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TICO, Celebrating Golden Anniversary, Has Memorable Concert at the JCC

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, under the direction of David Amos, gave a memorable concert at the Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC Sunday, November 26.  Because of the configuration of the hall, most of the well-filled audience seats allowed visibility of all the musicians. [Eileen Wingard]

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

UN Ambassador Explains Why Israel Faces Uphill Battle at ‘House of Lies’

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — The famed Israeli envoy to the United Nations and United States, Abba Eban, once said that “if Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions” at the U.N. While addressing

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International, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, USA

‘In the Shadow of Tragedy and Uncertainty, We Will Rebuild,’ JNF-USA President Affirms

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Dr. Sol Lizerbram, the San Diego-based National President of Jewish National Fund-USA, kicked off the organization’s Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Thursday night by affirming that Israel’s South will be rebuilt following the October 7 Hamas massacre. Lizerbram reflected that such conferences usually begin with lively remarks and

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

Dreidels Find Their Way into Encore Performance of ‘Plaid Tidings’

This fun show is the sequel to Forever Plaid.  In this version, written by Stuart Ross to uplift the nation after 9/11, a 1950s-style boys quartet who died in a car crash finds themselves sent back to earth to perform a show, but they don’t know what they’re supposed to do and have to figure it out as they go. [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food

A Future for Israel?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Palestinians Must Have Hope for a Brighter Future,” urges a New York Times headline. It tops a Thanksgiving Day opinion piece authored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Hope for what? To kill more Jews? What about hope for the Jewish people? The hostage exchange between Israel and

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA

Jewish Professor Barred from USC Campus Following Argument with Anti-Israel Students

The propaganda war between supporters of Israel and supporters of Hamas has prompted the administration of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles to ban John Strauss, a Jewish professor of economics, from teaching on the campus, but he is permitted to conduct classes via Zoom. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Harrison Relates Jewish Stories From Along the Interstate 5

Donald H. Harrison, author of a three-volume book on Jewish life in San Diego County along the Interstate 5, will describe his methodology and share some of the stories in a presentation from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at Yiddishland, 1128 Wall Street, La Jolla. [SDJW Staff]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Javier Milei

By Mark D. Zimmerman Javier ‍Milei ‍was ‍just ‍elected ‍president ‍of ‍Argentina. ‍Milei, ‍an ‍economist, ‍author, ‍politician, ‍former ‍tantric ‍sex ‍coach, ‍and ‍self-described ‍“anarcho-capitalist,” ‍is ‍a ‍right-wing ‍libertarian ‍and ‍populist ‍who ‍supports ‍freedom ‍of ‍choice ‍on ‍issues ‍such ‍as ‍drugs, ‍guns, ‍prostitution, ‍and ‍LGBTQ ‍issues, ‍while ‍opposing ‍abortion. ‍He ‍believes ‍that ‍global ‍warming ‍is ‍a

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Information You Might Need to Defend Israel

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — During the past weeks since the October 7 massacre of Israelis, the world has heard and watched many condemnations of Israel throughout the media universe. The following short summaries describe some of the most virulent organizations who constantly vilify Israelis and Jews. Their common strategy is the dissolution

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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer