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Antisemitism Festers in Current US Political and Social Climate, Report Says

Published by Reuters By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The social and political climate in the United States has become fertile ground for antisemitism in recent years, according to a report released on Monday by advocacy group Anti-Defamation League and the Tel Aviv University. Expressions of hatred against Jews have become “mainstreamed and normalized,” and

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A Short History of Holocaust Survivors in San Diego

The Holocaust did not simply end the day Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies.  Survivors torn from their homes, their families, and their health, needed to be nursed back into physical and mental health and resettled in countries where they would be accepted and given a chance to reconstruct their lives. One San Diegan who was intimately involved in this process was Army Lt. Al Hutler, a Jew whose compassionate administration of a Displaced Persons camp helped thousands of people make those adjustments. After leaving the Army, Hutler moved to San Diego where he served as the executive director of the Jewish Federation from 1946 to 1958. He was among those San Diegans who put out the welcoming mat for the survivors of the Nazi scourge. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Israeli-Born Conductor Yaniv Dinur Shines for San Diego Symphony Orchestra in La Jolla

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), a Black composer unfamiliar to most concert goers, wrote a delightful Sinfonietta for Strings, the opening selection in the San Diego Symphony Orchestra’s Thursday evening concert at the Conrad in La Jolla. The three-movement work, Sonata Allegro, Song Form, Rondo, consisted of standard classical

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Eileen Wingard, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Israel’s Reaction to Iran’s Plan to Destroy the Jewish State

By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel is currently in an interim period of religious and national holidays which will be over by the end of May. The Knesset is on vacation while hopefully intense negotiations are being held in President Herzog’s residence, seeking to compromise on the proposed judicial system legislation. These negotiations

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Hitler-Loving Jan. 6 Rioter Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Published by Raw Story A Jan. 6 rioter who has praised Adolf Hitler and expressed support for Nazi ideology was sentenced to three years in prison this Thursday for possessing unregistered firearm silencers, The Washington Post reported. U.S. District Judge Michael S. Nachmanoff said that Hatchet M. Speed, 41, betrayed “everything he pledged to protect”

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Man Suspected of Leaking Secret US Documents, Including Information on Israel, Appears in Court

Published by Reuters By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air Force National Guard accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online made his initial appearance before a federal judge in Boston on Friday to face charges he unlawfully removed and retained classified materials. Jack Douglas

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The Jewish Eye: Judiciary Committee and Judges in Focus

The Senate Judiciary Committee screens federal judicial candidates nominated by the President of the United States.  It was in the news this week, along with Justices of the Supreme Court and district court judges in Amarillo, Texas and New York City.  In San Diego, meanwhile, a Superior Court Judge was extolling the virtues of a courtroom dog. [Donald H. Harrison]

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