CARLSBAD, California (Press Release) — The North County Jewish Center, Chabad at La Costa, is hosting a celebration on Sunday, August 28th from 12 – 3 p.m. and will be honoring the Police and Fire Departments of Carlsbad. The first responders, their support staff, and their families are being invited to come to the Jewish […]
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San Diego Calendar, Yeruchem Eilfort-RabbiCHICAGO, Illinois (Press Release)– A handful of African-American leaders who are top advisors to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), and who represent more than 9 million people, today rejected the anti-Israel stance of the Movement for Black Lives, an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Fellowship advisers representing three African-American
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Middle East, USASan Diego Jewish World’s eulogy series is sponsored by Marc and Margaret Cohen in memory of Molly Cohen, and by Inland Industries Group LP in memory of long-time San Diego Jewish community leader Marie (Mrs. Gabriel) Berg. Comments intended for publication in the space below MUST be accompanied by the letter writer’s first and last name
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsVirginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that he has individually restored the voting rights of 13,000 felons, a move undertaken after the state Supreme Court rescinded a prior executive action that restored the right to vote en masse to more than 200,000 former inmates. The Democratic governor said individual restoration orders were mailed out to
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USAWashington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama returned to Washington from his final summer vacation as president late Sunday to an agenda that will feature battles with a Republican-controlled Congress and regular campaigning for fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton. Along with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama spent just over two weeks
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USAThe Rio Olympics ended its 16-day run Sunday with a festive blowout celebration in the picturesque city. For Israel, the Games marked a better-than-average showing, a small but noticeable improvement over past years, even if Israeli Olympians failed to bring home the gold. Ilana Koshbetzki, captain of the rhythmic gymnastics team, which finished sixth on
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsThree Chinese military planes “briefly” flew into an overlapping air defense intensification zone of South Korea and China amid tensions between the two countries over Seoul’s decision to place a missile defense system on its soil, a military source in Seoul said Monday. The Chinese planes, including a bomber engaging in its own military operations,
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InternationalORLANDO, Fla. — Lane Graves bent over to scoop wet sand into his small plastic bucket when the alligator struck. The 2-year-old wanted to build a sandcastle on the beach at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa after stormy weather canceled a scheduled outdoor movie. His father, who was standing nearby with his wife and
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The World We Share, USAHey, Republican Party. African-American voter here. I hear you’ve been looking for me, but you’re sending out such wildly mixed messages that I’m not sure if I should be flattered or furious. Hat No. 2 fits me pretty snugly right now. Here’s why. Your national standard-bearer, Donald Trump, is making an explicit appeal for my
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USAFrance has been seized by a silly hysteria over the burkini, prompting me to wonder when Europeans will get serious about their Islamist challenge. For starters, what is a burkini? The word (sometimes spelled burqini) combines the names of two opposite articles of female clothing: the burqa (an Islamic tent-like, full-body covering) and the bikini.
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International, Middle EastI call foul on the naked Donald Trump statues. I’m not the first person to register my discontent, but I’m chiming in because we have about 2 { more months until the presidential election, and we can all do better. Anarchist art collective Indecline placed life-size sculptures of the Republican presidential candidate in New York,
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USAThe FBI found nearly 15,000 emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never turned over to the government after she left office – despite her insistence she’d handed in all her work-related messages. The Obama administration revealed the messages in a court hearing Monday. The 14,900 emails are just part of thousands the FBI has
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USALA JOLLA, California (Press Release) – The San Diego Jewish Film Festival will present the San Diego premiere of For the Love of Spock directed by Leonard Nimoy’s son Adam Nimoy on Wednesday, September 21 at 7 p.m. at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theater in the Lawrence Family JCC , 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla. The film
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YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — After immigrating with his family to Israel from France, Ethan Amram felt isolated at his Israeli school. Instead of listening to the teacher, he sketched drawings into his notebook. Classified as an at-risk teenager, Amram thereby was eligible to attend the school at Yemin Orde, a serene youth village
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