The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Jerusalem Coffee House violated Radice’s civil rights under both federal and California law. [Press Release]
Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House Sued by Anti-Defamation League Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The weekend of February 21-23 was one to remember for me as an African American, as a Jewish American, as a woman. It was deeply rewarding to be affirmed on multiple levels by the teaching and preaching of Dumisani Washington, Pastor and CEO of Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel on the Stronger Together Weekend. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Dumisani Washington Rebuilds Bridge Between San Diego’s Black and Jewish Communities Read More »
Antisemitism, Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The phrase used by the announcer to describe the event was that the three victims “died in captivity.” Yes, those were her exact words! Not ‘murdered’ but ‘died.’ Those words were obviously a feeble attempt to be ‘politically correct,’ and not to point a finger of blame at Hamas. How pathetic can you get? [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
The Media and Gaza Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, News Media, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
The procession commenced in Rishon LeZion, with mourners lining the streets, many holding orange balloons—a symbol representing the red hair of the Bibas children. The route passed through several towns, culminating in a private burial ceremony near their family home in Sha’ar HaNegev. [Miriam Gershenson]
Israelis Line the Streets to Mourn Bibas Family Read More »
Israel, Miriam Gershenson, Obituaries & memorials, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
This is the true story of a Jewish mother-daughter team who have been summiting the world’s mountains ever since Nikki, at the age of 5, climbed Mount Masada in Israel following her mother, Cheryl Bart. [Donald H. Harrison]
Mountain Climbing Mother and Daughter Celebrate Pesach on Top of the World Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA
Up to and including the present, the Palestinian Arabs in Gaza have been prevented from escaping the war zone, except for some thousands who successfully bribed their way over the border with Egypt. (This reminds one of East Germany, where citizens were also prevented from leaving the country.) [Steve Kramer]
No Nation Wants the Gazans Read More »
Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA
“Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood,” Israel Defense Forces Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said, according to The New York Post. “Contrary to Hamas’ lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike. They killed them with their bare hands. Afterwards, they committed horrific acts to cover up these atrocities.” [Bruce S. Ticker]
Israel Should Not Hold ALL Palestinians Accountable for Bibas’ Murders Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
I feel as though I have absorbed a body blow. The recent news includes agonizing information: the Bibas babies were strangled to death by Hamas savages (too weak a word!), and their mother’s body was only returned to Israel after Hamas broke another deal with Israel. [Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort]
Sadness, Anger, & Various Swirling Emotions Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi
After 503 days, the news we dreaded – the news we knew on some level was coming – finally arrived last week. And all our hearts, which have been broken over and over for the past 16 months, broke open once again. [Heidi Gantwerk]
Jews Look to Each Other for Solace in Face of Bibas Family Murders Read More »
Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The behavior exhibited by Hamas should raise alarms for all civilized individuals, demonstrating that such groups and their supporters are unworthy of statehood. When a society revels in human brutality and instills these values in its children, it poses a significant threat to humanity. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
Islamic Fanaticism is a Reincarnation of Nazism Read More »
Israel, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
In contrast to Black-Jewish amity, Dumisani Washington said, Arab Muslims have historically enslaved millions of Africans, a practice that still goes on today. The Palestinian Liberation Organization and its political rival, Hamas, have cynically cozied up to Black leaders to portray themselves as interested in civil rights, but “they couldn’t have cared less; they just wanted other people to think that they did,” Washington declared. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jews and Blacks are Natural Allies, IBSI Founder Tells Ministers and Rabbis Read More »
Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Devasting this must be for Yarden Bibas, the father, who was released from captivity on Feb. 1. The coffins carrying his children, Kfir and Ariel, were paraded through the streets like it was a festival. So was a coffin that Hamas said contained the remains of Yarden’s wife, Shiri, but which Israeli authorities discovered not to be Shiri, but an unknown Gazan woman. [Cailin Acosta]
Our Twins’ Birthday Celebration Saddened by News of the Bibas Family Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
On Feb. 20, the Argentine Senate approved a bill that incorporates the so called “Trial in Absentia” into Argentina’s criminal procedure law. [Adriana Camisar]
Argentina Adopts ‘Trial in Absentia’ Law Read More »
International, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
“Especially gut wrenching for so many of us is not only the brutal murders of Shiri and Yarden Bibas’s beautiful boys, Ariel and Kfir, but Hamas’ cruel and downright barbaric return of a body that they claimed to be their mother. Their murder, and this added violation of the hostage agreement, is just another horrific example of the unimaginable cruelty that Hamas has inflicted since October 7, 2023. …” [Press Release]
AJC: That Wasn’t Shiri Bibas’ Body in Coffin Returned by Hamas Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA