Scoring doesn’t matter in the Miracle League’s two-inning games in which every player per side gets to hit and circle the bases at least once per inning. At the end of the game, the score is always tied, and every player has had the thrill of crossing home plate at least twice to the cheers of their families, friends, and their game “buddies.” [Donald H. Harrison]
The parents of Congresswoman Sara Jacobs — Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs — have accepted roles as chairs of the Israel Emergency Response Campaign sponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. [SDJW staff report]
Congresswoman Jacobs’ Parents Head Emergency Fund for Israel Read More »
Israel, San Diego County, USA
The House of Israel in Balboa Park, hit with vandalism in the last three days, will close until further notice, according to Ruth Mastron, its president. Located among the international cottages near the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, the House of Israel offers exhibits about Israel and is well-known for serving bourekas to visitors. [SDJW staff report]
House of Israel in Balboa Park Closes for Safety Reasons Read More »
Israel, San Diego County, USA
Jewish community members are asking various institutions and organizations to indicate their support for Israel and opposition to Hamas in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists who murdered over 1,000 civilians and also took approximately 150 hostages. [SDJW Staff report]
Jewish Communal Members Seek to Rally Support for Israel, against Hamas Read More »
Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Cantor Hanan Leberman of Tifereth Israel Synagogue bade his congregation an emotional goodbye Sunday, Oct. 15, as he prepared to return to Israel to join his IDF Reserve unit now preparing for whatever may come in the war with Hamas. [Donald H. Harrison]
Cantor Who Is IDF Reservist Bids Farewell to His U.S. Congregation Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County
Temple Beth Shalom hosted a deeply poignant ecumenical vigil for Israel, gathering a diverse community to stand in unified support amid the heart-wrenching loss of 1300 Israelis in the malicious attacks by Hamas terrorists. {Temple Beth Shalom press release]
Inter-Religious Vigil for Israel Held at Temple Beth Shalom Read More »
Israel, San Diego County, USA
“I believe the arts in general are all about uplifting human beings and making the world better for having experienced them,” Ellenstein told me. “I’ve always believed in a wide variety of genres, and I like to do all kinds of plays – new plays, old plays, dramas, comedies, musicals, avant-garde plays…” {Donald H. Harrison]
David Ellenstein Followed His Actor Father Into Show Business Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In a recent development, several prominent CEOs have declared an intention not to employ Harvard University students who solely attribute the ongoing devastation in the Gaza and Israel conflict to Israel. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]
Harvard Students Embarrass Themselves with Pro-Hamas Rhetoric Read More »
Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
A group of 18 Jewish men, who have nicknamed themselves “The Bagel Boys” arranged their chairs under a shade tree at a local park on Friday and shared stories about flying in and out of Israel just as the war with Hamas was getting underway. [Donald H. Harrison]
San Diegans Describe Experiences Flying In and Out of War-Torn Israel Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
As Morocco rebuilds in the aftermath of a horrifying earthquake that struck High Atlas Mountain ranges last month, this article considers the guiding premises for sustainable societies established in the first chapter of the Torah, “In the Beginning.” [Yossef Ben-Meir]
‘In the Beginning’ in Morocco Read More »
International, Jewish Religion, Opinion, Yossef Ben-MeirHitler’s fanaticism and the legacy of his henchmen in implementing his “Final Solution” against the Jews cannot begin to compare with the Islamic fanaticism of Hamas. Unlike the Nazis, who did their best to conceal their genocidal crimes against the Jews, the followers of Hamas take immense pride in carrying out their acts of mayhem against the Jew, as we saw in the recent October 7th attack against the Jews on Shabbat and during the holiday of Simchat Torah. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]
Hamas Merged Nazi and Islamist Ideologies Read More »
Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East
Prof. Sanford “Sandy” Lakoff, the founding chairman of UC San Diego’s political science department and a $2 million benefactor of Brandeis University where he did his undergraduate work, has died at age 92, San Diego Jewish World has learned. [SDJW staff report]
Prof. Sanford ‘Sandy’ Lakoff (1931-2023) Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Let us call them out for what they are. They are Nazis. They are wannabe Putins. They are war criminals. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Worse than Nazism: It is Babi Yar All Over Again Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East
How had this happened? Where were our defense forces? Our intelligence network? Our government? The answer came to me in a flash, and I was not the only one to have these thoughts, though we have been told that this is not the time for calling the authorities to account. That will come later. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Disbelief, Horror, Anger Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Middle East