The sender may craft the message, but the audience determines what that message means. Audiences interpret every message through the narratives they have already internalized, along with their existing beliefs, values, identities, and lived experiences. (Karen Klein)
Israel must relate better to its p.r. audience Read More »
Israel, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Will Sussman, a Ph.D. student in computer science, joined the board of MIT Grad Hillel. That led to him being targeted as he witnessed fellow students celebrate Hamas attacks, chant slogans calling for violence, occupy buildings, disrupt classes, and intimidate Jewish students. [Steve Kramer]
Jew hatred in colleges escalates Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, News Media, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA
“When Jewish faculty and graduate students feel they must remain silent, disengage, or conceal aspects of their identity in order to participate, unions risk undermining the solidarity and equal representation at the heart of their mission…” [Press Release]
ADL, AEN, question academic unions’ ability to fairly represent their Jewish members Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
The first Jewish recipients were Tobias Asser (1911), a Dutch lawyer who was honored for his work on international law and the Hague Conferences and Alfred Fried (1911), the Austrian pacifist, journalist, and co-founder of the German Peace Society. (Oliver B. Pollak)
Jews and the Nobel Peace Prize Read More »
Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA
Jewish Voice for Peace Action celebrates Angie Nixon’s victory in the Florida Democratic Party Primary for Senator. Nixon is a Democratic State Representative and champion for working families. (Press Release)
Jewish Voice for Peace Action celebrates Angie Nixon’s victory in U.S. Senate primary Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, USA
Randy Fine, the only Jewish Republican in Florida’s congressional delegation, defeated Dan Blizerian, who made antisemitism the cornerstone of his Holocaust-denying political campaign, and labeled Fine as a “fat Jew.” He also released a video depicting Fine with devil horns and clutching a bag of money. (SDJW staff)
When your polling’s down,
And the cost of living is up
And nothing, nothing is going right. … [Laurie Baron]
Satire: You’ve got no friends Read More »
International, Lawrence Baron, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
A longtime community leader and active JCF volunteer, Levinson succeeds outgoing Board Chair Tina Beranbaum, whose leadership helped guide the Foundation through a period of significant growth and impact. [Press Release]
JCF announces new board chair & 4 members Read More »
Business & Finance, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, San Diego County, USA
On Sunday, following months of hard work by many human hands, more than 200 Jewish young adults came together to start building something new and totally their own. From every corner of the county and across the spectrum of Jewish experience, these proudly Jewish San Diegans, ages 25 to 40, showed up for the launch of Mosaic, a new community of communities created and curated by young people for themselves and others like them. They came searching for Jewish experiences and wanting to belong, to feel seen, valued, and heard in a Jewish space that meets them where they are. [Heidi Gantwerk]
‘Mosaic,’ for Jews 25-40, launched under Jewish Federation auspices Read More »
Heidi Gantwerk, Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Those committee votes are the penultimate legislative hurdle, notorious for killing bills quickly and quietly with no public testimony. [Press Release]
Six Jewish California priority bills advance in Legislature Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Jewish Religion, Press Release, USA
a handful of candidates have used AIPAC and Israel as proxy boogeymen for the problems they’re seeking to fix in this country, such as Abdul El-Sayed’s suggestion that the minuscule percentage of the federal budget that goes toward U.S. security assistance for Israel could instead “provide healthcare here” at home. [Halie Soifer]
So important are those vocals, that unlike traditional musicals where the chorus both sings and dances, in this show you have the company dancers (and oh boy do they ever,) and the company singers. [Sandi Masori]
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is the semi-autobiographical story of Alicia Keys Read More »
Jewish History, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
San Diego Police said they are investigating vandalism and a weekend break-in at a home being utilized by members of Alpha Epsilon Pi of UCSD as a hate crime, which carries penalty enhancements in case perpetrators are found guilty. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish developments at UCSD, SDSU Read More »
Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, News Media, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert is among the latest congressional endorsees of the Jewish Democratic Council of America in its quest to flip the House of Representatives from Republican control to Democratic control. Her Republican opponent in the 48th Congressional District is County Supervisor Jim Desmond. Incumbent Republican