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European Family’s Lives Tracked Through Several Countries and Holocaust

Particularly telling is the account of the way the German occupiers gradually close in on the Jewish population, depriving them of their rights and property and eventually deporting them in [ cattle trains to concentration camps in the east, with the cooperation of the French authorities. All those events are described in harrowing detail. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Gov. Josh Shapiro: Everyone Has a Duty to Denounce Antisemitism

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, in a meeting in Philadelphia with Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, said “When it comes to antisemitism, it is incredibly important for everyone to understand that there is no nuance. Everyone in a position of public trust—and everyone in our communities—has a responsibility to speak and act with moral clarity and speak out against it.” [SDJW staff]

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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Hillel International Honors Hillel of San Diego with Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award

In the past year, Hillel of San Diego has more than doubled the number of Jewish students participating in Jewish life across all four campuses: UC San Diego, San Diego State University, Cal State San Marcos, and University of San Diego. Hillel’s work tackling antisemitism on campus while continuing to foster Jewish pride and joy is a model across the entire Hillel movement. [Press Release]

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

We Prepare for Chanukah

Boxes of Chanukah candles – check; chanukiyot cleaned and ready – check; oil, potatoes, sour cream, applesauce bought and ready – check. Phew, getting everything ready for the Eight Crazy Nights is a tough job, but someone has to do it, and in this house that someone is ME. [Cailin Acosta]

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Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA, Videos

Survey: More Than Half of Israeli Arabs Feel a Sense of Shared Destiny with Israeli Jews

A new survey by the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University (TAU) released on December 12, 2024, reveals that, according to the survey, 57.8% of Arab Israelis believe that the ongoing war in Gaza has fostered a sense of shared destiny between Arabs and Jews in Israel. [Press Release]

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Israel, Lifestyles, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education

Many Jews Involved in Search for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)

Many UAP organizations have formed since the December 2017 publication of a groundbreaking New York Times article exposing a UAP program at the Pentagon (co-authored by a Jewish journalist), and I have been fortunate to contribute to some of them. It has been surprising to meet so many fellow Jews who contribute to these same UAP organizations, sharing a passion for the topic as well as observance of the Jewish religion. Jews are indeed an “over-represented minority” in the UAP field. (Kerry Eskenas Schlossberg)

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Israel, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, USA

OpEd: What Will Netanyahu’s Legacy Be?

Some view Netanyahu as the consummate statesman while others see him as a power-mad autocrat. Objectively speaking, he is the first premier of Israel to be born after Israel’s independence, the only premier to have spent years in the US as a student, and the youngest man to have reached the pinnacle of Israeli political power. By the same token, Bibi is the only sitting Prime Minister to be charged with criminal offenses. [Steve Kramer]

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Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Vows to Keep Fighting Antisemitism

President Joe Biden, at a White House pre-Chanukah party, said, “Next week you’ll light the eight candles on your menorahs. My final Chanukah message to you is this: As president, this is to hold onto that hope. Shine your light. Shine the light of optimism. And above all, keep the faith.” [SDJW staff]

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OpEd: Manger Display Unacceptably Portrays War in Gaza as a Religious One

How cute. We find Baby Jesus in a new environment: swaddled by a black-and-white keffiyeh, emblem of the Palestinian struggle. Not to rest in a manger but to lie amid a pile of rocks that symbolize the rocks left over from bombed-out buildings in Gaza. Thus, the label “Christ in the Rubble.” [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Trump Says Middle East Will Be in a Good Place; Lieberman, on Other Hand, says Israel May Be Headed for Civil War

U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump told a news conference Monday he had “a really good conversation” with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I think we’re going to be in a good place in the Middle East,” he said. “I think the Middle East will be in a good place. I think actually more difficult is going to be the Russia-Ukraine situation.” [SDJW Staff Report]

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A Polish-Canadian Returns to Her Parents’ Poland

Author Topperman grew up in Canada, to which her parents had immigrated, after trying out Sweden. She is the product of a mixed Polish family; her mother’s side is Jewish; her father’s side is Catholic.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Transplanting Stem Cells in Sea Anemones Urged to Revive Coral Reefs

Climate change is bleaching and killing off vast amounts of the world’s coral due to rising sea temperatures. Dr. Benyamin Rosental of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and his colleagues have proposed an out of the box potential solution – transplanting stem cells from resilient individuals to revive them. [Press Release]

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