International

Argentina’s President Milei Honored by B’nai B’rith as Netanyahu Observes

On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session opening in New York, B’nai B’rith International today bestowed its Presidential Gold Medal—the organization’s highest honor—upon President Javier Milei of Argentina in the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release

Russian Boy Keeps a Secret under the Table

During the Cold War, people wanted to develop their talents so they could emigrate from Russia and lead a better life. Yevgeny’s father writes poetry, his mother is obsessed with ballet, especially Mikhail Baryshnikov, and his brother Victor was a talented ice skater. The story focuses on finding a talent that Yevgeny can focus on so he can live a better life. [Cailin Acosta]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, International, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Aha Moment for Rosh Hashanah 2025

This moment has been our shofar blast, sounding before Rosh Hashanah itself. For many American Jews, raised in the comfort of the “goldene medina,” antisemitism felt like a relic—something for history books or distant shores. But October 7 shattered that illusion. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Ohr Shalom Concert Honors Ana Galicot

Ten years ago, Ana Galicot, the dynamic leader of the Mexican-Jewish Community in Mexico City, Tijuana and San Diego, recruited Elisheva Edelson to form a choir at Ohr Shalom Synagogue. To mark that anniversary, the choir, under Elisheva’s direction, presented a concert Monday evening, September 15, in Ohr Shalom’s Social Hall to honor their beloved founder. [Eileen Wingard]

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Eileen Wingard, International, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Poway Community Theatre Reveals the Insecurity in ‘Social Security’

Parents worry about their wayward teens, elderly parents are denying their physical limitations, and the “sandwich generation” is trying to figure out how to navigate the amorphous unchartered landscape between these two bookends. [Eva Trieger]

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Eva Trieger, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Crises Spawn Creativity; Let it Be So in This Period of Crisis for the Jewish People

Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur wrote, “We are in a time of mashber. It’s a time of anger and hope, death and life. It’s the birthing of something new and no one knows what that’s going to be.” [Heidi Gantwerk]

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Antisemitism, Heidi Gantwerk, Israel, Jewish Religion, Opinion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

B’nai B’rith International Meets with World Leaders in Defense of Israel

In its meetings with presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and other senior officials, B’nai B’rith will again underscore the threat posed by illicit Iranian nuclear activity, missile production and sponsorship of terrorism. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release

Alleged Threatening Emails and Phone Calls by Fistel Did Jews a Disservice

The Fistel case is striking because it has the potential to intensify the already frightening environment that Jews worldwide must endure. He allegedly wrote or called in possible death threats to Mamdani. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Biography of a Jewish Biographer: Emil Ludwig

Ludwig gained significant fame from his biographical novels Goethe (1920), Bismarck (1921–1926), Napoleon (1924), about Jesus Christ, Der Menschensohn History of a Prophet (1928), Lincoln (1930), Michelangelo (1930), Schliemann (1932), Roosevelt (1938), Beethoven (1943). [Alex Gordon]

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Documentary: Israel’s Polarization Led to Massacre by Gazans on 10/7

Venezuelan documentary film maker Jonatan Jakubowicz made the 108-minute Soul of a Nation with a decided point of view. He had witnessed the transformation of Venezuela from a democracy to an authoritarian state in league with narco-terrorists.  The Jewish Jakubowicz feared that polarization in Israel similarly might lead to that country’s dissolution. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA