SAN DIEGO— Have you read interesting stories in other publications about the Middle East, about our fellow Jews, or Jewish institutions? Please consider sharing them with other readers of San Diego Jewish World by taking the time to send us a link. We'll pass applicable stories on and give you credit for finding them. Let's keep each other informed! Meanwhile, here are some suggestions:

I. Gerry Burstain of Escondido, California: Suggesting that it is important to know one's adversary, Burstain passes along these "guidelines" promulgated by those favoring a boycott of Israel products. He adds the comment: "This makes me sick/mad." Here is the link.

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Jay Jacobson of Minneapolis: A piece by Sarah Honig of the Jerusalem Post quotes 9 Mahmoud Abbas on his family's
decision to leave Safed on their own accord, rather than being driven out by Jews during the 1948 Independence War. Here is the link.

Bruce Kesler of Encinitas, California: An article on the Arutz Sheva website contains an interview with a man who has been woring for 30 years on a scale model of the ancient temple in Jerusalem. Here's the link.

Hillel Mazansky of San Diego wanted to inflict some pun-ishment after reading about a thief who treid to loot an art museum. Here's the link.