Rabbi Rothbaum—known affectionately as “Rabbi Mike”—brings over 25 years of experience in building inclusive, vibrant Jewish communities across the country, including New York, California, Massachusetts, and most recently, Georgia. [Press Release]
Dor Hadash Announces Hiring of Rabbi Mike Rothbaum Read More »
Jewish Religion, Press Release, San Diego County, USA
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is a failure: unable to provide security, unwilling for decades to engage in serious negotiations, inciting rabid anti-Semitism in its schools and its media. Instead of understanding this truth, the U.N. conference supports the PA and deems it should be rewarded with the running of Gaza post-conflict. [Press Release]
B’nai B’rith: U.N. Conference on Two-State Solution an Exercise in Delusion Read More »
International, Israel, Opinion, Press Release, USA
Hamas is intentionally manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It hoards international aid, food, medicine, and supplies meant for civilians and diverts them to its fighters and terror infrastructure. [Sasha Roytman]
OpEd: Hamas, Not Israel, Responsible for Hunger in Gaza Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Jennifer Coburn will discuss her historical fiction novel, The Girls of the Glimmer Factory, set in the Nazi’s Theresienstadt “show camp” during WWII, at La Jolla Riford Library on Aug. 12. [Times of San Diego]
‘Girls of the Glimmer Factory,’ a Novel about Theresienstadt, Locally Authored Read More »
Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
The “Impressionism Across the Atlantic” exhibit features 40 Impressionist works from Europe and the United States. This movement did not take on as quickly as the other styles but later caught on with the bold and bright colors that seemingly became well appreciated through the works of Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. [Cailin Acosta]
Impressionists, Printmakers on Exhibit at San Diego Museum of Art Read More »
Cailin Acosta, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Our tradition teaches that silence in the face of suffering is not neutral. As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel reminds us: ‘In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.’ [Press Release]
FJMC President Says Jews of Conscience Must Speak Out about Suffering in Gaza Read More »
International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Press Release, Travel and Food, USA
“It is long past time to end the Gaza conflict, with the return of all hostages and the end of military operations. But an active war zone is no excuse for not doing everything possible to prevent the unnecessary suffering confronting Palestinians who are caught in the crossfire between Israel and Hamas. [Press Release]
Rep. Scott Peters Calls for Immediate Delivery of Aid to Gaza Read More »
Israel, Press Release, Travel and Food, USA
The new collaboration announced this week will offer undergraduate students at Harvard College year-round opportunities to study and earn credit toward their degree at BGU beginning in spring 2026. [Press Release]
Harvard to Offer Study-Abroad Program at Ben-Gurion University Read More »
Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
More than 50 college faculty members from the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), including two professors from UC San Diego, stood with more than 700 college students at the Israel on Campus (ICC) National Leadership Summit (NLS) in Washington, DC, to strategize ways to work together to combat rising antisemitism on campuses nationwide. [Press Release]
Faculty, Students Nationwide Organize to Support Israel, Oppose Antisemitism Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education
Across the Times’ editorial pages, a Brown University professor and a Times columnist sparred over whether Israel’s attacks on Gaza are equivalent to genocide. They each managed to undermine their own arguments. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Debate over Israel’s Actions in Gaza Has No Clear Winner Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Next, I asked a retired reporter who had worked at NPR and had been Director of Voice of America, Southeast Asia. She answered, “That’s a good question.” She paused for a while, then said, “Wherever truth is told.” [Claudia S. Gold]
OpEd: Where is God in the News Industry? Read More »
News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
If you had a red triangle, you were classified as a political prisoner who was opposed to the Nazi regime. A green triangle designated habitual criminals, purple triangles were Jehovah’s Witnesses, black triangles were a-sexual or designated gypsies, more accurately known as Senti-Roma. The yellow triangle was to identify the Jews… (Cailin Acosta)
Wraparound Crowd Attends Holocaust Panel at Comic-Con Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food
In Hebrew, Kadima means Forward. It’s always reassuring that an automobile can go forward. But just as reassuring is that a car can also go Achora, backwards. David Harrison, a resident of Contra Costa County, spotted this Jewish-interest license plate. [SDJW staff]
In a Comic-Con panel, Mark S. Zaid, Esq. (Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide advisor; comic book historian, author, GI’s Rabbi) presented a PowerPoint on “The Jewish Experience in Comics: Characters and Creators.”[Cailin Acosta]
Roll Call of a Century of Prominent Jews Who Influenced the World of Comic Books Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA