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Bibi Netanyahu has his slogans and his realities ... by Ira Sharkansky in Jerusalem
Officials of the European Union have threatened the prospective government of Benyamin Netanyahu that serious consequences will occur if Israel abandons the idea of a two-state solution: Palestine alongside Israel. READ MORE

What is it about Israel that has such a special hold on me? ... by Rabbi Dow Marmur in Jerusalem
If things are so bad in Israel, why are they so good?  I imagine that some who read my pessimistic reports want to know. In view of my often critical comments about Israeli politics they’re entitled to wonder why I spend so much time here. READ MORE

JUDAISM

Torah eliminates the worry over false prophets ... by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal in San Diego
The Talmud teaches that, after the destruction of the Temple, revelation was taken from the prophets and given to children and fools. Jews do not believe that God talks directly to any human being. If Jews want to know what God "thinks" about any given subject today, we turn to our holy books and religious authorities for answers. READ MORE

The mitzvos are the spiritual wings to lift our lives ... by Rabbi Baruch Lederman in San Diego
The word Korbon (offering) comes from the word karov (close). When we bring offerings to the temple, it brings us closer to Hashem. The korbonos have many seemingly
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ARTS/ LEISURE
A wife who schemes for a divorce, Garry Marshall style ... by Cynthia Citron in Burbank, California
Apparently Garry Marshall and Neil Simon were twins separated at birth. Each plumbs the vicissitudes of relationships with a like-minded Jewish sensibility and an exaggerated appreciation of the absurd. And even though Marshall isn't Jewish, he writes with a Yiddisher kop.READ MORE

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A bissel sports triva with Bruce Lowitt ... in Oldmar, Florida
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ADVENTURES IN SAN DIEGO JEWISH HISTORY
November 28, 1952; Southwestern Jewish Press

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By Rabbi Dow Marmur

JERUSALEM—If things are so bad in Israel, why are they so good?  I imagine that some who read my pessimistic reports want to know. In view of my often critical comments about Israeli politics they’re entitled to wonder why I spend so much time here. What follows is an attempt to provide an answer without resorting, I hope, to the standard clichés, even though I may not necessarily disagree with the popular sentiments they express.
           
Things are so good in Israel because I feel engaged in its future and free to express critical opinions about it. As I belong to Israel, so does it belong to me and to everybody who shares in its destiny. Feeling so much a part of my fellow Jews, whether or not I agree with them, I’ll continue to oppose those who, in the guise of piety and fidelity to Jewish teachings, want to keep me out because I’m a Reform Jew.  
           
In Israel I live Judaism not only in my home and in the synagogue but in the street and in everything in which I’m involved, good and bad.
           
I’m constantly amazed at the human ingenuity that has created this modern state.  Israel celebrates the human spirit at its best and, alas, also at its not-so-good. But all of it is real and open to the scrutiny of Jewish teachings and the experience of Jewish history.
           
I’m committed to Israel because I know that, without it, I’d have to choose between the Scylla of assimilation and the Charybdis of the ghetto, the two monsters that threaten Jewish life in the diaspora. In both situations I’d be considered, in the words of Hannah Arendt, either a parvenu or a pariah. My love of Israel differs at times from ways others express it, because I believe that defending every Israeli political and military action harms it instead of helping it. To love a country isn’t to be a mental and emotional slave to those who rule it, even if they’ve been democratically elected.
           
I believe that the future of Judaism is bound up with the future of Israel. In view of what we’ve been through as a people and considering our condition in today’s world, I’m convinced that without Israel Jews would soon become a quaint curiosity, like the Amish, and Judaism a museum item.
           
Being free from the fear of both assimilation and ghettoization I’m in a better position to care about others. Living among my people makes me more sensitive to the needs of all peoples, because I feel I’ve a share in the affairs of the world in ways that parvenus and pariahs don’t. Particularism is the twin of universalism, not its enemy.

Though it’s no longer fashionable, I still believe that modern Zionism is the liberation movement of the Jewish people. Because I’m committed to it, I see it as my responsibility to champion the liberation of all peoples, not least the Palestinians. My hope is that, instead of seeing Zionism as their oppressive and imperialist enemy, Palestinians will

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come to recognize Israel as an opportunity that, all rhetoric notwithstanding, their Arab and Muslim brothers have hitherto denied them.          
           
There are many beautiful places in Israel but for me Jerusalem is special, both in its physical beauty and in its link to the past. Here heaven and earth meet and holiness is in the air, even if car fumes pollute it. Living in Jerusalem is a unique privilege.
           
Five of the ten members of the immediate family with which my wife and I are blessed live here.  
           
In the words of Amos Oz: I love Israel even when I can’t stand it.          

Marmur, rabbi emeritus at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, spends time in that city and Jerusalem. His email: marmurd@sandiegojewishworld.com



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By Rabbi Baruch Lederman

SAN DIEGO—The word Korbon (offering) comes from the word karov (close). When we bring offerings to the temple, it brings us closer to Hashem. The korbonos have many seemingly
daunting details; but we can never lose sight of the big picture. The korbonos offer us an intensity of closeness that is otherwise unimaginable as the following tale illustrates:

It is said that when G-d created the world, he originally created birds without wings. The birds complained to Hashem saying, "L-rd of the Universe, You have put us at a
disadvantage compared to all the other animals. They have powerful muscular legs, enabling them to run fast and far. We have only these scrawny bird legs. The other animal
predators can easily pursue us and feast on us. We don't stand a chance."

Hashem performed a miracle and gave the birds an amazing gift. He gave them wings.

Now the birds really complained, "Ribono shel olam, It was bad enough before when we had to evade our pursuers with our scrawny bird legs. Now You have made things much
much worse by giving us these huge clunky things on our sides. Now we can barely waddle, much less run. We will be at the mercy of all the other animals, who will prey on us,
catch us and kill us."

Hashem explained to the birds, "My dear dear children. These wings are not a burden, nor are they an impediment. You just don't understand how to use them. If you utilize these wings properly, you will be able to soar to the greatest heights. You will achieve that which was thought to be unachievable."

When we look at halacha (Jewish Law) it can seem staggering. Some might even think that the mitzvos are hindering their lives, preventing them from eating, speaking,
or doing what they want. The opposite is the case. By understanding and observing the mitzvos of the Torah we will be elevated to levels beyond our comprehension.

Dedicated by Baruch & Miriam Stehley in honor of their children Aaron, Elie, and Talya.

Rabbi Lederman is spiritual leader of Congregation Kehillas Torah in San Diego, His email: rbl613@nethere.com

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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—The precious time each morning that the young children at Hebrew Day spend in tefillah (davening) truly fulfills the Talmudic statement that “the world is sustained by the breadth of small children.” Two moments this week were poignant.  Once this week, due to illness, both the teacher and assistant teacher were out sick (a very rare occurrence) so Mrs. Herman, the school’s Principal, opened the morning Kindergarten class and davened with the children. The silver lining is that the children now see their Principal in a new light, knowing she is able to relate to their full experience at school.  Another morning, while greeting parents and observing the start of the school day, Rabbi Weiser encountered a mother with tears in her eyes.  When he asked her what was the issue, the Mom said that standing outside the classroom and  listening to her daughter davening literally brought tears of joy and thankfulness to her eyes.  We can all be certain that whenever a parent is so positive and passionate about their child’s learning and growth, the child’s progress will be boosted off the charts.  There is nothing as valuable in a child’s life as a positive, affirming attitude.

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By Cynthia Citron

BURBANK, California—Apparently Garry Marshall and Neil Simon were twins separated at birth. Each plumbs the vicissitudes of relationships with a like-minded Jewish sensibility and an exaggerated appreciation of the absurd. And even though Marshall isn't Jewish, he writes with a Yiddisher kop. (He's Italian, which amounts to pretty much the same thing.) Marshall and Simon are two of the best comedic dramatists writing today. Which Garry Marshall proves once again with the West Coast Premiere of Everybody Say ‘Cheese!’

This farcical play is set in 1965 in a cheesy apartment in the Bronx, where “perfect housewife” Harriet Keenan (DeeDee Rescher) has suddenly been caught up in the undertow of the women’s movement. Restlessly, she pursues the few options open to her: a canasta club, a possible affair (!), or meditation. (Even though she oooooohms well, she worries that her third eye is off center.)

Her husband Leo (Joe Regalbuto), meanwhile, is bemused by her emotional struggle. He can’t understand why she didn’t cut up his banana for him when she prepared breakfast, and he is enraged when she prepares to use “his” newspaper (he is a truck dispatcher for the New York Daily News) to line the bottom of the cage of their bird, Murray. Unable to conceive of dealing with the world outside their seedy apartment, he spends his spare time building shelves, which fill, in multiple layers, every wall in the house. More shelves than even she can fill with tchotchkes.

Inevitably, Harriet decides she wants a divorce. At 50, she tells him, “I’m ready to live and you’re ready to die…” Which drives him out of the apartment to try to calm down. Not to take a walk around the block, but to ride up and down in the elevator.

She is determined, however. She has already contacted a lawyer, Artie Hazeltine (Joel Johnstone), who has informed her that the only grounds for divorce in the state of New York at that time is adultery. Not to be dissuaded, she agrees to his sending over a “professional” who will coax Leo into a compromising position so that he (Artie) can rush in and snatch a photograph of them. (On this occasion, will everybody say “Cheese”?)

Hurt and angry when he discovers his wife's intentions, Leo disappears into the bedroom to “dress for the occasion” and returns in a top hat and tails. When Harriet suggests that this isn’t exactly the appropriate clothing for an illicit rendezvous in his own living room, he responds defiantly, “This is what I wore for my wedding, and this is what I’ll wear for my divorce!”

Enter Roberta Valderrama as Lee Lynn, the hooker, who immediately becomes the hilarious center of the action. Her intimate conversation with Harriet, her matter-of-fact approach to Leo, and her sweet urgency to get home to her kid, exudes warmth and wit and wisdom.

Words of wisdom are also supplied by John Capodice as Charlie Walsh, the lonesome neighbor who talks about why it isn’t a good idea for an old widower to live with his married children. And a temporary diversion is supplied by daughter Karen (Valderrama again) and her dopey, tongue-tied husband Barry (Cyrus Alexander).

Heather Corwin rounds out the cast as Gail, the other Keenan daughter, who serves as narrator to introduce the plot and bring it to its final conclusion.

Though Marshall’s script lags a bit from time to time, director Steve Zuckerman keeps his cast moving through one of the ugliest rooms ever seen on stage. It’s a masterpiece of screamingly bad taste---green wallpaper of birds and bamboo stalks, a faded blue area rug, and all those damn mismatched shelves! Keith Mitchell should win an award for designing it.

Everybody Say ‘Cheese!’ will run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 through April 11th at the Falcon Theatre, which was founded and built by Garry Marshall, at 4252 Riverside Drive in Burbank. Call 818-955-8101 for tickets.

Citron is Los Angeles bureau chief for San Diego Jewish World Her email: citronc@sandiegojewishworld.com



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SDJA hosts Catholic students in joint program to learn about Shoah

By Diane Marks Schachat

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—San Diego Jewish Academy fifth graders have had many opportunities to learn about the atrocities of the Holocaust, especially through the school’s butterfly project, which seeks to create and display 1.5 million clay butterflies to memorialize the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust. On Thursday, March 19, sixty St. John Catholic School (Encinitas) students, parents and teachers gave both groups a different perspective of this tragic period in history.

Upon the group’s arrival, SDJA students handed each visitor sealed envelopes before escorting them into a large meeting room where they sat together and introduced themselves. Children were welcomed by parent volunteer and creative mastermind behind the butterfly project, Cheryl Price, and her assistant Rebeca Besquin and were shown a video of the story behind the butterfly project, named Zikaron V’tikvah (Remembrance and Hope).

The video showed survivors describing their experiences, and explaining how many overcame great obstacles though their sense of hope and courage. St. John students learned from interviews of their own teachers on the same video about how many non-Jews risked their own lives to save Jews. SDJA students sang the butterfly song and St. John students learned what life was like for children during the Holocaust. They all learned how important it is to stand up for what is right, and how Christians and Jews have much to share and learn from each other.

St. John students then opened their envelopes, each of which contained a note of welcome by an SDJA peer, as well as a photo and description of one righteous non-Jew who helped Jews. The cover of each note read, “Righteous among the Nations.” The inside of each envelope contained a note by a different SDJA student. “Thank you for supporting the butterfly project and spending your time to understand the Holocaust and to make butterflies,” one read.

Dr. Edith Eger, survivor of Joseph Mengele’s death camp, then shared how she was separated from her mother and narrowly escaped death several times. She said, “My mother taught me to understand that no one can take your mind away from you. If you are tolerant of others and show caring and compassion, the world will be a better place and this need never happen again.”

The highlight of the event was butterfly painting. The children sat in silence, sharing bright and hopeful colors of paint, just as they shared an experience that would always link them to each other. The two groups enjoyed donuts and a tour of the campus together, before SDJA students bid farewell to their new friends.

Two visionaries -- SDJA educator Jan Landau and Cheryl Price, parent volunteer and artist who initiated the Zikaron V’tikvah (Remembrance and Hope) project -- were inspired by the documentary “Paper Clips” and the poem “The Butterfly,” written by a child during the Holocaust. The butterfly symbolizes hope and freedom and elicits feelings of strength, life and hope.

The idea for the special butterfly project, which serves as a Holocaust remembrance, was to have every child make a beautiful ceramic butterfly to honor those who lost their lives in the Holocaust. It connects each person with a child who perished, and also represents hope, freedom, strength and the survival of the Jewish people. Handmade butterflies, thoughtfully and individually painted by people around the world, are now affixed to the walls of the school and other locations, and teach us to remember the past, act responsibly in the present and create a more peaceful future.

Students of all faiths are invited to participate in the butterfly project. For more information, visit www.sdja.com under About Us, or contact Rebeca Besquin at rbesquin@sdja.com or 858-704-3861.

San Diego Jewish Academy, one of the country’s premier K-12 Jewish day schools, challenges students to achieve their full academic potential and become individuals of strong moral and ethical character, while inspiring them to make Judaism a vital and relevant aspect of their lives. For information, visit www.sdja.com or contact Renee Sherman, Admissions Director, at rsherman@sdja.com or 858-704-3716.

OLDSMAR, Florida— Q:Which of the following major-leaguers was nicknamed “Lefty”?

(a) Herb Karpel, Cleveland

(b) Phil Weinert, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees.

(c) Ed Wineapple, Washington

(d) Mike Schemer, New York Giants

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New Jewish Books Arrive At Library
Southwestern Jewish Press, November 28, 1952, page 8

San Diego’s Jewish community.  Tina Levitan’s “The Firsts of American Jewish History,” points out names of Jews who first engaged in various trades and professions in America.  She also lists early Jewish charities and other group endeavors.

“The Complete American-Jewish Cookbook,” by Anne London and Bertha Kahn Bishov has been written in accordance with Jewish dietary laws.  Over 600 pages are devoted to various recipes.  Easy directions make the various dishes readily preparable.

Pioneer Women
 Southwestern Jewish Press, November 28, 1952, page 8

Now that the Western States Regional Conference has come to a successful conclusion, Pioneer Women are coordinating their ideas and plans on how to raise their region’s share of $25,000.00 for a planned Agricultural School in the Negev.
 
Highlights of the conference included a spontaneous donation by western states delegates to buy an Israeli art work to be placed in the Cottage of Israel in remembrance of their visit and appreciation of the Cottage.  Also, the inspiring and long to be remembered performance of Mr. Harold Zabrack on the piano; the personality and vibrant vocals of Mrs. D. Shriebman and the usual excellent renditions by Cantor J. Cysner. 

At the next meeting of the Negba group to be held Thursday, December 4th at Beth Jacob Center at 12:00 noon, discussion of and ways and means of implementation of the recommendations and resolutions of the conference will take place. 

The J.N.F. Blue Box collection held on Nov. 20th was highly successful and Jeanette Abrams, Chairman asks those who were not able to turn in their Box to contact her at T. 1-5449.




City of Hope Jr. Aux.
 Southwestern Jewish Press, November 28, 1952, page 8

Good Grooming, a subject dear to the heart of all womanhood, will be discussed by Miss Toni Tocoma, Beauty Expert of Fashionalities Inc. at the next meeting of the City of Hope Junior Auxiliary, Tuesday, December 9 at 8:00 p.m. at the Landis Street Center.

Miss Tocoma will give her expert advice on such pertinent subjects as correct make-up, posture, suitable clothing, and accessories.

Because Miss Tocoma’s lecture is interesting and of great appeal to the whole better half (the feminine half, that is) of the Jewish Community, this meeting will be an open meeting.  Guests are most cordially invited.

Listen to Bud Sewell on KCBQ on your radio, Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. when he will interview Lea Hoggard, one of the club’s very enthusiastic members, about the work of the City of Hope Medical Center at Duarte.

Jewish Center Finds Temporary Home
 Southwestern Jewish Press December 12, 1952, page 1

The first step toward the future—the Jewish Community Center has a temporary home.  Mr. Henry Price Chairman of the temporary site committee, announced the leasing of a store facility at 3227 El Cajon Blvd. 

Plans are underway to decorate and furnish the new quarters and will feature a fine lounge with radio and television, several offices, a reading room, a game room with ping pong and table

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games, space for club meetings, classes and special events such as dances lectures, and movies.  When the facility is furnished, special open house events will be held. 

Classes in dancing, arts and crafts, dramatics and athletics are now being organized for all age groups.  Thos interested in participating are invited to drop in at the Center or call T.1-7744 for further information.



Board To Be Announced At Annual Meeting Sunday
 Southwestern Jewish Press, December 12, 1952, page 1

Twenty-one directors will be elected to the Board of the United Jewish Fund at the 19th Annual Dinner Meeting to be held Sunday, December 14, according to Morrie Douglas, Chairman.

With the slogan “Yours is the helping hand” as its theme, the meeting will point up the accomplishments of the Fund’s year of 1952 and the needs which will have to be met locally, nationally, overseas, and in Israel in the year 1953.

Harold Zabrack, young San Diego Concert Pianist, who has appeared as soloist with many Mid-Western orchestras, will be the featured entertainer for the meeting.  Those who have never heard Mr. Zabrack will be in for a pleasant surprise.

An important business feature of the evening will be the proposal to amend the bylaws of the Fund dealing with membership, voting, and the date of the Annual Meeting, which will be presented by David Block, Chairman of the Bylaws committee. 

Distribution of the monies raised in San Diego’s Combined Jewish Appeal for 1952 will be announced at the meeting by Milton Roberts, Chairman of the Allocations Committee. 

Mr. Roberts stated to the Press that the only new beneficiary was the “City of Hope” Cancer Hospital at Duarte, Calif., which will receive $12,500, over a period of time, for its capital fund for a cancer research building.

Overseas and Israel agencies and institutions, the report will show, again receive the bulk of the monies raised for their purposes in order to continue aiding in the rehabilitation relief and immigration of Jews in Europe and North Africa, as well as relief and assistance to immigrants in Israel.

The report continues to show that local institutions, including the Displaced Persons Program in San Diego, Jewish Social Service Agency, the San Diego Hebrew Home for the Aged, the Community Relations Council, the Jewish Community Center, Camp Jaycee, and Jewish Education receive the second largest amount to be distributed.

National hospitals, religious, educational, cultural institutions, and community relation agencies receive approximately 7 percent of the money raised in the 1952 campaign.

Mr. Roberts report continues with the statement that Campaign costs were again under 3 percent, while administration of the year-round organization ran approximately 8 percent.

Other reports will include a campaign report by Jack Gross, Campaign Chairman; the activity of the Displaced Persons Project by Dr. Walter Ornstein; a financial report by Treasurer Nathaniel Ratner; the loan fund report by Julius Levin; and the Bond-Fund relationship by Victor Schulman.
Murray D. Goodrich, president of the Fund who will preside at the business meeting, will make the annual president’s report, and Albert  A. Hutler, Executive Director will give a report of activities of the Fund and its related agencies.

Highlight of the evening will be the special tribute paid by the Jewish community of San Diego to Jesse L. Haugh, an outstanding civic leader who was the Chairman of the 1952 Christian Division for the Campaign.  Mr. Haugh joins the ranks of such citizens of our community as George Scott, Ewart Goodwin, and Charles Davis.  Tribute will also be paid to the past presidents of the Fund.  Judge Jacob Weinberger, Nathan F. Baranov, Eli H. Levenson, and Victor Schulman.

Ernest Michel, Regional Director for the United Jewish Appeal will be present to award the National United Jewish Appeal scrolls to community leaders, and past presidents will made the awards to outstanding individuals in the community.

Chairman Douglas is assisted by Rodin Horrow and Harry Mallen as members of the committee.  Dinner will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. and the Annual Meeting will begin at 7:45 p.m.  Reservations for the Dinner may be made by calling the Fund office, Main 5172.  No reservation is necessary to attend the meeting at 7:45.  All members of the United Jewish Fund are urged to attend this most important meeting on Sunday, December 14th.


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