International

‘Google has no scruples’: Israeli military contract sparks protest

Published by DPA A protest erupted on Tuesday, August 29, at a Google Cloud’s conference in San Francisco, as employees critical of the company’s contract with Israel’s military sought to ratchet up pressure at the company’s annual showcase of its latest products and technology. Protesters lined up as attendees of the annual Google Cloud Next […]

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Israel

CSUSB Research: Antisemitic Crimes Rose 28% in 21 US Cities in 2022

(JNS) Research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) reveals an increase in the number of hate crimes against Jews (up 28%) and other minority groups in America’s most populous urban centers. The 10 largest cities in the country saw an average increase of 22%

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California, USA

Jerusalem Archaeologists Uncover Large Second Temple-Era Aqueduct

(JNS) Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 300-meter (985-foot) portion of a Second Temple-era aqueduct, the longest such continuous stretch ever found in Israel’s capital, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The ancient waterway was discovered at a building site in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat HaMatos. “The aqueducts of Jerusalem tell the

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Israel, Jewish History

Jewish National Fund-USA President and First Lady Host San Diego Young Philanthropists for First-Ever ‘Root Society’ Event

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On August 6, 2023, young philanthropists who are members of Jewish National Fund-USA’s JNFuture Root Society were welcomed into the San Diego home of the organization’s President, Dr. Sol Lizerbram and First Lady Lauren Lizerbram for the community’s inaugural Root Society event. Event co-chair and JNFuture San Diego Board Member,

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

District Attorney, AJC Regional Director Discuss the Holocaust and Antisemitism

SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — On February 13, 2023, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan hosted a mandatory workshop on the Holocaust titled “What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust,” training for 500 District Attorney office staff members (including approximately 300 prosecutors and 120 law enforcement investigators) using resources and materials from

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Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

 ‘Queens of Jerusalem’ Book Seeks to Rectify Historians’ Neglect of Women

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Author Katherine Pangonis notes in her preface to “Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule” that “this is a book about women and power.” The wives and daughters of crusader kings and princes in the Holy Land sometimes found themselves in the position of default ruler

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East

Why was Libya FM Najla Mangoush fired? Is she in Turkey?

Published by Al-Araby Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, sacked the country’s foreign minister, Najla Mangoush, on Monday in an effort to contain growing outrage over her meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week, which prompted protests overnight in several Libyan cities. Mangoush had said her meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in

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Israel

Powerful Novel Indicts Lithuanian Role in the Holocaust

The plot is simple. The fictional Milia Gottstein-Lasker, the Israeli-based director of the Survivors Campaign who is known in Lithuania as a public enemy, receives an invitation from Darius Vidas, an idealistic Lithuanian professor, to keynote a conference titled “Our Neighbors, Our Friends” about the historic Lithuanian Jewish community that was all but totally wiped out in the Holocaust. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History

A Nest for the Spanish-Speaking Jewish Community

On Saturdays, the campus of the San Diego Jewish Academy figuratively is transformed into a nest – in Hebrew, a ken – where some 300 children with mostly Mexican roots are taught in Spanish about their culture, their traditions, and how to be good people, “who will serve the community and practice tikkun olam (repair of the world).” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

Uproar in Bavaria over anti-Semitism allegation against party leader

Published by DPA A senior Bavarian politician found himself embroiled in scandal and criticism after a leading newspaper published allegations on Saturday that as a high school pupil he was responsible for an offensive anti-Semitic leaflet which circulated through the school. The Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, citing witnesses, reported that Hubert Aiwanger had distributed the offensive

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Holocaust, International

Arabs in Israel protest unchecked crime as Netanyahu vows crackdown

Published by Reuters UK By Henriette Chacar and Amar Awad TIRA, Israel (Reuters) – Hundreds of Arab citizens marched on Wednesday in the funeral of a slain community leader, voicing anger at what they say is an Israeli government failure to curb a surge in criminal violence ripping through their communities. Mourners waved black flags

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Israel

Fraud, Betrayal and Spy Gear: Inside the Messy Battle for Chabad of Poway

A seven-hour mediation. A secret recording device. Accusations of extortion. These are the latest twists in the ongoing, ugly saga over control of the Southern California synagogue that survived a 2019 mass shooting only to face a federal fraud conviction of its founding rabbi. [Louis Keene, the Forward]

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California, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA