By Dorian De Wind AUSTIN, Texas — Dutch Jews suffered immensely and disproportionately so under the Nazis in World War II. Out of 140,000 Jews living in the Netherlands at the outbreak of the war, some 107,000 Jews were deported to death camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Dachau, Buchenwald, Treblinka, Belzec and Sobibor. At the […]
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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish HistorySACRAMENTO (Press Release) — A bill aimed at closing California’s job skills gap by allowing community colleges to offer four-year degrees, where a local workforce need can be documented, was approved Thursday in the Senate Education Committee on an 8-0 bipartisan vote. Senator Marty Block (SD-39), who authored the legislation – SB 850 – described his measure
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — In observance of Yom HaShoah, which begins Sunday evening, April 27, AJC issued the following statement: WE REMEMBER In the Jewish tradition, we are commanded to remember (zachor) and not to forget (lo tishkach). This week we commemorate Yom HaShoah, the Day of Holocaust Remembrance. On this solemn occasion, 69
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Jewish ReligionBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO–Is it springtime for Hitler in the 21st century? From eBooks, to Google Maps, to political polemics, to cafes, one of the biggest mass murderers in world history seems to be on many people’s minds. But one thing seems to elude their thoughts: the almost incomprehensible barbarity of one of history’s
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Jewish History, Joe Gandelman
NEW YORK (Press Release) – Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky visited AJC headquarters in New York on Friday, April 25, only days after meeting in Kiev with an AJC delegation. Speaking at a breakfast with AJC leaders, including AJC President Stanley Bergman, Lubkivsky spoke passionately about the efforts of the Ukrainian government and people to achieve
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A highlight of my day six and a half decades ago, before television reached Fall River, late afternoons Monday through Friday, was the opening blare of the William Tell Overture and then another radio episode of the Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto. Tonto was what politically aware Native Americans call a
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Kathy E. Gill SEATTLE, Washington — Using money to privilege convenience may be the American ethic. And it’s a far cry from the egalitarianism exemplified in “all men are created equal.” Look at the TSA and its “precheck” program, for example. With TSA precheck, you pay $85 and cough up your biometrics and an
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USA
PARIS (WJC)–European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor has urged the European Union to abide by its own guidelines which designate Hamas as a terrorist organization and shun any Palestinian government in which the Islamist group is a member. He sent the message to the EU during a meeting of the EJC’s Executive which took place
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International, Middle EastAnti-Israel student group distributes mock eviction notices at NYU (JNS.org) The anti-Israel group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) distributed mock eviction to up to 2,000 students at New York University, claiming its notices mimic those that the Israel Defense Forces hands out in advance of home evictions of Palestinians. “We regret to inform
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InternationalBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-Georgia’s governor signed the “Guns Everywhere Law” which allows people with concealed weapons permits to bring guns into airports, bars, churches, schools, government buildings and parts of airports. Although he heralded it as a victory for Second Amendment rights, Catholic Priests have expressed concern that their altar boys will be packing
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireAttention Family Historians: If you would like a JPG photo copy from the Southwestern Jewish Press of any “Adventures in San Diego Jewish History” article that has been reprinted on the San Diego Jewish World website, simply copy the website address of the article, and send it along with the article’s headline, with a $5 payment
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Adventures in SD HistoryWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Norway’s Foreign Minister Borge Brende met on a variety of issues on Thursday, April 24, with the apparent breakdown of the Middle East peace process clearly on everyone’s mind. Meeting the news media before their private discussion, Brende made a point of thanking Kerry
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Middle East, USASACRAMENTO. California (Press Release) – On the heels of a Field Poll showing large majorities of registered California voters supporting universal preschool for all four-year old children, a new poll released Thursday, April 24, by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) reflects similar public sentiment, as the Senate Democratic caucus presses early childhood education as a
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The coming observance of Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, does not immediately bring to mind a global conflagration, nor the death camps, nor even the dreadful image of barbed wire. I first remember an old man. As a child in Israel, I lived naturally and comfortably with survivors
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