(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Israel would take “powerful vengeance for this black day” on the terror group Hamas for its surprise attack during Simchat Torah. “What happened today has not been seen in Israel, and I will make sure that it does not happen again,” he said. “The entire government stands behind […]
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Israel
By Alex Traiman (JNS) Many questions and few answers abound as Israel has suffered its worst homefront attack, and perhaps its worst security and intelligence failing in the past 50 years. Instead of peacefully celebrating the completion of the yearly Torah-reading cycle, Israelis awoke to sirens and explosions on one of the holiest days of
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Let me say ahead of my remarks that Michal and I are fine at this time. We’ve spent time in our bomb shelter when sirens clamored, but Kfar Saba was spared any direct hits. I went shopping this morning. The only stores open in the small mall near
We are continuing to closely monitor the devastating situation unfolding in Israel, and want to take a moment to share the latest information. Here is what we know so far: [Heidi Gantwerk and David Bark]
Jewish Federation of San Diego Reports on Israel-Gaza War: October 8 Read More »
Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County
Karen Gershowitz takes a more relaxed, serendipitous approach. She wants to taste the local culture, enjoy new experiences, and see where the adventures take her. Obviously, her approach will attract more readership among the general population. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Lifestyles, Travel and Food
(Press Release) San Diego County’s U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51), who is Jewish, on Wednesday issued the following statement on the removal of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20) as Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dear Friend, By now, you’ve probably heard that Kevin McCarthy is no longer Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Opinion, San Diego County, USA
Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives began to position themselves on Wednesday to run for speaker, the day after a small group of hardliners succeeded in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job in a historic first. Here are some possible candidates: IN: JIM JORDAN Representative Jim Jordan, an ally of
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California, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I first participated in a demonstration when I was an impressionable sixteen-year-old, some 65 years ago, in those far-off days when England was a nuclear power and still held on to most of its empire. My friends in the youth movement (Bnei Akiva) were going to the CND
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Shame on Rice Pride. A gay student group in Houston bashes a nation that protects, sustains and facilitates gay rights while shielding a society that slaughters its own inhabitants who engage in same-sex relationships. Not only that, but they send a forceful signal that antisemitism propels their behavior. In
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
William Medwied, 90 a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, passed peacefully on September 30. There is a tradition that when people die on Shabbat they are immediately in heaven with G-d. [Sandy Scheller]
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Holocaust, International, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller
Published by GB News Helen Mirren has had her say on the “authoritarianism” and cancel culture creeping into the arts in regards to creators being told what they can and cannot write or perform about. The 78-year-old, whose CV boasts almost six decades’ worth of acting credits, has faced criticism for being cast in the
NEW YORK (Press Release) StandWithUs, in cooperation with a coalition of dozens of organizations that play a leadership role in the American Jewish and legal communities (listed below), has launched a major effort calling on three law firms — Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and White & Case — to withdraw their
By Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg EDISON, New Jersey — The chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, claimed that Jews were murdered in the Holocaust not because of their Jewishness. “This is explained in many Jewish books,” Abbas said. “They say that Hitler killed them because of their Jewishness. Not so. They (the Nazis) fought
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Bernhard H. Rosenberg-Rabbi, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Middle East
(JNS) The Biden administration is touting what it regards as a “landmark” move in the implementation of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. “Eight federal agencies clarified—for the first time in writing—that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded
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