Cailin Acosta

No Ceasefire in Gaza, No Votes, Muslim Americans Tell Biden

Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal and Andrew Hay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Muslim and Arab American groups are threatening to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire. The National Muslim Democratic Council, which includes Democratic Party leaders from hotly contested states that […]

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USA

Terror Threat Against US Reaches ‘Whole Other Level,’ FBI Chief Warns

Published by New York Daily News The threat of terror attacks against the United States has reached a “whole other level” since America’s ally Israel went to war with the terrorist group Hamas, the FBI’s director warned Tuesday. “The reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the ongoing war in

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USA

How We Are Doing

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — My friend Jeff, whom I’ve been friends with since at least kindergarten asked, “How are you doing?” Below is a slightly longer version of my answer. Jeff, Michal and I are agitated, distraught, and doing a lot of volunteering. Five days a week we pick up laundry at

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer

Scripps Ranch Theatre’s ‘The 39 Steps’ Abound With Humorous Hitchcock References, High Drama

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Scripps Ranch Theatre brings us The 39 Steps, a murder-mystery comic romp that has director Phil Johnson’s fingerprints all over it. Based loosely on Hitchcock’s 1935 film of the same name, this reimagined version takes the liberty to incorporate so many films of this genre with the over-emoting, high

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Free Palestine? Free the Brooklyn Bridge

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — We cannot be blamed for suspecting that 40-year-old Samantha Woll was stabbed to death at her Detroit home because of the crisis in Israel. Her murder occurred two weeks after Hamas butchered 1,400 Jews in southern Israel, followed by Israel’s merciless bombing of Gaza. She was a prominent political

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

IDF Spokesman at ADI Rehabilitation Village: ‘This is What We’re Fighting For’

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Amid the unrelenting horrors of war and his nonstop interviews with the domestic and international media, IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Daniel Hagari took the time to visit ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran (adi-israel.org) and check in on his brother, Yoni, who has severe disabilities and was one of the rehabilitation village’s first residents. Though

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Israel

Graeme Gabriel Named Board Chair for Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Graeme Gabriel has been named the new Board Chair for Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego (HFLSD), effective January 1, 2024. Mr. Gabriel has been an active part of Hebrew Free Loan of San Diego since its establishment in early 2021, serving on both lending and development committees. Hebrew Free

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San Diego County

The War Comes Home

By Doron Krakow Saturday, October 28, will be three weeks. Three weeks since the horrific, savage slaughter of innocents—children in front of parents, whole families burned alive, concertgoers mowed down by the hundreds—the images provided by the butchers themselves are now etched into our minds and hearts. The death toll continues to climb, as does

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Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, USA

The Culture of Biophilia vs. the Culture of Necrophilia

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — The heinous events of October 7 in Israel are difficult to reconcile with the modern world’s ethos. After World War II, many believed that the atrocities faced by Jewish communities were behind them and that such darkness would not be revisited upon them. Yet, as Mark

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Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion