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]
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Biden Calls for Temporary Ceasefire Before Israeli Ground Attack on Rafah
U.S. President Joe Biden demanded a temporary ceasefire to secure the release of hostages in Gaza, claiming that the deal “has to” go through before Israel launches a military operation in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. [JNS.org]
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International, Israel, USAIsrael: Five wounded in Sabbath eve terrorist shooting
Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 17 (ANI/TPS): A terrorist opened fire on innocent people at a bus stop at a major highway intersection in central Israel on Friday afternoon, wounding five people, including one soldier. The attack occurred at the Bne Re’em Intersection, also known to Israelis by its Arabic name “Masmiah.”
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Israel, NordotIsrael says 18 of 24 Hamas battalions in Gaza Strip ‘destroyed’
Published by DPA International Israel’s army has dismantled the majority of Hamas’ military divisions in the Gaza war, according to Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. “There were 24 regional battalions in Gaza – we have disbanded 18 of them,” Gallant said on Friday. According to the military, each of these battalions is estimated to have around
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Israel, Middle East, NordotStandWithUs Takes Middlebury College to Court Alleging a Pattern of Antisemitism
“Middlebury College has failed egregiously to provide adequate protection for Jewish students seeking to remedy persistent antisemitic bigotry on campus,” said Yael Lerman, Director of the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice. “Middlebury administrators disregarded student allegations, attempted to silence them, neglected to enforce its own rules, and at times were complicit in discriminating against Jewish students. In doing so, the College has violated its obligations under Title VI and must be held accountable.” [Press Release]
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Antisemitism, Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAntisemitic Callers Overwhelm La Mesa City Council Meeting with Hate Speech
Words turned ugly during the council’s public comment period on Tuesday when a series of callers, each held to a council-mandated three-minute limit per speaker, used their allotted time to debase and degrade Jews with callous accusations and conspiracy theories. [J.W. August, Times of San Diego]
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Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyOpEd: 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 ContributorsWorld leaders descend on Munich for annual security conference
Published by DPA International UN Secretary General António Guterres is to formally open the 60th Munich Security Conference on Friday as some 50 world leaders are expected to attend this year’s event. The main topics on the security conference’s agenda are the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip. US Vice President Kamala Harris
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International, Israel, Middle East, Nordot, USAMurphy speaks out about protest at N.J. governor’s mansion that made him ‘white hot mad’
Published by NJ.com After becoming angered when protesters opposed to Israel’s offensive in Gaza confronted him Monday night during an event at the governor’s mansion, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday in his first public comments on the incident that people have “a right to protest,” but this wasn’t the time or place for it. Murphy
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Israel, Nordot, USAIsraeli military eliminates senior Hezbollah commander Ali Muhammad Al-Dabs
Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 16 (ANI/TPS): The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) revealed Thursday evening that on Wednesday night its forces killed in Lebanon who it called a “central commander” of Hezbollah’s al-Hajj Radwan Force, Ali Muhammad Al-Dabs, along with his deputy Hassan Ibrahim Issa and another Hamas terrorist. Al-Dabs, said the
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Israel, Middle East, NordotHelen Mirren, Gene Simmons and Boy George sign letter supporting Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision
Published by Euronews (English) More than 400 creatives from the entertainment industry have signed a letter in support of Israel’s inclusion in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Helen Mirren, Gene Simmons and Boy George are among the people who have signed the letter released by Creative Community For Peace (CCFP), a non-profit organisation working to
Tel Aviv University Researchers Identify Alzheimer’s Precursor Activity in the Brain
In 2022, a team of researchers from Professor Slutsky’s laboratory uncovered a pathological brain phenomenon in an animal model that precedes the first appearance of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms by many years. This is an increased activity in the hippocampus during the states of anesthesia and sleep, which results from damage to the mechanism that stabilizes the neural network. [Press Release]
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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & EducationVerdi’s ‘Requiem’ Revisited in Tel Aviv Performance
At the performance in Tel Aviv last week the audience sat in rapt silence as the orchestra played and the choir and soloists sang, bringing the majesty and drama of Verdi’s music to life. In Israel of today, with war being waged in the Gaza Strip and skirmishes raging in the north of the country, the performance of the Requiem has special significance. In the plaza of the nearby Tel Aviv Museum families of the hostages held in Gaza were demonstrating in order to convince the government to do more to get them released. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & BroadcastCalifornia 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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