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Pomegranates and Nine Jewish Facts About Them As Rosh Hashanah Approaches

As I am keeping an eye on a neighbor’s pomegranate tree, I wonder each year if they will be ripe and ready before Rosh Hashanah. For many years, we picked buckets full, and for a few years, it’s been just a couple. Every year, I leave a note in their mailbox asking when or if my kids can come and pick from their trees. I always sign the note, from your friendly neighborhood Jew. Giggle.

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Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Stage Tour: A Living Laboratory of Vibration

The Hollywood Bowl performance in August marked the final stop of the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Farewell Tour, which spanned over 69 shows worldwide. Cyndi Lauper’s choice to end her touring career was rooted in gratitude and honesty: she wanted to celebrate on her own terms, surrounded by music, friends, and fans. [Michael Adam Cohen]

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Mixed-Media Artist Rose Mizrahi Featured at Point Loma Branch Library

When asked which one of her paintings is her favorite, Mizrahi pointed out one of mountains titled “Summit.”  She was on vacation at Mammoth Mountain and got the inspiration to paint when she got home. Mizrahi doesn’t focus on just one genre; if she feels like painting a landscape, then she does, if she feels like painting something in space or cosmos, then she does, which makes her art unique in spanning different genres. [Cailin Acosta]

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Leon Lewis Fought American Nazis in Los Angeles

Lewis secretly created a spy network with sympathetic disabled German American World War 1 veterans he knew.  The veterans were horrified by Nazism and how it could turn German Americans into dangerous pariahs in their own country.  They volunteered to penetrate the Bund. [Jerry Klinger]

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Historic Marker Celebrates Colorado Governor who Protested WWII Internment of Japanese-Americans

In time, the Roosevelt administration compelled Carr to bend to its orders.  Carr reluctantly complied but never stopped protesting the injustice and gross violation of the Constitution. [Jerry Klinger]

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Jewish Solar Challenge Plans to Award $300,000 to Institutions Installing Solar

The imminent end to solar tax credits forces organizations to install panels on a shorter timeline or risk losing incentives if they can’t move quickly enough. By offering direct financial support, Jewish Solar Challenge helps keep the transition to clean energy within reach for organizations committed to sustainability and long-term savings. [Press Release]

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JPAC Opposes Penalizing UCLA $1 Billion for Failing to Protect Jewish Students

Substantial work remains to effectively fight antisemitism on campus. However, cutting vital federal research funding or imposing a billion-dollar penalty would instead harm students, disrupt life-saving research, threaten economic growth, and undermine one of the nation’s most respected public university systems. [Press Release]

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Faculty, Students Nationwide Organize to Support Israel, Oppose Antisemitism

More than 50 college faculty members from the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), including two professors from UC San Diego, stood with more than 700 college students at the Israel on Campus (ICC) National Leadership Summit (NLS) in Washington, DC, to strategize ways to work together to combat rising antisemitism on campuses nationwide. [Press Release]

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