Ig Nobels have been awarded for the last 35 years for achievements that first make people LAUGH, and then make them THINK. Organized by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), they celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative, and spur interest in science. [Press Release]
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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share
“As President Trump prepares to welcome Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House for the fourth time in the last 10 months, we urge the President to finally reach agreement to end the war in Gaza, end the suffering and bring the hostages held by Hamas home. …” [Press Release]
Top Senate Democrats Issue Statement Prior to Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Read More »
Israel, Press Release, USA
The famous Russian Soviet poet Osip Mandelstam was baptized into Lutheranism in 1911, at the age of twenty. He renounced his Jewishness in one of his most famous poems, “For the Rattling Valor of the Future Centuries” (1931). (Alex Gordon]
Jewish Biography: Osip Mandelstam, Russian Poet Who Renounced Judaism Read More »
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After experiencing a sudden life-threatening situation in a foreign country three months ago, I now understand more viscerally the “who will live and who will die” part of the High Holy Days. [Marsha Sutton]
Face-to-Face with Her Mortality, She Stopped Taking Things for Granted Read More »
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If you’ve ever been to a Renaissance Faire, or seen one in passing, then you will really love the new show at The Old Globe Theater. Huzzah! is an action packed, funny, musical love letter to Ren Faires. [Sandi Masori]
Old Globe’s ‘Huzzah!: Sisters Battle for Control of a Renaissance Faire Read More »
San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
This program is for Jewish high school students to join a research-backed initiative that empowers them to combat antisemitism by sharing their Jewish identity and what it means to them personally. Students are provided the conversational and social tools necessary to navigate rising antisemitism and build strong relationships between Jewish and non-Jewish students. [Cailin Acosta]
Federation Conducts Training Program for Students to Fight Antisemitism Read More »
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We are seeing administrators take our calls for change seriously. SDSU has again renewed its Antisemitism Task Force charge for the fourth year in a row, UCSD has launched a working group, and CSUSM and USD continue to meet with our team to make things better. It is tireless work, but it is happening. [Karen Parry]
San Diego University Students Increase Their Participation in Hillel Read More »
Lifestyles, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
She served on the boards of the Bureau of Jewish Education, the San Fernando Valley Alliance, Kadima Hebrew Academy, the University of Judaism, the West Valley JCC, and the Catholic-Jewish Women’s Conference. She was also the publisher of the Western States Jewish History Journal. [Rabbi David Vorspan]
Gladys Sturman, Jewish Activist & Western States Jewish History Publisher Read More »
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The UN session, an annual occurrence, coincided this year with the observance of Rosh Hashanah, limiting available time for encounters. Despite the challenge, WJC secured a series of critical meetings — including with French President Emmanuel Macron, who joined WJC President Ronald S. Lauder to share apples and honey in honor of the Jewish New Year. [Press Release]
“…expect Muslims by 2085 to outnumber non-Muslims in Cyprus, Sweden, France, Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, the UK, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ireland, and Lithuania, with Belgium tipped to be the EU’s first, according to Céline Pina, writing in the monthly Causeur.” [Steve Kramer]
OpEd: Western Countries Slowly Giving Way to Islamic Populations Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer
On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session opening in New York, B’nai B’rith International today bestowed its Presidential Gold Medal—the organization’s highest honor—upon President Javier Milei of Argentina in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Press Release]
Argentina’s President Milei Honored by B’nai B’rith as Netanyahu Observes Read More »
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Spies inside the West Wing have informed me that Marco Rubio edited the most egregious parts of the address. Here are some excerpts from what Trump didn’t say. [Laurie Baron]
Satire: Trump’s UN Address Could Have Been Worse Read More »
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The traditional diamond industry is threatened when a company threatens to flood the market with laboratory-made diamonds that are indistinguishable from those found in mines. [Donald H. Harrison]
Mystery Novel Ponders Laboratory-Produced Diamonds’ Impact on Traditional Gem Market Read More »
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Alan Levine (Aish Ha’am) is the lone delegate elected from San Diego, with the other Californian delegates including 16 from Los Angeles, four from the San Francisco Bay Area, two from Sacramento, and one from Sonoma. [Press Release]
One San Diegan Among 24 from California Elected to World Zionist Congress Read More »
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