Michael Blake is off – to oust pro-Israel U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, and other so-called “progressive” candidates may follow suit to make Congress more “Palestinian”-friendly. [Bruce S. Ticker]
Rabbis Benj Fried of Temple Emanu-El and Jeremy Gimbel of Congregation Beth Israel are among 24-early career rabbis nationwide whose selections were announced by Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York on Thursday. [Press Release]
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The Jerusalem Post noted that U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that Phase Two of his Gaza peace plan “is moving along; it’s going to happen pretty soon.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 Read More »
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By Michael Adam Cohen in San Diego Mark Zuckerberg on one screen, The world and I on another. The Meta logo flickers behind him like a heartbeat of the empire he built. I lean in, glasses catching the glow, feeling the anticipation crackle across the digital divide. As a longtime top two percent rising creator
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A groundbreaking report released Wednesday – the International Day of Persons with Disabilities – from nonprofit organization Matan urges the American Jewish community to take immediate action to close the widening gap in disability inclusion across Jewish communal life. [Press Release]
Inclusion Report: Jewish Institutions Lag Behind Secular Ones Read More »
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Moshe teaches us that greatness doesn’t come from good intentions alone- it comes from turning compassion into concrete action. A true leader, and a true member of Klal Yisrael, is someone who shows up, who takes responsibility and asks: “What can I do to help?” Every one of us has daily opportunities to be a “do-er”- to step in, support others, and make a difference. Even small actions, when done with sincerity and courage, can have an everlasting effect. [Ilanit Zakowski]
When Memory Becomes Action Read More »
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A group of German nationals—all of whom were Gentile, mainly ladies of aristocratic background, but some of the gentlemen were, in pre-Hitlerian times, senior civil servants—met on September 10 for afternoon tea in Carmer Strasse. Being wartime, the fare was simple, the conversation defiantly anti-Hitler: “How to Stop the War?” [Paul Rose]
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“Rootless cosmopolitan” became code for “Jewish,” and dismissals swept the arts, sciences and media. The Ministry of State Security arrested Jewish industrial leaders for sabotage and, in 1953, fabricated “the Doctor’s Plot,” which accused a group of predominately Jewish doctors who treated Kremlin officials of trying to assassinate Stalin and other party leaders. [Wendy Z. Goldman]
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Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined ContributorsHa’aretz reports that MKs Yuli Edelstein, Ofir Sofer, and Sharren Haskel are the only members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition who are sure votes against making permanent the Haredi community’s exemption from military service. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 Read More »
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December has arrived, and the end of 2025 is upon us. Some of my friends say that if they didn’t follow through with their Rosh Hashanah resolutions, they get a re-do on December 31st. [Cailin Acosta]
A Second Chance Coming for New Year’s Resolutions Read More »
Cailin Acosta, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Obituaries & memorials, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and FoodOn Truth Social, Trump called upon Israel to “maintain a strong and true dialogue with Syria, and that nothing takes place that will interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous state.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 Read More »
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Once Trump rids us of the scourge of alien terrorists, will he apply the same logic to domestic terrorists? If he does, we can anticipate the following actions and rationales from him. [Laurie Baron]
Satire: Rotten Apples Read More »
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In February 1940, Adolf Eichmann proposed to the Soviet leadership to transfer two million Jews, which was the majority of Polish Jewry, to the USSR. This step would have allowed most Polish Jews to be saved from destruction. The Soviet Union responded to this proposal with a refusal. [Alex Gordon]
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Alex Gordon, Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined ContributorsHa’aretz reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filed a 107-page petition on Sunday with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog asking that he be pardoned in three long-running cases charging him with corruption. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025 Read More »
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