2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (415+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Not melody, nor art of silver flute, A primal cry where human tongues are mute. Tekiah rings—a sudden, piercing dawn, The slumber from the weary spirit drawn. A solitary…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (82+ words) Poetry: Blast of shofar San Diego Jewish World Jeremy Friedman Editor’s Note: This year, the shofar will be blown on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, Sunday, Sept 13, and in the Yom Kippur closing (Neilah) service, on the evening…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) Gerry Burstain, 90, recently penned a private memoir intended for his progeny and for close friends. I am among the latter category of the memoir’s recipients. Although healthy enough to be planning another trip to his native Israel, Burstain has faced…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (567+ words) Kindness Initiative shared the following message as a short reflection. We dip apples into honey and wish one another a Shanah Tovah U’Metukah – a good and sweet New Year. But the upcoming Rosh Hashanah also gives us an opportunity to…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (287+ words) By Oliver B. Pollak in Richmond, California She fought a courageous battle against lung cancer. There was no funeral or public viewing. Following cremation, her ashes were sent to Mary Goodman to be reunited with her beloved parents. Mary and Lynn…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) By Michael Steinberger in Miami, Florida (Article provided by the Jewish Voice and Opinion) For more than a decade, Jewish Heritage Alliance (JHA) has worked to preserve, interpret, and revitalize the history and legacy of Sefarad, connecting scholarship, cultural heritage,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (84+ words) San Diego Jewish World He was an Institute Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a professor from 1949 onward He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1961, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (92+ words) San Diego Jewish World Shaul Tchernichovsky (August 20, 1875 – October 14, 1943) was a Russian-born Hebrew poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece. Tchernichovsky was born…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. in El Cajon, California The Ramban, Nachmanides, sees the opening discussion of war as pointing toward another kind of battle, the battle within ourselves. We all know something about that battle. We have impulses we wish…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (146+ words) Zalman Schachter (August 17, 1924 – July 3, 2014) was an American rabbi, writer, and activist, and one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement and an innovator in ecumenical dialogue. [Wikipedia] Born in Poland, Schachter-Shalomi was raised an Orthodox Jew in a variety…...