He believed demonstrations should be novel and considered sit-ins to be passé. He once threatened to ship a thousand rats to City Hall, which he described as a form of integration. He had long lines of supporters exchanging their pennies for dollars at banks, and threatened to have a “piss in” at Chicago O’Hare Airport. [SDJW staff]
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Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA
License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted 4UBubby on a California-licensed car in San Diego. We figure the owner of the car is one happy grandma.
“We can’t allow the deaths of U.S. service members to go unanswered – but we also can’t give in to the war hawks who look for any reason to go to war with Iran,” Jacobs said. “Direct confrontation with Iran will certainly lead to the deaths of more U.S. service members and could easily expand into a regional conflict.” [Press Release)
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International, Israel, Middle East, Press Release, San Diego County, USA
Beginning January 1st when I resumed my former position as publisher and editor of San Diego Jewish World, we have been taking steps to expand and improve our coverage of the Jewish communities in San Diego, elsewhere in the U.S., Israel, and around the world. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology, USA
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, a nonprofit dedicated to ending hatred against Jews in the U.S., will air its first-ever Super Bowl TV commercial during the Feb. 11 telecast on CBS as the group seeks to raise awareness of the rise in antisemitic incidents following the Oct. 7 assault against Israel by Hamas terrorists. [Rick Griffin]
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Antisemitism, Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Times of San Diego, USA
The Georgia Senate gallery broke out in a standing ovation when HB 30, which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism passed by a 44-6 vote. StandWithUs joins in the applause for the Senate and House which passed HB 30 in a 129-5 vote. The bill ensures that Georgia will consider the IHRA definition when enforcing anti-discrimination laws and determining whether crimes suspected of antisemitic bias warrant enhanced penalties. HB 30 now awaits the governor’s signature. [SWU Press Release]
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Antisemitism, International, Press Release, USA
Which of the following is true about Levi Strauss and Levi’s jeans? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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The Jews know not to create idols, but what about idols they did not create! What friends and allies they have not ascribed to themselves in their long history of torment! It is a tragic trait of a persecuted people to seek real and imaginary supporters. [Alex Gordon, Ph.D]
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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors
The movie viscerally reenacts the wrenching of Edgardo from his home, the anguish it caused his family, and the divisions it created among Italian Jewish leaders who worried that overt protests would jeopardize their already precarious position in the Papal States. [Laurie Baron]
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Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Lambert’s big break came in 2009 when he finished as runner-up to singer Kris Allen in Season Eight of American Idol, covering such songs as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Black or White,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “Mad World,” “If I Can’t Have You,” “One,” “Cryin’,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” and “No Boundaries. [SDJW staff]
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California, International, Jewish Celebrities, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
“They shouldn’t have sent him out of prison,” Koubi said. “I knew that he would make a lot of trouble. Sinwar had murderous eyes. He hates Israelis, Jews, and the ‘infidels’ — a very deep hating. He knew the Koran by heart and the charter of Hamas by heart. He told me even that they were planning to kidnap more Israeli soldiers. He was right unfortunately.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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“I’m not adding to the vitriol. My goal is to do my small part to help move the HRC away from that and into the effective, on-the-ground work that it was meant to do.” [SDJW staff]
Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, both far-right ideologues in Netanyahu’s cabinet, have never tried to hide their wish to exile the Palestinians from Gaza. In their thinking, such an expulsion of the Palestinian population would allow Israel to return to its biblical borders. Then they would rebuild Gaza solely with Jewish inhabitants. [Amy Neustein, Ph.D]
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Amy Neustein, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
In 1912, he became a regular at the musical salon of Paul and Muriel Draper, who also nourished the musical talents of Igor Stravinski, Pablo Casals and others. After World War I, his concertizing was widely acclaimed in Spain and South America. He toured the world in the interwar years, moving to the Brentwood section of Los Angeles during World War II. He was naturalized as an American citizen in 1946. [SDJW staff]
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International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA