Israel

Anti-Israel Cartoon Roils Sweetwater Union High School District

An anti-Israel, anti-American cartoon that appeared in the Bonita Vista High School newspaper has sparked a controversy that has escalated to the point that San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan has said her office will look into whether a hate crime has been committed. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

‘Being a Teacher Right Now is Hard,’ Says San Diego Primary School Educator

By Jessamyn Dodd (JNS) During recess at Alcott Elementary School in San Diego recently, Danielle Wisdom heard a child from a different class shout “Free Palestine.” The fourth-grade teacher, who is Jewish, questioned the child about the phrase and learned that the student’s mother uses it. Wisdom has since become aware that many of the

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Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

People4Peace Counters Misinformation, Biases in Wake of Hamas Terror Attacks

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – Professionals from law, media, education, science, government relations, psychology and communications unite in People4Peace to tell the stories of real people in the wake of Iran-backed terrorist organization Hamas’ horrific attacks on Israeli civilians and ongoing cross-border assaults.  The coalition uses traditional media, digital channels and social platforms to also emphasize

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Israel, USA

Ugandan-American Tells of Fateful October Visit to Israel

Then, the first siren rang. We were bewildered and befuddled but the amazing hotel staff shuffled us into the basement along with the other hotel guests.  In my imagination, this was just another one-day scuffle. Such is what passes for “peacetime” in this part of the world, I thought. [Shoshana McKinney]

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International, Israel, Jewish History, Shoshana McKinney, Travel and Food

Aharoni: Hamas’ Oct 7th Attack Rewrote the Rules for Fighting Terrorism

“There is no escape from the inevitable conclusion that if Israel cannot tolerate Hamas along the southern border, Israel cannot tolerate Hezbollah on the northern border either,” he told more than 300 persons at a StandWithUs-sponsored speech on Monday evening, Nov. 20, in the social hall of Congregation Beth El. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County

New Joint Initiative to Facilitate Overseas Physicians Volunteering to Address Israel’s Wartime Healthcare Shortage

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — In response to Israel’s pressing healthcare challenges during wartime, Nefesh B’Nefesh has been collaborating with the Israeli Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency for Israel on assembling a comprehensive database of thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish physician volunteers from around the world. The Iron

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Video of Jewish Students Leaving Amid Protest Said to Be Real Despite Earlier UCSD Denial

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — A Jewish student organization at UC San Diego said Sunday an Instagram video showing students leaving a building amid an anti-Israel protest is real, despite an earlier denial by the university. Hillel San Diego said the video circulating on social media was taken by

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Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Rep. Jacobs Calls for Bilateral Ceasefire as Israel Plans Expansion of War on Hamas

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego Rep. Sara Jacobs on Saturday criticized plans by Israel to expand the war against Hamas terrorists into southern Gaza, calling instead for a bilateral ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages. “Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israeli civilians on October 7th was gruesome, horrifying, and inexcusable, and the State of

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Chris Jennewein, Israel, San Diego County, USA

The Man for Whom Ma’alot Harav Shlomo Goren Was Named

Born in Poland in 1917 and emigrated to Palestine at the age of eight, Rabbi Goren was a brilliant, colorful, and sometimes controversial, Talmudist and halakhist. Young Shlomo Goren was a prodigy: at the tender age of twelve, he began his formal Talmud studies as the youngest student ever at Jerusalem’s Hebron Yeshiva and he published the first of many books when he was just seventeen years old. [Gedaliah Borvick]

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Gedaliah Borvick, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

From Rashida’s Rhetoric to Fears of Sitting Shiva

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — If only a bloody-hand stunt staged by pro-Arab activists applied to U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s rhetoric and her possible role leading to the deaths of two Jews – one a synagogue president in Tlaib’s hometown and the other a pro-Israel demonstrator outside Los Angeles. Tlaib, a Democrat who represents

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Bruce Ticker, California, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, USA