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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Hate Litterers May Face $25,000 Penalty

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo said Friday that after research with the office of City Attorney Mara Elliott, he decided that a hate littering law would be more appropriate at the state level than at the municipal level.  Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) agreed to carry the legislation (AB 3024), which […]

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Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Dies at 90

“We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below awareness. “Our biases frequently cause us to want the wrong things. Our perceptions and memories are slippery, especially about our own mental states. Our free will is bounded. We have much less control over ourselves than we thought.” (Press Release)

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Middle East Forum Israel OpEd: ‘Gutteres wants Israel to lose, but he will fail’

Published by Euronews (English) In 2017, shortly after becoming Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres said: “Israel needs to be treated like any other UN member state”. It was a solid start for someone who promised equality for the one Jewish State. Even in his personal manifesto, released as part of the election process,

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Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with US Congressional Delegation Including San Diego’s Juan Vargas

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], March 28 (ANI/TPS): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem with a bipartisan US Congressional delegation, organised by AIPAC, the America Israel Public Affairs Committee. The Prime Minister welcomed the members of the delegation on their arrival and thanked them for

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A Word From Your Federation: Empowered Jewish Women: Leading the Way with Compassion and Collective Impact

As we near the end of Women’s History Month, I want to take a moment to reflect on the remarkable contributions of Jewish women to our community. For nearly 90 years, Jewish Federation of San Diego has been a beacon of hope, a force for good, and a pillar of support for the Jewish community – both locally and across the globe. [Heidi Gantwerk]

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Islamic Jihad Operative confirms terror groups use Shifa Hospital as Israel continues raid

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], March 27 (ANI/TPS): Israeli soldiers continued operations against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists holed up in Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital and in Khan Yunis, the Israel Defence Forces said on Wednesday morning. In the last 24 hours, soldiers eliminated terrorists and located terror infrastructure and weapons inside

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Israeli woman describes being sexually assaulted by Hamas in harrowing hostage ordeal

Published by Mirror By Jeremiah Hassel For 55 days, Amit Soussana endured unimaginable fear and pain as she was sexually assaulted by a guard while she was held hostage by Hamas following the invasion of Israel on October 7. The Israeli lawyer has now for the first time described how she was forced to perform

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US to check whether Israel violated laws of war in Gaza Strip

Published by RBC-Ukraine The Biden administration has not yet concluded that Israel has violated international laws of war, but the assessment processes are ongoing and have not yet yielded a conclusion, states State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. According to him, the administration is required to submit a report to the US Congress by May 8

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Israeli brothers detained at Manchester Airport claim they ‘don’t feel safe in UK’ as they ‘demand apology’ from border staff

Published by GB News Two Jewish Israeli men who were subject to “aggressive questioning” at Manchester Airport have revealed they “do not feel safe in the UK”, as they exclusively shared their experience with GB News. Speaking to host Patrick Christys, brothers Neria and Daniel Sharabi described the “antisemitic” discrimination they faced after arriving in

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Israel’s foreign minister says UN ceasefire vote helps Hamas

Published by DPA International The UN Security Council’s demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza has strengthened the Palestinian militant Hamas movement and prompted it to reject a US compromise proposal on a new hostage deal, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday. Katz, speaking to Israeli Army Radio, said he was disappointed that

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Steven Spielberg: ‘The echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate’

Published by Euronews (English) “The echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate.” Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg said these words at a ceremony to honour the USC Shoah Foundation – a non-profit organisation he founded 30 years ago, which documents interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust. The 77-year-old director of Schindler’s List

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