Hooters to Bob Filner: Respect women
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
Hooters restaurants all around San Diego have banned disgraced mayor Bob Filner from their premises.
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August 14, 2013
Islamist movement Hamas moving closer to Iran
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
The Islamist Hamas movement has sharply criticized the Palestinian Authority for resuming peace talks with Israel, saying that President Mahmoud Abbas is giving in to American pressure. The criticism comes as Hamas moves toward a rapprochement with Iran, despite differences over Syria.
Hezbollah says it struck Israeli troops in Lebanon
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah claimed responsibility on Wednesday for explosions which wounded four Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into southern Lebanon last week.
Poem: Return to the Stone of Losses
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
We stood as she instructed around the stone of losses,\ndeclared what we had found\nand waited for other Jews to claim it.
Invites: Snail or E-mail?
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
My bat mitzvah invitation had bright purple embossed text on a hot- pink card with my name enlarged in decorative script at the top and daisies adorning the bottom.
Our rightful place: Parashat Ki Teitze (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19)
Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
August 14, 2013
“If you should see your friend’s ox or sheep straying, don’t ignore them. Instead return them to your friend. But if your friend is not close by, or you don’t know the owner, bring it to your home and hold onto it until the owner finds you, and then return it to them” (Deuteronomy 22:1-2).
MKI: Mending kids in need
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
There was a 3 percent chance that the mole on 16-year-old Jacob Rubio’s forehead, which he had had since birth, might turn cancerous. When his mother, Juliann Castillo, noticed some lumps in it, she grew worried and requested a surgery to have it removed.
Marty Sklar: Disney legend, mensch
Roberto Loiederman
August 14, 2013
In 2001, Martin (Marty) Sklar, now 79, was officially recognized as a “Disney Legend” — The Walt Disney Co.’s version of the Hall of Fame. In 2009, another exclusive distinction was bestowed on the low-key leader who had for decades guided Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), the group that designs and constructs Disney’s theme parks and resorts worldwide: On his final day before retiring, Sklar was honored with a window dedicated to him on Disneyland’s Main Street.
Two journalists killed in Cairo violence
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
Two journalists were killed in Cairo on Wednesday as Egyptian forces crushed protests by thousands of supporters of the deposed president, shooting scores of people dead.
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