Cailin Acosta

New Kosher Bakery in La Jolla Offers an Authentic Taste of France

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — “Why don’t we have kosher restaurants?!?!?” That’s the desperate plea — often reaching a primal scream — issued by San Diegans who strictly observe kosher dietary laws. For those consumers, the recent opening of Parisien Gourmandises at 7643 Girard Avenue in La Jolla is certainly a reason to […]

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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Meet the First Israeli Baby Born in United Arab Emirates

By Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c via JNS) The Israeli head of mission in Dubai, Ilan Sztulman, and his wife, Jackie, celebrated the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates with the arrival of their fifth child, Mia Sztulman Starosta Lembert. Mia is the first Israeli citizen born in

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Middle East

Editorial: Those who show up at COVID debates wearing yellow stars forfeit the right to be heard

Published by The Kansas City Star At a City Council meeting in Springfield, Missouri, last week, about 15 of those in the crowd that had come to oppose the oppression of a non-binding resolution encouraging vaccinations showed up wearing big yellow Stars of David pinned to their shirts and dresses. Not just anti-science, but antisemitic,

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USA

Report Provides Unprecedented Perspectives from Jews of Color on their Experiences in US Jewish Community

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — Jews of Color in the United States yearn for and at times feel a sense of belonging in the Jewish community, but also experience discrimination and tokenization and feel forced to conform to expectations or norms of the majority white Jewish population, says a new report released today from the

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Travel and Food

Holocaust Survivors Urge California Legislators to Oppose Ethnic Studies Bill

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) — Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and their descendants today urged members of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus to vote against AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. “We are Holocaust survivors and the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, who are deeply alarmed by AB

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USA

A Modern Approach to the Understanding of Judaism

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — In 1953, the brilliant scholar Dr. Theodor H. Gaster published Festivals of the Jewish Year: A Modern Interpretation and Guide. It was updated in 1961. It is about the Jewish festivals and the Sabbath, their description, origin, and comparison to other ancient festivals. In six chapters

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion

Brave or Foolish?

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel —  “You’re very brave to travel abroad in these times,” we were told by various friends and acquaintances, both at home and abroad, when referring to our recent trip to France. The underlying message was that we were being foolish to risk our health by boarding a plane and

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Travel and Food

Israel and UAE Celebrate First Year of Normalization

By Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c via JNS) On Aug. 13, 2020, an extraordinary event transformed the Middle East: Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a joint statement of intent to normalize diplomatic relations. Formalized at the White House in September,  the historic Abraham Accords opened wide a door that seemed hopelessly shut between the two countries. True, discreet

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Middle East

US ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Polish Bill Blocking Holocaust Victims From Reclaiming Property

(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States is “deeply concerned” by legislation passed by the Polish parliament earlier in the day barring Holocaust survivors and their descendants from reclaiming property seized by the country’s communist regime. Blinken called on Polish President Andrzej Duda not to sign the bill

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International, USA

Israeli PM Announces Nationwide Plan to Fight Arab-Sector Crime

(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday announced a national plan to fight crime in the country’s Arab sector. Referring to out-of-control violence in the streets of Arab-majority towns and villages, Bennett said, “my government is determined to take action and wage an unceasing, constant and persistent fight, with full force, against crime and

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Middle East

145 Jewish Agency Young Emissaries Set to Arrive in Communities Around World

(JNS) A total of 145 ShinShinim (gap-year emissaries) will depart this month for communities around the world on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Israel to begin a year of voluntary service to help strengthen world Jewry’s relationship with Israel before their required national army service. They will arrive against the backdrop of the ongoing

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International, Middle East