Cailin Acosta

7 Human Relations Commission Members Endorse Shana Hazan for School Board

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Shana Hazan, former public school teacher, parent of an SDUSD student, and candidate for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Board of Education District B, on Tuesday announced seven new endorsements from members of the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission. Hazan unveiled the support of Commission Vice Chair […]

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Biden Unlikely to Take Issue With Israel’s Golan Heights Development Plan

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) As Israel is set to invest 1 billion shekels ($317.3 million) into developments to increase the population in the Golan Heights, American experts believe the move announced by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday is unlikely to elicit much response from the Biden administration. Former Trump administration official Elliott Abrams,

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Middle East, USA

If Israel Strikes Iran, Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Will Obey Iranian Orders

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) While Israel has refrained from publicly setting clear red lines to act as precise markers for a threshold that, if surpassed by Iran’s nuclear program, would trigger an Israeli attack, it is clear that Jerusalem has been sending warning signals about Iran’s approach towards the danger zone. These warnings appear, in

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Middle East

Israel Cuts Wait Time for 3rd Vaccine Jab, Relaxes Quarantine Rules

Published by DPA Israel has cut the recommended period between receiving a second Covid-19 vaccine shot and a booster dose from five months to three. The country also relaxed its quarantine period for those who test positive but are vaccinated. A statement from the Health Ministry’s director-general, Nachman Ash, said the booster recommendation was changed

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Middle East

Taking Care of Holocaust Survivors: Our Collective Responsibility

By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — During turbulent times, Jewish Federation of San Diego County is laser focused on caring for Jews in need. More than 10,000 Jews in San Diego live at or near the poverty line, including includes seniors, Holocaust Survivors, single parents, and people with disabilities and mental illness. The Federation is

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Heidi Gantwerk, San Diego County

Donald Harrison: Relentless Pursuer of Jewish Stories

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — What’s there to say about Donald (Don) Harrison, founder of the San Diego Jewish World and our soon-to-be editor emeritus, that hasn’t already been said? The media coverage surrounding my impending ownership of the publication has focused on the $1 purchase price, my unconventional mixture of careers in

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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Lebanon Blast Reminds of Hamas’s Growing Armed Presence to Israel’s North

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) The deadly explosion that tore through a Hamas arms depot on December 10 in a mosque in the Burj Al Shimali refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, is a vivid reminder of Hamas’s growing organized armed presence on Lebanese territory – and Iran’s role in helping it grow.

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Middle East

Meet the Orthodox Skater Representing Israel at the Beijing Olympics

By Josh Hasten (JNS) In a true “Cinderella story,” 19-year-old Hailey Kops, a religiously observant athlete from West Orange, N.J., is preparing to take on the world’s finest ice skaters while proudly representing Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Kops and her partner 33-year-old Evgeni Krasnopolski recently qualified for the pairs ice skating

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Biden aide and Israeli leaders explore common strategy on Iran

Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli leaders and the U.S. national security adviser on Wednesday sought common ground on how to deal with Iran’s nuclear programme amid slow-moving talks between Tehran and world powers. The U.S. official, Jake Sullivan, told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem that the United States

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USA

2021 Sees 30% Global Surge in Aliyah, Record-Breaking Immigration from US

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Aliyah (immigration to Israel) surged in 2021, with the 27,050 new arrivals from across the globe representing a 30% increase over the previous year’s 21,820 olim (immigrants), according to statistics released today by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, The Jewish Agency for Israel and Nefesh B’Nefesh. This past year also

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International, Middle East, USA

EU Lawmakers Blast Facebook for ‘Lack of Improvement’ in Removing Antisemitic Content

(JNS) Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling on Facebook to take “immediate measures” to better combat the proliferation of antisemitic content on its platform. In a letter sent on Dec. 16 to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Facebook — which was recently rebranded as Meta — and Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg, eight

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International, USA

Russia’s Chess Game Against Ukraine Places Israel in Awkward Position

By Israel Kasnett (JNS) Russia has built up roughly 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine, sparking international concerns of an imminent invasion. U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call last week during which Biden warned of severe consequences including “strong economic measures.” The National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry

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International, Middle East