My friend Ron Huldai is the mayor of Tel Aviv. Born in 1944, Huldai is a former Israeli Air Force pilot who was elected mayor in 1998, the year I met him. He has since been re-elected five times and has played an important role in the city’s development. [José Galicot]
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Our arrival in Tijuana, a city of twenty thousand inhabitants, was a significant moment in my life. It was August, a hot month that brought a plague of fleas due to the unpaved streets. We embarked on a train journey from Mexico City, where we unfortunately lost all our hard-earned money in Chihuahua. Despite this setback, we were ready to face the challenges ahead. [José Galicot]
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International, Jose Galicot, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined ContributorsThey established world peace through deterrence rather than using this advantage to conquer. Explicit warnings were sent to the world’s dictators and leaders of terrorist groups: if they persisted in their warlike and oppressive actions, this new weapon could destroy them. [Jose Galicot]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Fiction, Jose Galicot, Staff and Bylined ContributorsAre we on the brink of plunging into a spiral of violence, potentially dragging the rest of the world into the horrors of World War III? Or will we strive to restore calm, seeking to cultivate a world marked by peace and prosperity for all its inhabitants? What will be the answer? [Jose Galicot]
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International, Israel, Jewish Fiction, Jose Galicot, Middle East, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAEmile Zola received tremendous backlash for his letter, but he managed to bring the French people to their senses, stopping the wave of antisemitism that was then ravaging France. [Jose Galicot]
In Emile Zola’s Famous Rebuke to Antisemites: ‘J’Accuse!’ Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jose Galicot, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAAll those who applaud Hamas and its actions are accomplices of the crimes they have committed and continue to commit, and with their clamor they try to avoid justice and may cause new acts of inhumanity. [Jose Galicot]
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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jose Galicot, Opinion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsI, Josephus Flavius, born as Yosef ben Matityahu, a historian of the 1st century, once a deserter to my people but now repentant, narrated the first Jewish-Roman war to speak of my people’s struggle. I became a historian, and today, two thousand years later, I take up the pen again to recount the new wars of the 21st century. [Jose Galicot]
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Chabad has established vibrant and growing Jewish communities on either side of the southern tip of the Baja California Sur peninsula. The larger one, on the Pacific Ocean side in Cabo San Lucas, has strong connections to San Diego County. The other in La Paz, along the Sea of Cortez, is smaller yet also quite active. [Donald H. Harrison]
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By Donald H. Harrison TIJUANA, Mexico –Tijuana philanthropist Jose “Pepe” Galicot says when he was a child, his Sephardic Jewish family was so poor that when they moved from Mexico City to Tijuana, they couldn’t afford to buy food. So, they packed enough from home for what they thought would last for five days, but
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