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Tik Tok and the spread of antisemitism

By Michael Laitman, Ph.D PETACH TIKVAH, Israel –Online antisemitism is nothing new but now it seems to be widely targeting our vulnerable youth more than ever before. Hidden under false identities, haters freely reveal prejudice, bigotry, and antisemitic views across virtually all the unruled space of social media. Teenagers who identify as Jewish complain of […]

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Lifestyles, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Anti-Asian hate rhetoric spikes on Internet

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday issued a new study showing a dramatic spike in anti-Asian sentiment and conspiracy theories about the spread of coronavirus in conversations on Twitter in the days immediately following the president’s first tweet about his positive diagnosis on October 2. The new study of Twitter conversations

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International, USA

Baal Shem Suite evokes Jewish Holy Days

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Ernest Bloch’s Baal Shem Suite is music that fits the High Holidays. The first movement, Vidui, is the Yom Kippur confessional prayer; the second movement, Nigun, encompasses cantorial pleading with the Heavenly Power; and the final movement, Simchat Torah, reflects the joy of receiving the Torah. My sister, concert

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Torah for Children: Yay! We get to do it again

By Marcia Berneger SAN DIEGO — Simchat Torah is almost here! This Saturday evening we begin the celebration of Simchat Torah. This is a joyous holiday that celebrates the reading of the very last words of the Torah. But the Torah is like a never-ending circle. Once we finish reading it, we immediately begin again.

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Jewish Religion, Marcia Berneger, Science, Medicine, & Education

Gloria, Bry disagree on sex registry bill

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO —  Legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom concerning how California deals with consensual sexual relations between adults and minors—often referred to as “statutory rape” – has flared up as an issue in the mayor’s race between Assemblyman Todd Gloria, who voted for the measure, and City

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA

Satire: Debatable

  By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Last night’s debate between Harris and Pence was far more civil than the first presidential debate. As Trump’s vice president, Pence serves as the Blander and Chief. * A fly landed and sat for 2 minutes on Pence’s hair. What substance could attract a fly so long? * Although Pence

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Outrageous Jew vs. Jew attacks in Brooklyn

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — “Jewish lives matter.” Except when they are reporters and photographers who “snitch” on their brethren. New Covid-19 limits in Orthodox Jewish communities has produced several serious concerns, but the most dreadful outcome was a series of mob attacks on journalists who covered protests in the sprawling Borough Park

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Bruce Ticker, USA

A Coronavirus-transformed world

By Michael Laitman, Ph.D PETACH TIKVAH, Israel — All over the world, people are moving out from the coronavirus-struck city centers into the suburbs and beyond, to the country or even to different countries. Within a few months from the outbreak of the pandemic, people have gotten used to working from home, making the necessity to

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Lifestyles

Two Cans of Orange Soda

By Ira Spector SAN DIEGO — The First Can One day, when I was sixteen, Helen, a family friend from Babylon, Long Island, drove me to a remote part of Jones Beach so I could go clam-digging with a pitchfork. She knew this was a good place. “There’s many eddy holes caused by the current

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Travel and Food