited. For information or transportation call T-9647 or W-5144.
Pioneer Women (Negba Club)
Southwestern Jewish Press, February 10, 1950, page 6
We would like to thank our Haveros and friends who made our Arbor day Festival a marked success. It was a most enjoyable evening, highlighted by songs in English, Yiddishu and Hebrew appropriate to the occasion by Sonia Weitzman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ewitzman. Others songs were by Norma Schaeffer and Rose Abrams.
Readings in Yiddish and English by Florence Barrack, Eleanore Gordon and Anna Shelley were also well received. Currently we are now in the throes of planning for our Purim Festival to be held on March 19th at the Temple Center, 7:30 p.m. Watch for this affair and come join us!
Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood
Southwestern Jewish Press, February 10, 1950, page 6
By Lillian Heiman
In order that Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood members and their guests may have the opportunity of hearing Rabbi Phineas Smoller, the February meeting date has been changed to Tuesday, February 28th. Rabbi Smoller, executive secretary of the Southern California Council of Union of American Hebrew Congregations, is a life long friend and schoolmate of our own Rabbi Morton J. Cohn.
Program for the luncheon meeting which will be held in the Temple Center, will feature an inter-faith theme announces Mrs. Sm Friedman, program chairman. Brotherhood will be expressed through music. The choir of the all saints Episcopal Church with our own Cantor Julian Miller and the choir of Beth A.M.E.Z. Chapel have been invited to perform for the Sisterhood.
Collaborating on luncheon details are Mrs. Nate Raener (sic, Ratner), Mrs. Louis Solof and Mrs. Robert Stone, hostesses for the day. Luncheon will be served at 11:45. Reservations will be taken now by anyone of the hostesses.
Remember that Tuesday, March 7th. Marks he date for the first book review to be presented by Ida Nasatir under the sponsorship of the Sisterhood. Those of you who have heard Mrs. Nasatir speak on previous occasions know how terrific she is and will want to enjoy hearing her again. If there is any particular book you would like to hear reviewed please contact Mrs. Nasatir. She is open to suggestions and is anxious to please everyone. If you have not as yet attended a review by MRs. Nasatir—you definitely have an entertaining and instructive afternoon in store for you.
Mrs. Ben Harris is in charge of ticket sales for the series of three book reviews. Please call her at her home—T. 1-3228—and reserve your tickets – now!
San Diego Hebrew Home for the Aged
Southwestern Jewish Press, February 10, 1950, page 6
Amid a shower of linens for the Hebrew Home, a successful party and meeting was held on February 1st. An interesting movie on health was shown and refreshments were served.
The next meeting will be held on March 8th. A presentation of the slate and nomination of officers will be the order of business.
Yo-Ma Co Club
Southwestern Jewish Press, February 10, 1950, page 6
Something unusual is the way of a Valentine Box Lunch Party was featured at the meeting of the Yo-Ma-Co Club on Wednesday, February 9th, at the Highland and Landis Communty Center.
The wives got a real treat. They got a choice of lnches, but more important, they ate it with the man whose wife made the lunch. The men got a treat! A good time was had by all, what with dancing and games, good food and good company.
Chairman of the party was Art Friedlander.
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SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD: THE WEEK IN REVIEW
CAMPAIGN 2008
'Israel's security is sacrosanct,' Obama tells 900 rabbis in conference call by Eric Lynn and Dan Shapiro in Chicago
Reversing the high dropout rate from schools priority for Ethiopian-Israelis by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
INTERNATIONAL
The Jews Down Under, a roundup of Jewish news of Australia and New Zealand by Garry Fabian in Melbourne, Australia:
—Security spending for Jewish institutions in Australia varies from state to state
—Sydney Liberal leader has ties to Jewish community
—Jewish candidates make impact in local elections
—Toltz short-listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize
—Lobby group offers apology
—Australia Arava partnership begins to bloom
—Wheels in motion for Junior Maccabi Carnival
—Vandals Target Maccabi Tennis Centre
—New Zealand shul reopens with fanfare
—Moriah College Student wins junior journalism award
ARTS
Mourned love found again in a book by Gail Feinstein Forman in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—February 10, 1950: Seattle Conference Elects Levenson
—February 10, 1950: Letters to the Editor from Mrs. Harold Garvin and A. Fisher
—February 10, 1950: Who’s New
COMMUNITY WATCH
Agency for Jewish Education: L'shanah tovah tikoteva
San Diego Jewish World: San Diego Jewish World begins weekly email service
San Diego Rabbinical Association: San Diego Rabbinical Association announces Kever Avot/ Imahot Services
Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School: Oranges and maps at Solle San Diego Hebrew Day School
CAMPAIGN 2008
Sarah and George compared, contrasted by J. Zel Lurie in Delray Beach, Florida
What Israelis learn from U.S. elections by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
INTERNATIONAL
Ahmadinejad protest planned in NYC on Thursday by a coalition of Jewish groups by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
ARTS
A standing O for the 'girls' in the office by Cynthia Citron in Los Angeles
Song 'Meeskite' is opposite of its name by Cantor Sheldon Merel in San Diego, with accompanying music.
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—February 10, 1950: Dr. T.R. Jackman To Speak
—February 10, 1950: Fund To Borrow $75,000 for Critical UJA Position
—February 10, 1950: Mrs. Steinman Elected To Nat’l Board of U.S.N.A.
—February 10, 1950: Overseas News and Views by Maxwell Kaufman
COMMUNITY WATCH
Agency for Jewish Education: AJE to offer immersion classes in Hebrew beginning next month
Lawrence Family JCC: 2008 San Diego Jewish Book Fair to feature celebrity authors Henry Winkler, Jonathan Safran Foer, Martin Fletcher, Evan Handler and 40 other writers
Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School: Soille Hebrew Day second graders learn about the mitzvah of tzedakah
CAMPAIGN 2008
Down Syndrome: Advice for Sarah Palin by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith in Jerusalem
Obama strongly supports Israel by Howard Wayne in San Diego
INTERNATIONAL
Ariel University Center's U.S. fundraising chief had had colorful career path by Donald H. Harrison in San Diego
Impressions of an Ethiopian American tourist on his first trip to Israel by Kassahun Teffera in Rockville, Maryland
JUDAISM
Why and how I observe the Shabbat by Sheila Orysiek in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—January 27, 1950: Temple Beth Israel
—January 27, 1950: Tifereth Israel Synagogue
—January 27, 1950: Beth Jacob
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. politicians should unite against Iran by Shoshana Bryen in Washington, D.C.
JUDAISM
Blessings of the city and the country by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego
The Chasid's mistake maybe wasn't one by Rabbi Baruch Lederman in San Diego
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—January 27, 1950: Inside A.Z.A. by Leonard Naiman
—January 27, 1950: San Diego Bay City Bnai Brith
—January 27, 1950: Junior Matrons
—January 27, 1950: Judy Yukon Joins Quiz Kids
—January 27, 1950: Swing Your Partner
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
—Thalheimer flip flopped; Hillel threatens neighborhood from Alice Goldfarb Marquis, Ph.D, in La Jolla
—Thalheimer article informative; will help voters from Gail Forman in San Diego
ARTS
A Jew's admiration for a Catholic songwriter produced superb show by Carol Davis in Solana Beach, California
SPORTS
A Bissel Sports Trivia With Bruce Lowitt in Oldsmar, Florida
NEWS FROM ADVERTISERS
Lawrence Family JCC: An invitation to 'meet' Pocohantas at the Lawrence Family JCC
San Diego Jewish Academy: SDJA's Ali Tradonsky semifinalist in U.S. Middle School Science competition
Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School: Children’s author Ian Cameron reads at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School
INTERNATIONAL
Chance meeting in San Diego topic of amazement in Kibbutz Kfar Aza by Ulla Hadar in Kfar Aza, Israel
SAN DIEGO/ CAMPAIGN 2008
Jewish advocate for Mt. Soledad Cross seeks community votes in council race by Donald H. Harrison
JUDAISM
Archeologists debate Tanakh's accuracy by Fred Reiss in Winchester, California
ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO HISTORY
January 27, 1950: Jewish Labor Committee
January 27, 1950: Birdie Stodel Bnai Brith. Chapt. No. 92
January 27, 1950: Jewish War Veterans San Diego Post 185 Auxiliary
January 27, 1950: Hadassah
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
—Temple of Dreams poem wins praise, from Susan D. Rhea in San Diego
—White Privilege' essay delights Obama supporter, from Fran Sesti in Carlsbad, California
NEWS FROM ADVERTISERS
Jewish Community Center: JCC Holiday Hours Reminder
Jewish Community Foundation: Ways that you may contribute for the relief of Hurricane Ike victims
Thursday, September 18, 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 225)
NATIONAL/CAMPAIGN 2008
‘White Privilege’ in the United States by Tim Wise in Topeka, Kansas
JUDAISM
The Akedah and my gay life decision by David Benkof in New York
SAN DIEGO
Children begin tiling Seacrest's Viterbi Wall at intergenerational barbecue by Gerry Greber in Encinitas, California
ARTS
Dreamgirls soars in S.D. Musical Theatre Co. production at the San Diego Rep by Carol Davis in San Diego
Thursdays With the Songs of Hal Wingard:
—#19, Young Hawks
—#227, Love Can Grow
—#325, Oh, oh, Love
ADVENTURES IN AN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
—January 27, 1950: Jewish War Veterans
—January 27, 1950: S.D. Hebrew Home For the Aged
—January 27, 1950: Cottage of Israel
—January 27, 1950: Paole Zion
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