Maggid Books has published a new five-volume series by the recently deceased scholar Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz that inform readers in easy to read English of the fundamentals of Judaism. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
The threat by left-wing Jewish groups to boycott the Jewish National Fund in Israel strikes a blow at the Jewish unity to which we all aspire. But it also serves a clarifying purpose—it shines a light on the hypocrisy of many on the Jewish left, especially concerning the future of Jerusalem. [Moshe Phillips]
Boycott Threat Against JNF/KKL Is Hypocritical Read More »
Middle East
By Douglas J. Gladstone SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York — Dick Sharon, a former San Diego Padres outfielder, is one of the chosen people. The problem is, he’s been chosen – singled out, may be a better way to phrase it – by the suits who run the union representing today’s current players, the Major League
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Sports & Competitions, USA
It may be uncomfortable for me to bring this up, but anyone who doesn’t have his or her head in the clouds knows that in the Middle East, the first one to concede in negotiations has already lost. Middle Easterners have a “bazaar” mentality, always asking their opponents to “make an offer,” knowing that doing so rigs the game in favor of those who have patience and wait. [Steve Kramer]
Once Again, Iran is Beating U.S. in Nuclear Negotiations Read More »
International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
In response to the evolving needs of unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United States, U.S. Department of Health and Human services (HHS) on Thursday night, April 8, transferred 300 teenage girls from the emergency intake site at the San Diego Convention Center to another site at Fort Bliss in Texas. The transfer creates space in San Diego for an equal number of “tender-age” children (ages 5 to 12) and older siblings who have been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The new arrivals will be in San Diego on Friday. [News release from Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego]
S.D. Convention Center to Shelter Pre-Teen Migrants Read More »
Travel and Food
Three of my great-grandparents fled to the U.S. one hundred years ago, escaping torture and mass killings against Jews in Ukraine, Lithuania, and Austria-Hungary. Some of their relatives stayed behind and did not survive, but my great-grandparents arrived penniless on Ellis Island to find a better life. [County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer]
Lawson-Remer recalls Jewish ancestors’ immigrant struggles Read More »
International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
Israel on Thursday said it had formally decided not to cooperate with an International Criminal Court war crimes investigation into the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The ICC’s chief prosecutor announced on 3 March that she had opened a full investigation into the situation in the Israeli-occupied territories, infuriating Israel, which is not a
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Middle East
The World Jewish Congress hosted a discussion via zoom with three children of survivors: Professor and poet, Menachem Rosensaft; Rabbi Arthur Schneier and New York Times Best-Selling author Yossi Klein-Halevi. [Eric George Tauber]
Commemorating Yom Hashoah in Verse Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, Jewish History
HOLOCAUST APPROPRIATION: When Holocaust terminology is used in a way which minimizes the gravity and uniqueness of the tragedy. eg, Calling political opponents ‘Nazis’ or accusing Israel of Nazi/ Holocaust policies. [Elliot Friedland]
Standing Against ‘Holocaust Appropriation’ Read More »
International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
It’s a day of sad contemplation of what the Jewish people have lost, not only in numbers but in individuals, parents, children, relatives, people who worked with their hands or their brains, doctors, scientists, artists, writers, and lawyers, and so many others. So much talent wasted, so many minds and bodies obliterated senselessly. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
A Family and a Nation Remember Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History
Since at least 2014, Mural (1943) has been on perpetual tour. So much has already been said about this large painting – books are devoted solely to the analysis of Jackson Pollock’s first great masterpiece. What else can possibly be said? In fact, there will always be new things to say. As with any work of genius, it exceeds every interpretation. Mural is generally regarded as a transitional work – between the mythological, Jungian abstractions and the later drip paintings which would secure Pollock’s world fame.
‘Mural’ Came From Deep in Pollock’s Unconscious Read More »
Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir
Participants from across the world joined leaders, dignitaries and Holocaust survivors April 8 in March of the Living’s virtual events marking Holocaust Remembrance Day across the Jewish world. This year’s March of the Living paid special tribute to the medical professionals who risked their lives during the Holocaust. [From News Releases]
Global Holocaust Remembrance Goes Virtual Read More »
International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA
The Passover 2019 attack on Chabad of Poway in which congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye was murdered and three other persons were wounded has prompted a pair of criminal cases and a civil case in its wake, while a fourth criminal case involving tax fraud proceeds in federal court. [Donald H. Harrison]
Another Shoe May Drop in Chabad of Poway Case Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
During the California Assembly Education Committee’s first hearing on AB 101, legislation to make the recently approved Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum a high school graduation requirement, AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin was one of two experts to testify in opposition to the bill. [Press Release from AMCHA Initiative]
AMCHA Initiative Director Testifies Against Ethnic Studies Read More »
Science, Medicine, & Education, USA