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Novella figuratively screams for systemic reforms in authorities’ care for abused juveniles
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (215+ words) By Donald H. Harrison in San Diego This unsolicited slim volume was awaiting me at my desk. Knowing I hadn't ordered it, I tossed it aside. Then curiosity overtook me. Doubles? Was it about tennis? I leafed through it, started to…...
Ki Tissa: The Golden Calf and the ache of separation
3+ week, 3+ day ago (523+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Picture this: you are in a crowded department store, holiday shopping perhaps, your four-year-old holding your hand one moment'and the next moment gone. The aisle is suddenly too long, the…...
Does a vegetarian upbringing stunt growth? Israeli study suggests not
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ words) BEER-SHEVA, Israel " While the global shift toward plant-based living continues to accelerate, a critical question has lingered for parents and pediatricians: Can a vegan or vegetarian diet support the rapid growth required in the first two years of life? This…...
Children’s author Eric Kimmel produces another classic
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (241+ words) By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California As the world was being created, G-d asked the creatures of the earth to choose their leaders. A giant whale became the ruler of the fish and other swimming creatures, a majestic bird…...
JFS Distributes Toys for Needy Families
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (411+ words) Two hundred'San Diego families working'to make ends meet now have presents to give'their children thanks to a toy drive organized by'Jewish Family Service of San Diego'in collaboration with interfaith partners and community members....
Children’s Book: Doing Good Deeds Dissipates Personal Feelings of Gloom – San Diego Jewish World
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (179+ words) SAN DIEGO " Kai, an elementary school student, is constantly disappointed." When he wants sunny days, it rains; when he wants pancakes for breakfast, his dad serves him oatmeal, and when he wants to play soccer in school, the teacher choses…...
A Creative Way to Celebrate Chanukah with Children
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (260+ words) SAN DIEGO "A family vacations for several days at the beach at the start of Chanukah, but in their haste they forgot to pack a menorah. They have, however, packed the Chanukah candles. So they improvise each night of their…...
Approximately 300 Students Attend Hillel's 'Welcome Back' Party
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (302+ words) SAN DIEGO " Watching nearly 300 students schmooze, eat, laugh, and celebrate the beginning of the school year at Hillel of San Diego's Welcome Back BBQ was pretty much on brand for how we do things. Big! Bold! Fun! Connected! "I was…...
A Secret Circumcision in the Former Soviet Union Contrasts with How Freely Jews May Practice Our Religion in the U.S., Israel
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (596+ words) When my turn came to speak, I said: " Tell us more, " my friends asked. " There's a famous story by the Soviet writer Isaac Babel, Karl-Yankel, published in 1931. It tells of a trial of a mohel (the man who performs circumcisions…...
Children's Story Relates Imaginative Plans to Speed Little Brother Home from the NICU
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (309+ words) SAN DIEGO " Max, born prematurely, had to spend some time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), causing his creative sibling Louise to become impatient. She wanted badly for her role of "big sister" to begin already. Staying with grandma…...