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Hillel Pays Tribute to Oct. 7 Victim from Sha’ar Hanegev

This year, Reef created a beautiful memorial for his friend, Nitzan, drawing on the strength of his community at Hillel. For Project Nitzan, Reef, along with many of his friends, passed out black poppy pins to hundreds of students, both Jewish and non-Jewish, with a link for people to learn more about the Libstein family’s story. [Karen Parry]

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Israel, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Satire: The Great White Pope

When asked by reporters whom he wanted to succeed Pope Francis, Donald Trump said, “I’d like to be pope. That would be my number one choice.”  Since I wanted to know more why he aspires to be pope, I surfed the internet and found him discussing it with Pete Hegseth on Signal.  The following is the transcript of his comments. [Laurie Baron]

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Republican Jewish Coalition Accuses 12 U.S. Senators of Maneuvering to Kill Antisemitism Awareness Act

he Republican Jewish Coalition released the following statement slamming Senate Democrats and Rand Paul for maneuvering to kill the Antisemitism Awareness Act, the Jewish community’s top priority for the 119th Congress. [Matt Brooks]

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Friends’ Lives, Careers Radically Diverge After Woodstock

Bryan and Jack quit their jobs at the drive-in theatre days before Woodstock and embarked on the 100-mile car ride to the concert venue. As they came to the festival, they were in complete awe of this newfound freedom, no parents to tell them what to do and no rules to follow. [Cailin Acosta]

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Honoring the Past, Preserving the Truth: Holocaust Survivors Featured in the RUTH Exhibit

It is with deep humility and profound respect that we share in the video above the names of the survivors who have not only been honored through this powerful exhibit but have also personally visited—making their presence a living testament to history, resilience, and endurance. [Sandra Scheller]

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SDMA Matches Plants with Fine Arts in Special Exhibit

The San Diego Museum of Art comes to life with nearly one hundred floral arrangements complementing the Museum’s permanent art collection. Many of the floral arrangements are by local and national floral designers who  creatively fill the galleries with many varieties of color and scents. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, USA

Coalition Formed to Fight Antisemitism in San Diego County

The coalition engages nearly two dozen partner organizations — including Jewish Federation of San Diego, Leichtag Foundation, Lawrence Family JCC, the Jewish Community Foundation, ADL San Diego and American Jewish Committee — along with community leaders from diverse backgrounds. [Times of San Diego]

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San Diego Jewish Community Counts the Omer

The days between Passover and Shavout include counting the Omer. The countdown represents the time between our ancestors’ liberation and the time they accepted the responsibility of becoming Torah-observing Jews. [Cailin Acosta]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson Novels Now Available on Audio

A few weeks ago, Dorothea received at her home office in Mevasseret Zion, Israel, an email from ‘Customer Support’ of KDP, the arm of Amazon which publishes books, telling her that she had been selected to produce the audiobook version of her books using virtual voice narration. [SDJW staff]

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Memoir Combines Career in TV News with LGBTQ Memories

Glaser believes he was the first on-air news personality to publicly identify as gay, commenting during a 1994 broadcast on KNBC: “As a gay man who’s lost more than a few friends to the virus, I am grateful to Elizabeth Glaser [no relation] for helping to heighten awareness of AIDS outside the ga and lesbian community.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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