While the political systems in Israel and the US differ in many ways, their election strategies, messaging, and public engagement highlight distinct national characteristics and challenges. [Shahar Masori]
An Israeli-American Perspective: The Differences in Election Campaigns Read More »
Israel, News Media, Shahar Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Will the new year be better than the previous horrible one? It’s hard to believe that it won’t be, given the last year’s continuous warfare. At this juncture, Israel has ruptured Hamas in Gaza and killed its leader Yahya Sinwar, leaving the major problems returning our hostages and eliminating the remnants of the Hamas fighting forces. [Steve Kramer]
5785: A good year for the Jews? Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a broadcast carried by American news media, confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 17, that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar “has been eliminated” adding that the war in Gaza will continue until all the hostages kidnapped from Israel a year and ten days before are returned to Israel. [SDJW]
Netanyahu, Jewish Leaders React to Killing of Yahya Sinwar Read More »
International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
This year, I’ll be celebrating Sukkot after returning from my third Solidarity Mission to Israel with Jewish Federation of San Diego, following the horrific attacks of October 7, 2023. [David Bark]
The Evolving Moods of Sha’ar Hanegev Since Oct. 7, 2023 Read More »
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They are losing recruits and emboldening their victims and authorities to retaliate, and even a Philadelphia organizer and former allies admit that the movement is running out of steam. It is happening in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, and Providence. The stage is set for it to happen in Portland, Maine. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Anti-Israel Movement Losing Adherents in the U.S. Read More »
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What part of Trump’s Israel policy and record don’t you like? [Rabbi Bernhard H. Rosenberg]
OpEd: Likes and Dislikes for Trump and Harris Respectively Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Courtesy of Wikipedia David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led the movement for an
Today’s Jewish Birthday: David Ben-Gurion Read More »
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Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the National Museum in Copenhagen analyzed 450 pottery vessels made in Tel Hama, a town at the edge of the Ebla Kingdom, one of the most important Syrian kingdoms in the Early Bronze Age (about 4,500 years ago), and found that two-thirds of the pottery vessels were made by children, starting at the ages of seven and eight. [Press Release]
Now, especially, the Shabbat Project is an opportunity for Jews everywhere— in Israel, the US, and throughout the world—to rally together, to unite around Shabbat, to stand proud and say, “This is who we are. We will not be defined by hatred or darkness, and with God’s help, we will not allow our enemies to defeat us.” [Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein of South Africa]
Worldwide Shabbat Project Coming to San Diego Nov. 14-17 Read More »
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Jewish Federation of San Diego alongside trip co-chairs Sonia Israel, Shari Schenk, and Jeff Schindler, invite members of the local Jewish community on a deeply meaningful journey marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps during the International March of the Living in Poland. [Press Release]
Jewish Federation Cosponsors March of the Living Trip for San Diego County Residents Read More »
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During this meaningful journey and in partnership with Jewish National Fund-USA, they honored Marcia’s late father with a plaque at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem and dedicated a bomb shelter in Sha’ar HaNegev near the Gaza border in memory of her mother. The next generation was present to witness the touching tributes by Marcia and Debbie, and be inspired by these two remarkable women. (Tania Shalom Michaelian)
Threads of Legacy: A Family Weaving Their Mark on Israel Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Southland eventually filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ownership was transferred to a Japanese corporation. What is a Jewish connection to 7-Eleven? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: 7-Eleven Read More »
Business & Finance, Israel, Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Shahar Azani, a former spokesman for the Israeli consulate-general in New York City, said the deaths of four soldiers killed at a Golani Brigade base near Binyamina, Israel, and another 60 people injured on Sunday, Oct. 13, in a drone attack by Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group, are the direct result of Iran’s arms. [Donald H. Harrison and Sandi Masori]
Was he, as some commentators suggested at the time, Hitler’s 6,000,001st victim, overcome by Holocaust-caused PTSD? Or, was it something related to his contemporary life in Israel? For that matter, was it really a suicide? [Donald H. Harrison]
Suicide or Murder? Novel Probes Death of Fictional Holocaust Survivor and Scholar Read More »
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