Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left familiar images of towering spirals of smoke and wailing sirens but none of the buildings left in rubble by the jets belonged to its main enemy, Hamas. Instead, the strikes
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, recognized as one of the most distinguished writers of the Shoah, and Bertha Kling, a Belarus-born Bronx resident, who composed Yiddish songs and poetry in the early 20th century, will be the two featured poets for the “Poets of the Past” program on
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Two antisemitic thugs in London and Boca Raton, Fla., picked on Jewish targets their own size to badger, as disgusting as these attacks are. However, two of their confederates chose Jewish schoolchildren outside a religious school in north London to blare a Hezbollah battle song from their car. “We
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Bruce Ticker, International, Opinion, USA
Published by The Street By Luc Olinga The knives are out. Elon Musk has just launched one of his sharpest attacks against one of his opponents: his peer billionaire George Soros. Until Dec. 31 the legendary financier and big donor to the Democratic Party was still a major shareholder in Tesla. He held 132,046 shares
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By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Every Julius Rosenwald marker has a backstory. The Rosenwald marker story in Boynton Beach had a shocking twist. The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) recently donated and dedicated with its partners, the Boynton Beach Historical Society and the Boynton Beach Historic Resources Preservation Board, its newest
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Published by DPA Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria remain at a high level, despite a slight decline last year, according to the Jewish Community in Vienna (IKG). The IKG said on Monday that 719 incidents were reported to its anti-Semitism monitoring centre in 2022. Although this is a decrease of 25.5% compared to the previous year,
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By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The longest serving leader in Israel’s history. A senior minister, leader of the opposition, or prime minister since 1996. Currently with a tiny Knesset majority of four seats. Last weekend’s poll shows a tie between the government and the opposition, which is an improvement over earlier polls. Benny Gantz
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
This large format book for elementary school-aged children is about Luis de Torres, who was the interpreter for Christopher Columbus on his 1492 voyage of discovery. Some of the story is true, as best as historians can tell; more of the story comes from the rich imagination of authorTami Lehman-Wilzig. Overall, it should be considered a work of historical fiction, rather than history. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Spielberg established the Shoah Foundation, which is headquarters in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, after making the impactful Holocaust movie Schindler’s List. UC San Diego’s former head librarian Brian Schottlaender, consulting with History Prof. Deborah Hertz, decided during the 2006-2007 academic year to lease the database and to make it available for free to anyone on campus. [Donald H. Harrison]
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In Jewish tradition, the fate of the world depends upon 36 upstanding people known as the Lamed Vavniks. As a matter of interest, there are 36 leaders and officers of the Jewish Teen Foundation (JTF) in San Diego County. They will be awarding philanthropic funds that they have raised to various nonprofit organization at a 4 p.m. ceremony Sunday May 21 at Congregation Beth Am in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Published by DPA Islamic Jihad continued to fire rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Friday while the Israeli air force attacked the Palestinian terrorist organization’s positions in Gaza. Israel broke off ceasefire talks due to the renewed heavy rocket fire, according to media reports. There was initially no official confirmation of this. “We
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By Heidi Gantwerk SAN DIEGO — After Jewish Federation of San Diego’s unforgettable CommUNITY Trip to Israel–truly the trip of a lifetime–a group of us headed to the airport this morning, with alerts pinging on our phones and watches signaling more rocket attacks throughout the South and other areas of Israel. Last night, all 220
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Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The San Diego Rapid Response Network, in light of the new federal policies being implemented in the wake of the lift of Title 42, on Thursday issued the following statement from its Steering Committee: Kate Clark, senior director of immigration services, Jewish Family Service of San Diego; Norma Chavez-Peterson, executive
HAIFA, Israel — University of Haifa welcomed San Francisco Mayor London Breed to its campus this week as part of her visit to Israel for the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco-Haifa sister city relationship. Her visit was organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Bay Area, which brought 30 delegates to Haifa, Tel