NEW YORK (Press Release) – Thousands of people joined an Israeli-American Council (IAC) rally in Times Square Thursday night demanding the terrorist group Hamas release the hundreds of hostages it captured in the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. “Bring them home, bring them home,” thousands of people packing Duffy Square chanted. The IAC rally brought […]
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Israel, USA
The House of Israel in Balboa Park, hit with vandalism in the last three days, will close until further notice, according to Ruth Mastron, its president. Located among the international cottages near the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, the House of Israel offers exhibits about Israel and is well-known for serving bourekas to visitors. [SDJW staff report]
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Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — On Tuesday, I, along with Federation Board Chair David Bark, flew to Washington D.C. to gather with more than 200 Federation and partner agency leaders, philanthropists, and many national officials — all in support of Israel. We heard extraordinarily strong words of support from Congressional leadership from both sides
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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Does the whole world hate the Jews?” The question was posed by a self-identified Democrat from Waterbury, Conn., who called into C-Span Saturday morning to confess that he believed white nationalists owned antisemitism in America. With reports of the dreadful Hamas raid dominating the news, the caller said he
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
Temple Beth Shalom hosted a deeply poignant ecumenical vigil for Israel, gathering a diverse community to stand in unified support amid the heart-wrenching loss of 1300 Israelis in the malicious attacks by Hamas terrorists. {Temple Beth Shalom press release]
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Israel, San Diego County, USA
In a recent development, several prominent CEOs have declared an intention not to employ Harvard University students who solely attribute the ongoing devastation in the Gaza and Israel conflict to Israel. [Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel]
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Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
A group of 18 Jewish men, who have nicknamed themselves “The Bagel Boys” arranged their chairs under a shade tree at a local park on Friday and shared stories about flying in and out of Israel just as the war with Hamas was getting underway. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — More than 700 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community for Peace in support of Israel. The open letter calls on the entertainment community to speak out forcefully against Hamas, to support Israel, to refrain from sharing misinformation
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Israel, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Many times Israel has “won” in Gaza and then soon found itself fighting Hamas again. Deterrence and “mowing the grass” doesn’t defeat Islamic terrorists; you must liquidate them, one way or another. The Islamists who run Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon have a total disregard for the citizens of
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — With Israel at war, Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds and its affiliates around the world this week secured over $200 million in bond sales and commitments from investors since the war broke out in Israel, including $150 million in bond purchases from U.S. states, local municipal governments and an institution,
By Heidi Gantwerk and David Bark Dear friends, Later today, we will be sending a separate email with information on how you can personally help and become an integral part of our community’s efforts during this incredible time of need. Our thoughts are with those affected, and we are committed to keeping you informed. Here’s
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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
Jane Carol Ginsburg directs Columbia Law School’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts. Asked what she would like the civilian crew who will serve aboard the Ruth Bader Ginsburg to know about her mother, she replied in an email that they “might peruse two of her books: My Own Words and Justice, Justice Thou Shall Seek. The latter title was taken from Deuteronomy 16:20: Tzedek, tsedek, tirdof. For for a keepsake, or memento of her mother’s, she suggested the ship may wish to display the poster that accompanied the issuance in October 2023 of a U.S. Post Office stamp in Judge Ginsburg’s honor. [Donald H. Harrison and Emily Scalmanini}
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Celebrities, Jewish History, San Diego County, Technology, USA
Editor’s note: The Torah scroll that is currently aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier was donated by the Kamaras family in memory of Sgt. Jacob Kamaras, a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, as well as the grandfather and namesake of the editor and publisher of San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) is hosting its annual signature luncheon at 12 p.m., Thursday, November 2, with nationally renowned rabbi and author, Sharon Brous, for a discussion on human connection. Held at the Hilton La Jolla at Torrey Pines, the event with Rabbi Brous is scheduled from
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San Diego County, USA