While the book is very good, not everybody will agree with everything that Manguel states. I do not know of any book about Maimonides that everyone would think is entirely correct. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Reich’s calls for a return to the sexual practices of primitive societies repulsed many. Marcuse criticizes Reich in Eros and Civilization, although he is also a neo-Marxist and a supporter of the sexual revolution: “Sexual liberation per se becomes for Reich a panacea for individual and social ills. […] A shameless primitivism begins to prevail, foreshadowing Reich’s wild and fantastic predilections in the years to come.” Criticizing Reich for “primitivism” became a common view of his theory and practice. [Alex Gordon]
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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it. [Wikipedia]
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Available in English, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew, the site explores the art created by 30 individuals who were imprisoned in concentration camps during the Second World War and who painted and drew while incarcerated. [Press Release, World ORT]
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The Jewish Federation of San Diego has received a very generous donation, the biggest in its history. With these funds, they are building a mobile Holocaust educational vehicle. It will include the latest technologies, relics, interactive components, and so much more. [Miriam Gershenson]
Community Marks an Emotional Yom HaShoah at the JCC Read More »
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Most of Gitenstein’s memoir probes in depth her relationship with her parents, siblings, and grandparents and their relationships with each other. The family saved the letters they wrote to each other and Gitenstein quoted from those letters frequently. [Donald H. Harrison
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By Mimi Pollack LA MESA, California — In December 2001, my roommate and I were semi-kidnapped by a taxi driver in the state of Karnataka, a remote area in Southeast India. Although scary at the time, it ended being one of many life experiences and adventures that happened the three weeks I was in India,
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Published by DPA International Despite international criticism over the Gaza war, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasized that Israel “will stand alone” and defend itself alone if need be. In remarks late Sunday marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, Netanyahu said: “In the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly;
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Animal rescue is an important aspect of the San Diego County Humane Society, according to Gary Weitzmann, its President and CEO. I rescued an Angora rabbit from a depressing living situation and she is living the best life as a “free roam” house rabbit with my family. [Cailin Acosta]
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], May 5 (ANI/TPS): The Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) barred a delegation of five wrestlers from flying to Istanbul for an Olympic qualifying event on May 9-13. The ban effectively ends the team’s hopes of competing in the Paris Olympics in August. “I’m disappointed, but I knew that
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Published by DPA Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Cabinet has unanimously voted to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. The move came after Israeli lawmakers recently approved a new media law – widely referred to as the “Al Jazeera law” – that gives the government powers to ban foreign broadcasters if they are
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Looking to the east, from the viewing platform, are the Mountains of Moab; present day Jordan. Moses stood atop one of the Moab Mountains, Mount Nebo, his heart breaking. God permitted Moses to see the “Promised Land” only from afar. Moses was not permitted to enter the “Land” because of the sin he committed, doubting God, in front of the Jewish people. [Jerry Klinger]
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The Nazis were defeated in World War II, but Nazism lives on and continues to make up smears about the Jews, including the popular claim that they did not fight in World War II. The blood libel “Jews didn’t fight” coexisted with the official false statement: “It was not Jews who were killed during the occupation, but Soviet citizens.” The places of mass extermination listed “Soviet citizens” as having been murdered. The Holocaust was hushed up in the USSR: Jews in these places were executed not because they were Soviet citizens, but because they were Jews. [Alex Gordon]
‘Instead of an Epitaph’: A Yom HaShoah Reflection Read More »
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His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto (with Friedrich Engels) and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism and is the culmination of his intellectual efforts. [Wikipedia]
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