Four Jewish Candidates Well Worth Supporting Nov. 8
SAN DIEGO – I’ve had the opportunity to get to know some of the people from our Jewish community who are running for office in the Nov. 8 election, and I would like to...
Hitler’s Portrait and a Response to Antisemitism
SAN DIEGO — This is one of only two times each year where we greet one another with the words “Moadim l’simcha”- “joyous festivals”. We remind each other to find joy in the holidays...
Ukraine as a ‘Final Epidemic’ Amid Increasingly Plausible Risks of a Nuclear War
“Defenseless under the night, our world in stupor lies….” — W H Auden
Background of the Current Nuclear War Threat
Since August 6, 1945, the “official” start of the Nuclear Age, humankind has been acquainting itself...
Largest-of-its-Kind ‘Tree of Life’ to be Dedicated in Ma’ale Adumim
On Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. at the beautiful, lakeside Shamir Park located in Ma’ale Adumim, a growing city outside of nearby Jerusalem, the district’s newest tourist and interpretive cultural attraction, the “Tree of...
An “Unphilosophical Spirit”: Root Causes of American Intellectual Decline
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.“- Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)
For the most part, Americans loath mind-challenging excursions into philosophy. At times,...
Lecturer to Discuss Holocaust Poetry Oct. 22
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –UC San Diego Literature Prof. Amelia Glaser, who has specialized in Jewish studies, will lecture on “Babyn Yar in Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, at Temple...
The Anti-Israel Wall Can Crumble
PHILADELPHIA — It is astounding how Israel’s foes have assembled an immense if bulky movement in America and Canada to advocate for the Palestinian cause.
A great many people support this cause, and their strength...
Arab-Jewish Musician Releases CD Exploring His Heritages
SAN DIEGO — Yoni Avi Battat’s debut album, Fragments, explores his Arab-Jewish identity through nine selections. He composed the music for seven of them, delving into the Arabic melodies of his grandparent’s native Iraq for inspiration...
Phil Lorang Honored at Tifereth Israel Synagogue
Phil and Ellen Lorang
(Family photo)
SAN DIEGO — While attending the Catholic Saint Augustine High School, it never occurred to Phil Lorang that many years later he would be serving as president of the Men’s...
Offshore Gas Deal Seems Fair, Though Ill-Timed
JERUSALEM — An American envoy has produced a draft agreement between Lebanon and Israel for maritime borders, a bit close to an Israeli election. It seems fair but in context it is mired in...