NEW YORK (Press Release) — Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds and its affiliates announced today that they have secured more than $1 billion in bond investments from investors since October 7, fortifying Israel’s economy during wartime. With this ongoing groundswell of investment in the Jewish state, Israel Bonds has also doubled its annual global bond […]
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — As Israel’s war with Hamas rages on, uniting as a community in support of Israel is more important than ever. Recently, over 80 San Diego young professionals joined together in solidarity for Israel at Jewish National Fund-USA’s JNFuture Fall Soirée at the Ultimate Skybox at DiamondView Tower to support the
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Israel, San Diego County
By Mara Hochberg-Miller SAN DIEGO — There are no words. I have been struggling with what to say because I have no words. And what can I say, that hasn’t been said already, or better? Finally, I decided I must write for me. And for the off chance that someone outside of my echo chamber
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Sarah lived to be 127 while Abraham lived to be 175. Chayei Sarah, can be translated as “The Lifetime of Sarah.” From the Talmud we learn, “the righteous are called living even after death.” Perhaps this is why the prominence of Sarah’s life is highlighted in the
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The headline that Mike Johnson hoped for on Friday: “Democrats betray Israel.” Instead he got this New York Times headline: “House Passes Bill Tying Israel Aid to Spending Cuts With Nothing for Ukraine.” More to the point, let’s try: “Putin wins first round against Ukraine with help from GOP
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Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Mark D. Zimmerman Actor Matthew Perry died tragically at the age of 54. Perry was best known for playing Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends. Bing was not one of the Jewish characters on the show–among the six friends, Ross, Monica and Rachel were Jewish. Which Friends episode featured Chandler Bing with a Jewish
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — For the first time since Covid descended upon us, I took a long flight to outside the United States. My lingering paranoia about contracting Covid prompted me to wear a mask, even though most of the passengers seemed oblivious to the continuing rise of Covid cases and brazenly inhaled
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Ken Stone Times of San Diego The wife of a San Diego Muslim leader has quit her teaching job at the University of San Diego amid outrage over a “horrific” image she purportedly posted to her Facebook account. Lallia Allali, whose husband is Imam Taha Hassane of the Islamic Center of San Diego, also
In a letter addressed to academic leaders around the world, the presidents of Israel’s nine leading universities called for “a sea change in clarity and truth in academia on the matter of Israel’s war against Hamas.” The Nov. 1 letter from Israel’s Association of University Heads (VERA) conveyed that following “a tragedy unprecedented in Israel’s
By Jerry Klinger Boley, Oklahoma, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was established as an all-Black town on the land of Creek Indian “Freedwoman” Abigail Barnett in 1903. When the Five Tribes, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles, were forcibly removed from their homelands in the 1830s–40s, people enslaved by the tribes also made the long
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Press Release) – The Shabbat Project, an international movement that brings together Jews from around the world to keep one Shabbat, is gearing up for its most important year yet. In the wake of the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks, this year’s message is “Keeping it Together for Israel.” From sundown on November
By Heidi Gantwerk and David Bark Dear friends, We are now more than three weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas. Here are a few key updates: The ground operation into Gaza appears to have expanded considerably, with heavy clashes against Hamas reported. Thirteen Israeli soldiers have been confirmed dead. The IDF has significantly bolstered the
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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, San Diego County
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Is there such a thing as collective trauma? It seems there is, and Google defines and explains it as “the psychological distress that a group — usually an entire culture, community, or another large group of people — experience in response to a shared trauma. In order to
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In the wake of the horrific events of Oct. 7 and the barbaric, evil actions taken by Hamas, the University of California (UC) Ethnic Studies Faculty Council issued a statement legitimizing the massacre of innocent Israeli civilians, including Jewish women, children, and even infants burned and mutilated. The statement