The campus war against Israel, now some decades old, has been unrelenting in its vicious assault against the Jewish state, led by such radical pro-Palestinian student groups as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) with some 200 chapters nationwide. [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]
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Travel and Food
So, about two months ago, Rabbi Labkowski and his wife Tzipora opened Bay Kosher in the front part of the building that also houses their shul, Chabad of Lamorinda. He engaged Mendel Schiffer, a native of Akko, Israel, to manage the store for him. Schiffer, who didn’t care for retirement, had been in sales most of his life, and yearned for something new to do. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food
By Gedaliah Borvick JERUSALEM — Throughout the world, many neighborhoods have groups of streets with names related to a specific theme. For example, growing up in Long Beach, New York, I lived on Walnut Street and my friends lived on Olive, Pine, Maple and Beech. Likewise, before making aliyah, we lived in Bergenfield NJ on
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Gedaliah Borvick, Israel, Travel and Food
SAJAC President Pamela Nathan said the exhibit was created by the South African Jewish Museum which is located in the Museum Mile of Central Cape Town. She said she hopes that American-born visitors to the exhibit “will get a slice of South African Jewish life.” For members of San Diego’s sizeable South African Jewish community, “it is nostalgic because we grew up in it, but I am hoping that the children will be here because it is their heritage, their history. When I make calls, I say ‘bring the kids, bring the kids.’” [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
By Jacob Kamaras SAN DIEGO — San Diegans in search of a unique blend of tradition, modernity, and creativity can find it at Gold Finch, the recently opened quick-service delicatessen and full-service restaurant in Torrey Pines. The menu is a nod to the childhood memories of owner Tracy Borkum, who grew up in London’s Jewish
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Jacob Kamaras, Travel and Food
The Ghost Army implemented 20 deception campaigns with inflatable tanks, sound trucks and fake radio transmissions. From deceiving the Germans into thinking the initial D-Day assault would come at Pas-de-Calais, to where the Allies would cross the Rhine. It is estimated the Ghost Army saved between ten and twenty thousand allied lives. [ Bert Edelstein, Ph.D]
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International, Travel and Food, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — For a number of technical reasons we decided to hold our family celebration marking a milestone birthday in the neighbouring island of Cyprus. Family members came from various parts of Israel and the world, a hotel in the seaside resort of Ayia Napa was chosen and the dates
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Middle East, Travel and Food
While attending the Catholic Saint Augustine High School, it never occurred to Phil Lorang that many years later he would be serving as president of the Men’s Club at Tifereth Israel Synagogue as well as a member of the Conservative Jewish congregation’s Board of Directors. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Travel and Food
The legislation would combat food insecurity among veterans by providing grants to improve veteran access to proven federal food and nutrition programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including by increasing proactive outreach and education to veterans and reducing the stigma associated with utilizing these programs. [Congresswoman Jacobs’ news release]
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San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Most of the production was comedic, poking fun at the challenges of seniority, with no holds barred, from prescription drugs to diapers. There were romances, one unrequited, facing the problems of a demented spouse; and one with a happy ending. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food
Last month I had the delightful opportunity to interview two bikers who were planning to participate in the Ride2Remember, a motorcycle ride created to pay tribute to Holocaust survivors and memorialize those who perished. This year, the Jewish Motorcyclist Alliance dedicated its contribution to The Butterfly Project (TBP), cofounded by San Diegans Cheryl Rattner Price and Jan Landau. {Eva Trieger}
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California, Eva Trieger, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USAThe first thing that hits you as the plane starts the descent towards the airport in Israel is the difference in the colors on the ground. If you have just left one of the countries of Europe, as we did, there is a noticeable difference in the shades of green that you perceive. The brilliant emerald green of the fields of rural France (or Germany or England or wherever), even in the summer of 2022 when temperatures rose to unprecedented heights and there were restrictions on water usage, remained in one’s visual memory, only to be erased (or at least put in the shade) by the greys, browns and dusty dark greens of the Holy Land. And, of course, the ever-present white of the stone buildings. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Lifestyles, Travel and Food
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at the University of Vermont (UVM) have been subjected to severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination. Anti-Jewish incidents ranged from the exclusion of Jewish students from a campus sexual assault survivors’ group, online harassment against Jewish students by a Teaching Assistant (TA), and the targeting of the UVM Hillel building. OCR evaluates all complaints it receives, but it only pursues investigations in those it determines warrant a more thorough investigation. [Press Release from Louis D. Brandeis Center for Justice Inder Law]
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Travel and Food
Marcia Tatz Wollner found this license plate, which indicates that even Snoopy takes joy in the Tora.
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Marcia Tatz Wollner, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire