International

Federal Jury Returns Death-Penalty Verdict for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter

(JNS) A Pittsburgh jury agreed unanimously on Wednesday that Robert Bowers, 50, should be put to death for killing 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. The judge will formally sentence the convicted killer on Aug. 3. “As we collectively process the jury’s decision today, what should […]

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USA

What Will Happen to the Refuge That is Israel?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — It is a cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler. “They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re so worried that their freedom of movement will be curtailed,” Shay Obazanek told The

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

At San Diego Event, Borussia Dortmund Players Memorialize Children Killed in the Holocaust

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The World Jewish Congress, as part of its work with Borussia Dortmund to fight antisemitism and promote Jewish life, praised the team for participating last Friday in a project at the San Diego Jewish Academy that memorializes children killed in the Holocaust. The German soccer club had trained for much

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International, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions

Connections and Disconnections on the New York Subways

Picture yourself taking the New York subway in the 1980s. You’re in a cramped subway car with your shoulder hitting the person next to you, claustrophobia creeping in. The heavy graffiti heightens how grimy it feels to be on the subway, and the smell only makes it worse. Not only that, but there may be other passengers who make you feel a little uneasy. [Rowanne Reifman]

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Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Documentary on Israeli Water Tech, San Diego Couple’s Historic Gift Wins Blue Water Film Festival Award

  SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — “Who Are the Marcuses?” — a documentary that reveals the mystery behind a couple who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel — was recently named the audience award winner for Best Feature at San Diego’s annual Blue Water Film Festival. Held in June

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Israel, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

The Political Situation in Israel: What Unites Us in Times of Deep Division?

By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES — In recent months, we have seen tensions in Israel rise to alarming levels. Although the current debate is focused on Israel’s judicial system, it cuts deeper into divisions over what it means for different groups to coexist in a Jewish and democratic state. This has been very painful to

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Israel, Opinion, USA

A New Dawn?

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — For the last few months, Israel’s long-suffering population has been subjected to a double barrage of government legislation on the one hand and demonstrations protesting said legislation on the other. Anyone living in Israel who is not completely cut off from the news media is unable to avoid

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion

Jewish Agency Chairman Visits Ojai’s Camp Ramah in California

OJAI, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Chairman of the Executive Major General (Res.) Doron Almog last Wednesday visited Ojai-based Camp Ramah in California to meet with campers as well as with the organization’s Summer Camp Shlichim (Israeli emissaries), who are working to forge connections to Israel at the camp this season.

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California, Israel

Rocking, Cheering, and Emoting with TINA

If you go by the Civic Theater around 9:30 pm on the next four nights, you may notice people coming out with big smiles on their faces, a beat in their step and a song on their lips.  Such is the end of the emotional journey audience members were taken on at the Broadway San Diego performance of TINA.  The rockumentary tells of the life and rise to fame of the legendary Tina Turner, who sadly passed just last May.  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA