JPlate: KBTZNIK
Melanie Rubin has done it again. She found a Jewish interest license plate belonging to someone who worked, and perhaps grew up, on an Israeli kibbutz. We’re happy to add this to her collection of license plates … [SDJW staff]
California
OpEd: Faulconer Seeks Profit by Driving a Wedge into the Jewish Community
I cannot stay silent when I see former Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s calculating, cunning and opportunistic attempt to fundraise off the hurt and pain our Jewish community is experiencing. Faulconer’s crass attempt to pad his campaign coffers with cash while pretending to be a friend of our community shall not go unnoticed. [Laurie Black]
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Antisemitism, California, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined ContributorsHarvey Weinstein asks top NY appeals court to overturn rape conviction, grant new trial in another
Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein asked New York’s highest state court on Wednesday to overturn one of the disgraced film producer’s rape convictions, and give him a new trial in another. “Our client did not get a fair trial,” defense lawyer Arthur Aidala told the Court of
California lawmakers take trip to Israel amid growing criticism of war in Gaza
Published by The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group of California lawmakers is on a three-day trip to Israel this week amid growing criticism from U.S. leadership over that country’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. In a statement, lawmakers said they will “meet with impacted communities and bear witness to the
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California, Israel, Nordot, USAWhat Should Come First, Hamas Ouster or Ceasefire in Gaza? U.S. Senate Candidates Disagree
Lee wants an immediate, permanent ceasefire which would leave Hamas in power, and negotiations toward a two-state solution. Porter and Schiff also favor a two-state solution but not while Hamas is in power. Garvey says a two-state solution is naïve, because a Palestinian state would remain in favor of Israel’s destruction. [Donald H. Harrison]
Katie Porter, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee Swore Off Corporate PAC Money. What Does That Mean?
Rep. Katie Porter — who, of the three, has the shortest tenure in Congress — notes that her campaign has never received corporate PAC money, while Reps. Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee only began to reject corporate PAC money this election. The issue could come up again tonight, when the three Democrats and Republican Steve Garvey face off in the second televised U.S. Senate debate, hosted by KTLA, KRON and other Nexstar Media Group stations. [Yue Stella Yu, CalMatters]
The Jewish Stories that We Tell
These past few weeks in particular, I have been reflecting on the profound ways storytelling has woven itself through the fabric of our community’s experiences, connecting our past, present and future. [Heidi Gantwerk]
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California, Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USASky Born River (Melody: Old Man River)
Sky born river, that sky born river
It keeps on raining, the ground’s not draining.
It just keeps storming from global warming, I’ve heard. [Laurie Baron]
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California, Lawrence Baron, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, USAOur Shtetl San Diego County: Focus on Education
San Diego Unified School District Board President Shana Hazan and Heather Ferbert, a candidate for San Diego City Attorney, held a joint news conference on Wednesday, pointing out that three great dangers jeopardize the health and safety of public school students. These are 1) Teen Dating Violence; 2) Child Abuse; 3) Weapons brought to schools. [SDJW staff]
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Antisemitism, California, Israel, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USAOur Shtetl San Diego County: Snapshots of Antisemitism at Local Universities
The chairman of the University of California Board of Regents, Rich Leib, who is a San Diego County resident, disclosed to Sunday’s symposium on antisemitism cosponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Diego and the American Jewish Committee that the stands he has taken against antisemitism has prompted 120 groups to call for his resignation. “I can say that is not going to happen,” he declared during a panel session on campus antisemitism. [SDJW staff]
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Antisemitism, California, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USADemocratic Senate Candidates in California Split on Israeli Ceasefire; Agree on Combating Domestic Antisemitism
The most significant difference among the candidates was their answers to the ceasefire question. While she favors eliminating Hamas as the power controlling Gaza, Lee said, “what I don’t think will assure Israel’s security is killing 26,000 women and children and civilians.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jascha Heifetz
At age of 7, he made his concert debut, performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in Kovno. In 1910, he entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory and studied under Leopold Auer. At the age of 12, in Berlin, he met Fritz Kreisler, who was so impressed by the boy’s playing, he reportedly commented, “We may as well break our fiddles across our knees.” [SDJW Staff]
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California, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined ContributorsJPlate: 4UBubby
License plate maven Melanie Rubin spotted 4UBubby on a California-licensed car in San Diego. We figure the owner of the car is one happy grandma.
Today’s Jewish Birthday: Adam Lambert
Lambert’s big break came in 2009 when he finished as runner-up to singer Kris Allen in Season Eight of American Idol, covering such songs as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Black or White,” “The Tracks of My Tears,” “Mad World,” “If I Can’t Have You,” “One,” “Cryin’,” “A Change Is Gonna Come,” and “No Boundaries. [SDJW staff]
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