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ADL’s version of Ai helpful in classrooms–but with guard rails

September 25, 2026

An important question: whether showing antisemitic imagery provides enough educational benefit to justify the potential harm of displaying it to students. For me, this was a reminder that the technology can help generate ideas, but the educator still has to make the final decision about what students should see and how a difficult subject should be introduced. (Cai;in Acosta)

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Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, California, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Into our sukkot: Part of a continuing chain

September 25, 2026

In this week’s Torah reading, we are commanded: “You shall dwell in sukkot for seven days…so that your generations may know” (Vayikra 23:42–43). We are those generations. (Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.)

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Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish birthday: Shel Silverstein

September 25, 2026

Shel Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, cartoonist, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended college before being drafted into the United States Army. [Wikipedia]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Jonah and the possibility of forgiveness

September 24, 2026

I first heard the story of Jonah in the library at Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School from our librarian, the late Nomi Levy. The kids’ version got the main beats but took out much of the punch. I knew Jonah didn’t want to deliver a message. I thought it was neat that he got swallowed by a big fish, like Pinocchio. But I never questioned why he’d refuse when God was directly telling him to go. Now I can appreciate the philosophical struggle: a prophet sent to help his enemies atone who can’t allow himself to forgive them. (Shor M. Masori)

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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: Sept. 24, 2026

September 24, 2026

The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel initiative (MGSDII) and the Joan B. Kroc School for Peace Studies will collaborate in bringing two Hebrew University faculty members — a Palestinian and a Jew — to the University of San Diego campus to jointly teach a course in conflict resolution. (SDJW staff report)

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Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Macklemore’s free speech was never the issue. His Israel rhetoric was

September 24, 2026

If Macklemore wants to continue calling the situation in Gaza a genocide and turning music concerts into political rallies, he’s free to do so. But Kraft, who is a proud Jew, does not have to give him the platform. (Pearce Alexander)

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Israel, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Drugs made his client slam into gate of Brisbane synagogue, lawyer claims

September 24, 2026

Prosecutors initially filed aggravated charges of what they described as serious vilification or a hate crime, but they decided that religious animosity was not a motivating factor, according to a news report in Australia’s J-Wire over the weekend. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Explanations for why there is illness in the world

September 24, 2026

Yes, do everything you can to heal yourself with doctors, diet and exercise. But then surrender yourself to Gd. Trust in His goodness, and by doing so you allow healing to enter. [Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg]

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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Today’s Jewish birthday: Linda McCartney

September 24, 2026

Linda McCartney (September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings, which she had formed with her husband Paul McCartney of the Beatles. [Wikipedia]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

From Yom Kippur to Sukkot: From teshuvah to transformation

September 24, 2026

Perhaps that is the deeper journey: first we look inward, then we step outward. First we recognize what needs to change, then we begin living differently. The goal is not to become a perfect person. It is to become a more aware one—a person who can tolerate vulnerability, appreciate what is here, repair what can be repaired, and live with greater intention. (Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined Contributors

The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: September 23, 2026

September 23, 2026

the West demanded that Israel dismantle a deeply embedded terrorist army tightly woven into a dense, labyrinthine urban maze, but denied them the chronological timeline required to do it manually. (SDJW staff report)

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Antisemitism, Jewish History, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Global demand for Israel to finish the Gaza war led to its decision to employ battlefield Ai

September 23, 2026

The West demanded that Israel dismantle a deeply embedded terrorist army tightly woven into a dense, labyrinthine urban maze, but denied them the chronological timeline required to do it manually. [Amy Neustein, Ph,D.]

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Amy Neustein, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Massacre anniversary at Babyn Yar coming up Sept. 29-30

September 23, 2026

A ravine near Kyiv. A place where German perpetrators murdered around 34,000 Jewish people in just two days, on 29 and 30 September 1941. (Andreas Albrecht)

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Interreligious salute to migrants scheduled in Balboa Park on Sunday, Sept. 27

September 23, 2026

This interreligious gathering is an opportunity to come together to honor the dignity and sacredness of migrants and refugees and stand in solidarity with those who have fled war, persecution, and hardship. (Cailin Acosta)

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Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
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