By Sandra Scheller CHULA VISTA, California — While taking down the Ruth Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit at the Chula Vista Library, a man approached the exhibit asking what was going on. Having explained that it was a Holocaust exhibit, he stared at our wall of Auschwitz and said that it needs to remain up […]
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Holocaust, Opinion, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On Sunday, August 28, 2022, more than 500 Zionists in San Diego attended Jewish National Fund-USA’s 11th Annual Love of Israel Brunch at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines with many more online. The sold-out event featured Hollywood actress, producer, author, and activist, Noa Tishby, who was recently named the
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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) The organization at the heart of a BDS controversy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law responded on Monday to condemnation from the law school’s dean and Jewish organizations in a statement posted to its Instagram account. Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) defended its attempt to
By Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO — A rocket landed in a school. Children are killed as are parents. If this was Sderot, this would be on all Jewish channels, on all Jewish instagram accounts and even on news networks. There would be discussion of who is right or wrong. But it is not in
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International, Opinion, Sam Litvin, USA
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Jeffry Bloom, a graduate of the University of Chicago who studied in several Orthodox yeshivas (rabbinical schools) in Israel after college, was bothered by what the scholar Leo Strauss wrote in his book Spinoza’s Critique of Religion. Strauss emigrated from Germany to the United States in
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion
By Gedaliah Borvick JERUSALEM — As we are entering into the High Holy Days, in which music plays a major role, let’s focus on one of Israel’s most beloved musicians. Poet, songwriter, composer, and singer Naomi Shemer has streets named after her in almost twenty cities across Israel. And for good reason, as she was
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Gedaliah Borvick, Israel, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
Published by Reuters By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign minister said in Moscow on Wednesday, adding that the U.N. atomic watchdog should drop its “politically motivated probes” of Tehran’s nuclear work. After 16 months of indirect talks between Tehran and
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Middle East
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Four out of five children in the Gaza Strip say they live with depression, grief and fear,” says Americans for Peace Now in announcing a Sept. 1 webinar. No argument here. The children of Gaza have undergone a range of traumatic experiences, so it should not surprise any of
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by DPA Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is to come to Berlin on September 11 for a two-day visit amid an ongoing row about compensation for the victims of the Munich Olympics attack half a century ago. Political talks are planned, Lapid’s office said on Tuesday. No further details were initially given. The announcement
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Israel
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. Look for the “I” in the words happy, joy, glad, cheerful, and pleased and you obviously won’t find it. In this week’s Torah reading, we learn an important insight into this simple observation. There is a recurring theme in Re’eh regarding simcha, meaning happy or joyful. The Hebrew root of
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel objects to a return to the Iran nuclear deal and if one is reached, will not be bound by it, Prime Minister Yair Lapid told French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, according to a statement from the Israeli leader’s office. “The prime minister made clear to the president
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Israel
HULA VALLEY, Israel (Press Release) — After a long process of being developed as an international birdwatching park, KKL-JNF has initiated a unique project for the benefit of land site visitors, professional and amateur birdwatchers worldwide, an extensive project consisting of network of HD live cameras. The project includes installation of electric infrastructure, laying a
By Mark D. Zimmerman Allen Weisselberg, longtime Chief Financial Officer of the Trump Organization, pleaded guilty to 15 felony criminal charges including grand larceny, tax fraud, and falsifying business records. While he has not agreed to testify against Donald Trump, he is expected to testify against the Trump Organization in a trial scheduled to begin in a
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — While many countries have adopted a separation of powers, the American case is an extreme example of a distinct executive, not associated with a parliament, as well as a further division between the federal government and 50 states. The full story of the United States must include the division
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Ira Sharkansky, Opinion, USA