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Transgender people ordered to surrender their Kansas drivers’ licenses

Effective Thursday, February 26, the Kansas state government passed a law that invalidated the drivers licenses of transgender people in the state overnight and ordered them to surrender their IDs. This law is harmful and unconstitutional; the ACLU filed a lawsuit in Kansas state court, working to overturn it, or at least buy time for transgender residents. [Press Release}

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Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Heidi Gantwerk to participate in national hookup about Mideast War

Jewish Federation of San Diego President & CEO Heidi Gantwerk has been invited by Jewish Federations of North America to be featured in a special national briefing tomorrow morning, March 12, on the conflict involving Israel, the United States, and Iran. [Press Release]

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SD Jewish Academy to serve as base camp for Swiss national soccer team

The 2026 World Cup features 48 teams with matches June 11 to July 19, 2026. Competing in its 13th World Cup, Switzerland will be based in San Diego and will play in the group stage against Qatar in Santa Clara on June 13, a UEFA playoff winner in Los Angeles on June 18, and against co-host nation Canada in Vancouver. [Press Release]

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S.D. City Council to debate IHRA definition of antisemitism

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism will be debated as a city policy by the San Diego City Council at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. The event includes a security screening in the lobby. [Cailin Acosta]

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Satire: Inside Iran choosing a new Supreme Leader

The recording was made using a device hidden in the robe of a mole within the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.  The device, smuggled into Iran by an Israeli spy, was radio-activated when an order of bagels and lox was delivered to a meeting of the IRGC’s executive board. [Bruce Lowitt]

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Hadassah lobbies Congress on antisemitism, Middle Eastern and women’s issues

“Hadassah has never sat on the sidelines and we are not going to do so at this pivotal moment,” said Hadassah National President Carol Ann Schwartz. “We are bringing the combined strength of nearly 300,000 members, donors and supporters directly to Congress to stand firm against antisemitism, to uphold the strategic US-Israel alliance and to safeguard the health and well-being of women everywhere.” [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, Israel, Middle East, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

CyberWell alerts social media administrators to spike in antisemitic postings

Monitoring English, Arabic and Farsi-language content, CyberWell identified several antisemitic narratives and trending content glorifying violence against Jews and celebrating attacks on Israeli civilians. [Press Release]

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Review: Helene Schjerfbeck retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Fête juive (1883)—also titled Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)—Schjerfbeck depicts a moment of Jewish ritual dwelling emptied of festivity. An older man sits beside a young girl on a thin, red-edged mattress placed directly on the floor of the sukkah, the temporary shelter mandated by the festival. [Sam Ben-Meir]

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