Von Wilpert emphasized the critical role education plays in the prevention of hate crimes and announced she will fight for the Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit to be a traveling exhibit throughout all San Diego libraries. (Press Release)
As we hold tight to the stories of those still alive from the Holocaust, we will be holding tight to the stories of the hostages from Oct.7. They will always show resilience and the power of prayer that helped them survive. (Cailin Acosta)
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and President Donald Trump have negotiated a deal to fund the government. Schumer announced that the agreement calls for five bipartisan bills funding most of the government would be approved as is, while the bill allocating funds to the Department of Homeland Security would be approved with a two-week continuing resolution …
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I get chills every time I stand before any haunting symbol for our six million brethren, and the millions of others who died for being who they were. I suppose I felt guilt and shame for having escaped their fate because of timing and location. I was born in a free country five years after the Jewish people’s cruelest nightmare ended. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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It was a day intended to honor the six million Jewish souls systematically extinguished by the Nazi regime. Instead, two of the world’s most influential entities—U.S. Vice President JD Vance and the BBC—delivered messages that achieved a chilling feat: they commemorated the Holocaust while effectively erasing the Jews. [Rabbo Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Holocaust survivor and documentarian Bernard Offen, 96, who was imprisoned in the ghetto in Krakow, Poland, and later was an inmate at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp complex, spoke Tuesday at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of those camps by Soviet forces. [Donald H. Harrison]
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The liberation has not lost its urgency or its moral weight. As we reflect more than eight decades later, the connections between that history and the world we are living in today are impossible to ignore. (Press release).
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On January 22, 1938, Goldman was arrested. He was charged with participation in counter-revolutionary crimes – anti-state subversive and terrorist activities. He was brutally tortured during interrogations, but he categorically denied all charges and said nothing that would have allowed a case to be fabricated against others, as the investigators demanded. [Alex Gordon]
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Alyson Brauning, Interim Chair of the National Education Association (NEA) Jewish Affairs Caucus said, “as a Jewish public-school educator, these findings, while disturbing, do not come as a shock. They reveal a serious disconnect between stated commitments to equity and the lived realities of Jewish educators. …” [Press release]
With false statements such as California State Senator Scott Wiener’s that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, is it surprising that Alliance San Diego disinvited Rabbi Hanan Leberman to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.? [J. Barry Gurdin]
Opinion: Learning to Hate Yourself or Whence Cometh the Hate? Read More »
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Our Global 100 Survey found that 46 percent of adults worldwide hold significant antisemitic beliefs—an estimated 2.2 billion people. That percentage is nearly double what we saw a decade ago. [Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL]
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What sets Christian Zionism 101 apart is its vitality: short, punchy chapters, bold headings, scripture sidebars, and over 200 footnotes for depth. At 206 pages, it’s ideal for individuals, study groups, or newcomers. Early feedback, including Amazon’s 4.5-star average, praises its humble, bridge-building tone. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Lisa Berman Hernandez, president of Tifereth Israel Synagogue, shed some light on what led up to her congregation’s American-Israeli Rabbi Hanan Leberman being disinvited to deliver the benediction at an “All Peoples” breakfast on Monday honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [Donald H. Harrison]
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In case of doubt, I am only teasing when I confess that the Jewish people contribute to an Israeli conspiracy. There could well be readers who take this admission seriously. Let me be plain: As far as I am aware, Josh Shapiro is no agent for Israel. I was merely, ahem, joshing. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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