Published by Benzinga Genetic testing company 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ:ME) is under fire in a class action lawsuit, accused of inadequately protecting the privacy of nearly 7 million customers whose personal information was compromised in a data breach last year. The lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court in San Francisco, alleges that the company failed […]
Recently, as I was traveling and looking for a shul in San Diego for a few weeks I found respite and much more than that at Ohr Shalom near Balboa Park – joy and inspiration, warmth and hospitality that energized me. [Noam Schimmel]
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The United States is suspending additional funding to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East temporarily as it reviews charges that 12 UNRWA employees took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. “The United States is extremely troubled by the allegations,” stated Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman. [JNS]
As more time passes and we get further away from the Holocaust, we are finding fewer and fewer young people who have any real understanding of how it began and how it was allowed to grow into one of the darkest moments in human history. [Darren Schwartz]
Remembering the Holocaust on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Read More »
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Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day, warning against what he called an alarming rise in antisemitism after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and efforts to minimize what happened that day. Biden, who launched the first U.S. national strategy to
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During the Holocaust, there was not one but many instances of pogroms and mass murders like what occurred on Oct. 7th. The Holocaust was much bigger, more systematized, and cumulatively far more horrible than the massacre perpetrated by Hamas. [Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg]
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The Not On My Campus campaign offers a clear call to action for university and college leaders to commit to No Tolerance for antisemitism on their campuses and meet their moral and legal obligations to provide safe, inclusive and equitable learning environments for all students. [ADL Press Release]
ADL Launches ‘Not on My Campus’ Campaign against Antisemitism Read More »
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In 1926, he married Gracie Allen, who was Catholic, and subsequently appeared with her in comic short films which had such stars as Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Jack Benny, Frest Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Bob Hope, Martha Raye, Eleanor Powell, and Robert Young. [SDJW staff]
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Published by DPA International At least 300,000 people took to the streets of Germany on Saturday to voice their opposition to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and to support democracy. The protests took place from the south in Bavaria to the northern city of Hamburg and from western cities such as Frankfurt to
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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, NordotThe shoe will be on the other foot for San Diego State, UC San Diego, Cal State San Marcos, the University of San Diego and other 4-year colleges and universities throughout the nation. The Anti-Defamation League has announced it is “developing a new tool to evaluate the climate of antisemitism on individual campuses.” [SDJW staff]
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Published by Chicago Tribune South Africa made history when it took Israel to the International Court of Justice — the United Nations’ highest court — and accused it of waging genocide against Palestinians while asking the court to order an immediate cease-fire. It might turn out to be the worst decision the country has ever
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Citing newly released evidence that faculty at the University of California campus here are using their official faculty positions and resources to promote anti-Israel propaganda, in violation of University policy and California law, 115 non-profit advocacy organizations called on the University of California Regents to investigate. [Press Release]
Coalition of Jewish Groups Urge Investigation of UC Santa Cruz Department Read More »
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Zuckerman’s last trip to Israel was in October. On that occasion, he visited an IDF reserve unit near the Lebanese border, which had no trucks to move around the reservists’ gear. He promptly contributed $2,000 for the unit to purchase a trailer for hauling its equipment. [SDJW staff]
Our Shtetl San Diego County: Israel-bound Rabbi ‘Zucky’ Returns to San Diego Read More »
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Published by City AM By Jessica Frank-Keyes MPs have raised concerns over the security of the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Westminster, including calling for 24/7 security and warning of the potential for “explosive devices”. Parliament backed a bill last summer that would enable a national Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre to be built in Victoria
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