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New Lesson Plans Help Advance White House’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism

(Press Release) To help advance the White House’s recently released U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) has curated a collection of lesson plans and educational units on antisemitism and Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, all of which are available at no cost to state departments of education, school districts, and individual schools. […]

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California, Middle East, USA

Rabbi Samuel Rosenbaum Named Assistant Dean of American Jewish University’s Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On July 10, American Jewish University’s Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies announced the appointment of Rabbi Samuel Rosenbaum as Assistant Dean, underscoring Ziegler’s dedication to expanding its outreach and fostering stronger connections within the Jewish community. This appointment marks an exciting milestone for the Ziegler School, with Rosenbaum engaging broader

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California, Science, Medicine, & Education

Canadian Author Divides Antisemitism into Four Categories

In this book are eight topics essayed by Philip Slayton, an attorney and writer who serves as president of the literary society PEN Canada.  He first addresses the question of Jewish identity, then moves on to Jews in the World (where we live); Jews and Muslims; Jews and Christians; Jews and Zionism; Jews as Victims; Jews and the Media; Jews as Wanderers, and, beginning on page 143, he offers some conclusions. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Ceremony Renames Andrew Jackson Post Office for Susan A. Davis

High-ranking public officials, postal employees, and residents of the Rolando neighborhood of San Diego cheered as a plaque was unveiled officially renaming the post office branch at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard for former Congresswoman Susan Davis, D-San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Preston Turegano Skewers and Praises San Diego Reporters, Leaders

An employee of the San Diego Union-Tribune and its predecessor Evening Tribune for 36 years until his retirement in 2006, author Preston Turegano had been an editorial assistant, general assignment reporter, and arts critic.  He once was told by an editorial supervisor that people in the arts community were afraid of him.  A colleague reassured him, “People don’t hate you because you’re gay; people hate you because you are you.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

Documentary Challenges America’s Wildfire Strategy

Jack Cohen, a retired U.S. Forest Service fire research scientist who lives in Missoula, Montana, passionately contends that for centuries the United States has dealt with wildfires all wrong. Instead of spending billions of dollars to put the fires out wherever they may occur, efforts should be prioritized to make homes and other structures as invulnerable as possible to flying embers, he insists. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Rescued Animals Help Children Learn about Conservation at SeaWorld

Spike, the alligator, was discovered 32 years ago in Los Angeles in someone’s bathtub. If an alligator is discovered in the wild, and in need of rescue because of an injury, it is released back to the wild after being nursed to health.  However, in the case of alligators found illegally in domestic settings, they are taken to live permanently at rescue centers because the circumstances of their breeding are unknown.  Alligators that are in-bred by unscrupulous breeders may carry defective genes that should not be released into the wild alligator gene pool, Kerschner explained. [Donald H. Harrison]

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San Diego’s Raphael Delgado Among 4 Californians Selected for The Bronfman Fellowship

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Bronfman Fellowship has selected its 37th cohort of intellectually curious 11th-graders from across North America, among them the founder of InvestNow Clubs, a nonprofit which brings investment clubs to schools in historically disadvantaged communities; a published author whose historical research has been featured in publications such as Scholastic’s Best

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California, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Short History of the ‘New Jerusalem’ School and Airport in Tracy

Back in 1874, California pioneer Henry Ebe donated two acres of land for the school that his and his wife Susan’s 11 children would eventually attend. At Susan’s insistence, he made a condition of his donation that the school be called the “New Jerusalem Elementary School.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Communications Pioneer Andrew J. Viterbi Visits Jerusalem College of Technology

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi — co-founder of San Diego-based Qualcomm, a major donor to University of California San Diego, and Presidential Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering — recently gave Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) students a lecture on the history

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California, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Movie Preview: ‘Soul Doctor’ Telling of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach to be Shown Across Country on June 13

Soul Doctor: Journey of a Rockstar Rabbi is a filmed stage show about the friendship and mutual support between Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and African-American singer Nina Simone. Starring Josh Young as Carlebach and Nya as Simone, the musical will be shown in more than 600 theatres across the country at 7 p.m.  Tuesday, June 13, including selected AMC’s and Regal Theatres in San Diego County. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Workshop Highlights Holocaust Experiences and Research

Spielberg established the Shoah Foundation, which is headquarters in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, after making the impactful Holocaust movie Schindler’s List.  UC San Diego’s former head librarian Brian Schottlaender, consulting with History Prof. Deborah Hertz, decided during the 2006-2007 academic year to lease the database and to make it available for free to anyone on campus. [Donald H. Harrison]

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The Jewish Eye: San Diego Teen Philanthropists; Mayorkas, Sanders Under Fire

In Jewish tradition, the fate of the world depends upon 36 upstanding people known as the Lamed Vavniks.  As a matter of interest, there are 36 leaders and officers of the Jewish Teen Foundation (JTF) in San Diego County.  They will be awarding philanthropic funds that they have raised to various nonprofit organization at a 4 p.m. ceremony Sunday May 21 at Congregation Beth Am in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed Visits University of Haifa as Part of Mission to Mark Sister City Relationship

HAIFA, Israel — University of Haifa welcomed San Francisco Mayor London Breed to its campus this week as part of her visit to Israel for the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco-Haifa sister city relationship. Her visit was organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Bay Area, which brought 30 delegates to Haifa, Tel

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California, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education