Cailin Acosta

Darren Bailey: No Apology Needed for Comparing Holocaust to Abortion

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right. Bailey’s campaign did not respond to a request for the identities of […]

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Holocaust

Israel: Leading Member of Al-Aqsa Brigades Killed in West Bank Raid

Published by DPA Israel killed a leading member of the al-Aqsa Brigades during a military operation in the West Bank. Ibrahim al-Nablusi was responsible for a series of attacks on Israeli soldiers in the area, the Israeli domestic intelligence service Shin Bet and the military announced on Tuesday. During the attempted arrest, explosive devices and

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Israel

San Diego’s New Jewish Delicatessen Will Celebrate Immigrant Culture and Cuisine

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Opening doors in late-August in Torrey Pines, Tracy Borkum, principal of Urban Kitchen Group (UKG), has announced plans for Gold Finch, a modern delicatessen rooted in Jewish immigrant culture. Gold Finch is a deeply personal endeavor for Tracy—who draws on her childhood memories of growing up in London’s Jewish epicenters, Golders Green and Finchley

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San Diego County, Travel and Food

As Latest Round of Fighting Ends, Israel’s Gaza Strategy Comes Under Scrutiny

By David Isaac (JNS) “Operation Breaking Dawn” is being described as one of Israel’s most successful Gaza operations in recent years. “All goals have been achieved, whoever tries to harm us will pay with his life,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday evening, addressing the nation. Yet some have questioned Israel’s current Gaza policy,

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Israel, Middle East

Lecture Connects San Diego, Jerusalem, and the Origins of Tetris

LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Beatrice Golomb, head of the UC San Diego Golomb Research Group, describes her father as “far and away the smartest person anyone who knew him had ever met.” That statement might sound like hyperbole until you learn more about the late Professor Solomon Golomb, a Harvard University-educated mathematician known as

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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Gaza Fighting Changes Nothing About Israel’s Image Struggle

By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If a ceasefire holds, the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza won’t have changed much in a conflict that’s already lasted a century. That’s something that should both discourage friends of Israel and hopefully focus them on the only issue that really matters when it comes to

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

80 Years On, Remembering ‘French Suite’ Author and Holocaust Victim Irène Némirovsky

By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Johann Sebastian Bach composed six French Suites that began to be performed decades after the death of their author. In 2004, the non-musical French Suite, a novel about World War II, was published by the publishing house Denoel, translated into 38 languages. The book won France’s second most prestigious

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Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, International, Opinion

Satire: CPAC

By Laurie Baron CPAC has kept its acronym but changed what it stands for: Conspirators Planning Authoritarian Coups. This change is reflected in this year’s conference program. Viktor Orbán replaced Vladimir Putin who canceled because he hadn’t finished writing his scheduled speech on “The Only Good Neighbor is An Annexed One.” After Orbán bragged how

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

At JCC Maccabi Games in San Diego, Pioneers Open Our Eyes to Remarkable Possibilities

By Doron Krakow SAN DIEGO — This week saw the return of the JCC Maccabi Games®. In this, its 40th year, the Games drew 1,600 Jewish teen athletes from 57 delegations and 67 JCCs across Canada and the U.S., as well as delegations from Bulgaria, Mexico, and Israel, to San Diego for a week of

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Doron Krakow, Opinion, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA