International

A Preview of the San Diego International Film Festival

In a telephone interview I caught up with Tonya Mantooth, CEO/Artistic Director of this nonprofit festival. This curious empath has a passion for films that encourage social consciousness and provocative issues that impact all people. To this end, the committee received 3200 film entries from 83 countries. Mark your calendars now for October 16-20th. [Eva Trieger]

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Eva Trieger, International, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

International Media Ignores Suffering of Israelis in Current Warfare

The screen is full of scenes of cars, trucks and other vehicles stuck bumper to bumper and packed to the brim with families fleeing southern Lebanon to get away from the region being bombarded by Israel. As is the case in Gaza, the UN is concerned about the fate of the children. Funnily enough, the UN showed little concern for the fate of Israeli children … [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors

AMCHA Initiative: Faculty Chapters Spur Campus Antisemitism

A report released Thursday, Sept. 26, highlights the role Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP), a nationwide network of over 100 faculty chapters, plays in escalating antisemitic incidents, fomenting chaos and pushing forward the academic boycott [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, California, Israel, Middle East, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish National Fund-USA Appeals for Donations to Help the People of Northern Israel

Cities across the Galilee, including Kiryat Shmona, Haifa, Nazareth, Akko and more have been relentlessly shelled; children run to shelters in hotels they have lived in for 11 months. This is a human tragedy of enormous proportions. [Sol Lizerbram, M.D]

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Israel, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Sol Lizerbram, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Hezbollah Mocked by Arabs; Ethical Concerns Proliferate in Wake of Pager Attack

Hezbollah, a group known for its terrorist activities, found itself targeted in a series of attacks in Lebanon. Twin blasts involving rigged pagers and walkie-talkies killed dozens and injured thousands, including Hezbollah fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.  [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology

Human Medications Seep Into Red Sea Coral Near Eilat, Israel

“We sampled 96 reef-building stony corals representing two types, Acropora sp. and Favites sp., in shallow sites as well as deeper sites beyond the limits of recreational diving. We were surprised to find an extensive presence of medications even in the deep-water corals which usually escape contaminations affecting corals in shallower areas.” [Press Release]

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share

Journalist on the Anti-Israel Campus Beat Says Court Suits Most Effective Way to Stop Encampments

While other tactics such as legislative hearings, donors withdrawing their donations to universities, and discrimination complaints to the U.S. Department of Education all have drawn needed attention to the problem, Kessel said litigating the matter on First Amendment grounds has proven more successful. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA