The Jewish actors: Luise Rainer
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WJC hits Youtube German office over hate videos
The World Jewish Congress on Monday accused the German unit of YouTube of failing to stop neo-Nazis from using the online video channel to distribute thousands of anti-Semitic tracks. The WJC sent Philipp Justus, the managing director of the German unit of YouTube”s parent company, Google, a letter demanding more decisive action to take down
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InternationalBelated b’nai mitzvahs at Kotel for Shoah survivors
Tel Aviv (dpa) – Fifty Holocaust survivors who never got to celebrate their Jewish coming-of-age ritual because of the horrors of World War II got a chance to do so Monday in Jerusalem. The bat mitzvah and bar mitzvah – the first for girls, the second for boys – is typically performed when the child
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastKPBS, Union Bank name 3 local Jewish heroes
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — In celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month and as part of its ongoing commitment to inclusion, diversity and responsible banking, Union Bank has partnered with KPBS to honor three inspiring local heroes. The 2016 Jewish American Heritage Month honorees are: Marjorie Morrison, founder and CEO, PsychArmor Institute; and Rose and
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San Diego CountyGrade school student Slams ALS
(Editor’s Note: Cole Spector has launched a campaign against ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Here is a speech he gave to his religious school class at Congregation Beth Israel.) By Cole Spector SAN DIEGO — Imagine –losing your ability to walk, to eat, to speak, to move and to breathe, But your brain remains fully alert.
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationPoland: Town square named for Israeli MK’s family
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Yehiel “Hillik” Bar (Zionist Union) visited Poland last week, after a town square was named after his maternal family. The main square of the small picturesque village of Skulsk in Poland was renamed the ‘Kotowski Sqaure’ this week, in a special ceremony Bar attended with other dignitaries. Bar’s grandfather,
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International, Middle EastDetails of alleged ‘unity gov’t’ deal revealed
A senior Likud official has revealed the details of alleged secret talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the opposition Zionist Union faction, in anticipation of the left-wing party joining the coalition government. A report in the Haaretz paper Sunday cited the unnamed, “knowledgeable” source, detailing the clear conditions outlined for an expanded unity government.
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Middle EastReform Jews protest anti- LGBT laws in various states
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In response to numerous anti-LGBT laws being introduced, and in many cases passed, at the state-level, the leadership of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and the North American Federation of Temple Youth issued the following statement: “As leaders
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USAOrthodox intolerance helps grow Reform in Israel
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The Triguboff Institute, established by an Australian philanthropist, specializes in the needs of Jews from the former Soviet Union, notably Russia and Ukraine. The fact that perhaps as many as 400 000 Israeli citizens of Russian and Ukrainian background aren’t regarded as Jews by the state’s rabbinic establishment has prompted
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJewish Triva Quiz: Trump products
By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Donald Trump’s name was associated with a problem that attracted the attention of the Israeli police last month. What happened? A. Thousands of pounds of Trump Steaks were seized because they were stamped as kosher but they did not actually have kosher certification. B. A local bottled
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireMiddle East Roundup: May 2, 2016
Hamas man allegedly received $2,000 monthly salary for operating terror tunnel (JNS.org) Suspected Hamas terrorist operative Medhat Abu Sneima was indicted in Beersheba on Sunday for crimes including plans to attack Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border. Abu Sneima, 24, from Gaza, was arrested last month. According to the indictment, which lists 18 charges,
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Middle EastButterflies, stones, candles help mourn Shoah victims
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor Masori LA JOLLA, California – The Six Million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, along with five million other people deemed undesirable by the Nazis, are so hard to conceptualize. Artists and teachers have struggled to represent the Six Million in concrete terms; for example, Six Million tiny squares;
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori‘Dough’ bakes up some laughs
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – If you didn’t have the chance to watch the John Goldschmidt comedy film Dough at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival in February, you will have another chance when the film begins an exclusive run at the Landmark Theatre May 6. It’s an enjoyable tale about an old Jewish
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Donald H. Harrison, Theatre, Film & BroadcastAharoni: Arguing with BDS supporters wastes time
Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor Masori SAN DIEGO – Israel’s consul general for New York, Ido Aharoni, told a San Diego gathering of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) on Sunday, May 1, that arguing with the supporters of BDS is a sterile exercise, not likely to influence the 95 percent of the
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