Cailin Acosta

Enough is Enough, Say Students Leaders and Israel Advocates

DENVER (Press Release) — Demonstrations outside Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel November-December 3 appeared to feature supporters of Hamas, a designated terrorist organization in America, displaying placards of photos of the terror organization’s attacks on Israeli civilians accompanied by the text “Resistance by any means possible.” Protesters also defaced public property and etched […]

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Biden Could be the ‘Last Zionist President,’ Former Israeli Diplomat Says

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Joe Biden could be the “last Zionist president” of the United States, former Israeli diplomat Ido Aharoni Aronoff said in a session at the Jewish National Fund-USA Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Sunday. That is because Biden is “part of that generation that understands the time when Israel

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, USA

Community Supports SDSU Chabad House in Replacing Menorah Lost to Hate Crime

By Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — A new menorah was installed Saturday outside the Chabad House, just east of San Diego State University. This bigger, brighter and vandal-resistant menorah – it weighs 1,500 pounds and is 20-feet tall – replaces one that was destroyed earlier this year in a suspected hate crime. Rabbi

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

San Diegans Support Beautified Bomb Shelters in the Gaza Envelope

SDJW Staff Report DENVER — Elyasaf Meira, the Israeli artist who beautifies Jewish National Fund-USA’s bomb shelters in the area known as the Gaza Envelope, was present at the JNF-USA Global Conference for Israel in Denver to work on live paintings. Philanthropists in San Diego and nationwide partner with JNF-USA for its bomb shelter beautification

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Of Heroes and Leaders

By Doron Krakow What to make of a week? What to make of this one? It began with the grudging release of hostages from the clutches of Hamas. Slowly they emerged. Wide-eyed. Traumatized. Haunted. Nearly all of them women and children. They’d been released knowing that others, many from their own families, remained behind. Only

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Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, USA

‘Very Proud of His Turf:’ Slain Sha’ar HaNegev Mayor Remembered at JNF-USA Conference

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Israeli social entrepreneur Gidi Grinstein remembered his experiences with former Sha’ar HaNegev Mayor Ofir Libstein, who was killed while defending Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the October 7 Hamas attacks, in remarks at the Jewish National Fund-USA Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Friday. This past January, Libstein invited Grinstein

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

UN Ambassador Explains Why Israel Faces Uphill Battle at ‘House of Lies’

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — The famed Israeli envoy to the United Nations and United States, Abba Eban, once said that “if Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions” at the U.N. While addressing

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International, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, USA

‘In the Shadow of Tragedy and Uncertainty, We Will Rebuild,’ JNF-USA President Affirms

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Dr. Sol Lizerbram, the San Diego-based National President of Jewish National Fund-USA, kicked off the organization’s Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Thursday night by affirming that Israel’s South will be rebuilt following the October 7 Hamas massacre. Lizerbram reflected that such conferences usually begin with lively remarks and

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

San Diego Native and Big Time Rush Member James Maslow Visits Israel

SAN DIEGO — James Maslow, actor, singer, member of Big Time Rush, and San Diego native, recently visited Israel for a five-day trip to bear witness firsthand to the devastation of October 7 and the ongoing war. He had the opportunity to speak with survivors and witnesses of the events, as well as engage with

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Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

American Jewish Committee Adds Over a Dozen Terms and Tropes to ‘Translate Hate’ Antisemitism Glossary

NEW YORK (Press Release) – Amid the terrifying increase of antisemitic harassment, intimidation, and violence around the world in the wake of the October 7 terror attack against Israel, American Jewish Committee (AJC) today released updated terms to its Translate Hate glossary, a tool to help people identify, understand, and report antisemitism. While the additional terms and

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Holocaust, International, Israel, USA

San Diego Jewish Academy Launches ‘Jewish Professional Credit’ 50% Tuition Reduction Program

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Jewish Academy, a preschool to 12th grade school guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community, announced its Jewish Professional Credit now available, which reduces K-12 tuition by 50 percent for families with at least one parent working full time at a local Jewish organization. Tuition in

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Reflections From Federation’s Solidarity Mission to Israel

By Jewish Federation of San Diego This week more than a dozen local community leaders and clergy are in Israel on a 4-day solidarity mission organized by Federation. Throughout their trip, we are sharing the stories and reflections from those on the ground as they bear witness to the atrocities that happened on October 7

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Israel, San Diego County