The punishment that follows is striking: God’s response to Miriam’s spoken outrage and disdain is to afflict her with what we know as leprosy, turning her skin “white as snow”—a chilling, and perhaps ironic direct contrast to the Cushite woman’s dark skin, strongly suggesting that Miriam’s complaint was indeed rooted in prejudice related to appearance or origin. [Barrett Holman Leak]
A bagel shop felt like something my neighborhood, Silver Lake, desperately needed. And the skills needed to run one seemed to suit mine: an interest in business, a passion for food, and a personality that loved to kibbitz. [Jason Maury Kaplan]
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Authored by Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Dawn Addis, sponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), and supported by a coalition of 47 Jewish organizations, the bill continues to gain extraordinary bipartisan momentum in the fight against antisemitism in K-12 schools. [Press Release]
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he U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) last week opened an investigation into a complaint filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish on Campus against California State Polytechnic (Cal Poly), Humboldt. The organizations allege that the university is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by cultivating a campus environment that allowed for the verbal and physical harassment, exclusion, and abuse of Jewish students. [Press Release]
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AB 101 was ill-conceived from the start: no enforceable guidelines, no state standards, no penalties for ignoring guardrails that prohibit discrimination, not even a real definition of what ethnic studies actually means. [Marsha Sutton, Times of San Diego]
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Antisemitism, California, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Times of San Diego“This bill is a direct response to the alarming rise in antisemitic incidents in California schools,” said David Bocarsly, JPAC Executive Director. “Our message is being heard: Jewish students deserve to feel safe, seen, and supported in every classroom. We’re grateful to the authors, the Jewish Caucus, and the Assembly Appropriations Committee for their support.” [Press Release]
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The State of California agreed in federal court on Monday, May 19, to stop excluding Jewish schools from special education funding that helps children with disabilities. [Press Release]
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Another prominent Jewish prisoner at Alcatraz was Meyer Harris “Mickey” Cohen, whose parents had immigrated to Los Angeles from Kiev. Before he was 10 years old, Cohen was sent to Reform School for petty theft and shoplifting. He continued his criminal activities, working with Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel among others. Among his criminal activities were bookmaking, tax evasion, and a number of violent crimes. He went to Alcatraz in 1961 for tax evasion, where he was the only prisoner there who was ever released on bail, with his bond signed by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. What else is true of Mickey Cohen? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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The Astor Judaica Library had some 60 people attending the May 4 Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices program featuring three published poets, Stewart Florsheim, Simon Patlis and Adam Shames. [Eileen Wingard]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Eileen Wingard, Holocaust, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined ContributorsThe Assembly Education Committee on Thursday unanimously approved AB 715, a bill designed to fight antisemitism in K-12 schools, and sent it on its legislative journey to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. [SDJW staff]
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The recently renovated Western Metal Rooftop area is a fine place for an event such as this. Of the 323 Jewish Federation guests, about half stayed in the gathering area near the buffet lines, which had a mixture of seating options, stand-up tables, a fire pit, big screens, and a cornball area and running room for children. [Phil Lorang]
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The Chairs of California Legislative Diversity Caucuses announced on Saturday AB 715, legislation aimed at strengthening protections for K–12 students against antisemitism and discrimination. [Press Release]
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Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), the voice of California’s Jewish community to the state capitol, welcomed a record-breaking 600 Jewish leaders and allies to its annual Capitol Summit in Sacramento this week. [Press Release]
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It is no surprise that Mel, a spokesperson for a pro-Palestinian group, would declare, “We were definitely surprised about the charges being filed.” [Bruce S. Ticker]
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