Mordechai Hod (September 28, 1926 – June 29, 2003) was the Commander of the Israeli Air Force during the 1967 Six-Day War. Hod was born as Mordechai Fein in the British Mandate of Palestine in Kibbutz Degania in 1926 to Jewish parents, Yosef and Menucha Fein. [Wikipedia]
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The blockade of maritime routes and the destruction of infrastructure cause disruptions in supply chains, leading to rising prices for goods, container shipping, and fuel, provoking inflation worldwide. The conflict accelerates the risk of a global recession, making it deep and prolonged, and causing high volatility in the stock markets, an increase in insurance premiums for cargo transportation, and a decrease in investments in the region. (Alex Gordon, Ph.D,)
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A woman in the farming town of Whelford, England, spotted three white vans early Sunday morning that apparently were headed for neighboring RAF Fairford, home to American B-52 bombers that were used in the U.S.A.’s initial strikes against Iran starting February 28th. (SDJW staff report)
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Each marker is Jewish in theme, and in an American way, universal, interreligious. Yet each tells the story of a unique world shaped by antisemitism that gave America and all Americans gifts that continue to enrich all today. [Jerry Klinger]
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Antisemitism, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Opinion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USANew Zealand’s One Community Chronicle reports that on Saturday, Oct. 10, pro-Hamas forces will conduct a protest in Auckland over Israel’s “genocidal” policies toward the Palestinians. Anti-Hamas forces will conduct a counter-protest describing Oct. 7, 2023, as the worst day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. (SDJW staff report)
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Newsweek has named Israel’s Hadassah Medical Organization a global leader in cardiology, oncology and cardiac surgery in the media company’s “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027.” (Press Release)
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Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & EducationSarah Santiago, 17, is accused of aiding two teenagers who fatally shot three men at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 before they drove away from the scene and committed suicide in their car. (SDJW staff0
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An important question: whether showing antisemitic imagery provides enough educational benefit to justify the potential harm of displaying it to students. For me, this was a reminder that the technology can help generate ideas, but the educator still has to make the final decision about what students should see and how a difficult subject should be introduced. (Cai;in Acosta)
ADL’s version of Ai helpful in classrooms–but with guard rails Read More »
Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, California, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USAThe Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel initiative (MGSDII) and the Joan B. Kroc School for Peace Studies will collaborate in bringing two Hebrew University faculty members — a Palestinian and a Jew — to the University of San Diego campus to jointly teach a course in conflict resolution. (SDJW staff report)
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If Macklemore wants to continue calling the situation in Gaza a genocide and turning music concerts into political rallies, he’s free to do so. But Kraft, who is a proud Jew, does not have to give him the platform. (Pearce Alexander)
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Israel, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAthe West demanded that Israel dismantle a deeply embedded terrorist army tightly woven into a dense, labyrinthine urban maze, but denied them the chronological timeline required to do it manually. (SDJW staff report)
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The West demanded that Israel dismantle a deeply embedded terrorist army tightly woven into a dense, labyrinthine urban maze, but denied them the chronological timeline required to do it manually. [Amy Neustein, Ph,D.]
A ravine near Kyiv. A place where German perpetrators murdered around 34,000 Jewish people in just two days, on 29 and 30 September 1941. (Andreas Albrecht)
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This interreligious gathering is an opportunity to come together to honor the dignity and sacredness of migrants and refugees and stand in solidarity with those who have fled war, persecution, and hardship. (Cailin Acosta)
Interreligious salute to migrants scheduled in Balboa Park on Sunday, Sept. 27 Read More »
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