By Brian Tauber Jewish Federation of San Diego County SAN DIEGO — Is Representative Ilhan Omar wrong? Yes, she is. She is – and has been wrong in the past – for her comments regarding the influence of the Israel lobby and accusations of dual loyalty. Although journalists have accurately indicated that she is directing
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Middle East, USAMEXICO CITY (Press Release) – A delegation of American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders — joined by representatives of the Mexican-American community from across the United States and leaders of the Mexican Jewish community — met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today for an hour-long session. The meeting, the first by a Jewish organization
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International, Jewish History, USA
By Gidon Halbfinger The Columbia Spectator NEW YORK — On Sunday, as the clock inched towards midnight, Columbia College Student Council voted against putting a boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement referendum on the ballot. I believe the decision was the right one. Student council should not be putting initiatives that target and alienate specific identity groups on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Though the elections in Israel are still some four weeks away, we already know the undisputed winners: the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parties. Neither side will be able to form a government without them. Though they say that they won’t sit in a cabinet with Yair Lapid, the leader of the
Haredim may be ‘winners’ of Israel’s next election Read More »
Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Making the rounds of Jewish film festivals across the country is the documentary Chasing Portraits by Elizabeth Rynecki, concerning a quest to learn more about the pre-Holocaust art of her Polish Jewish great-grandfather Moshe Rynecki (Pronounced Renetsky). Previously, Elizabeth Rynecki published a book with the same title that
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The Guggenheim’s strange and wonderful exhibition of Hilma af Klint’s groundbreaking, yet largely unknown body of abstract art is an important event – one that challenges us to not only rethink the early history of twentieth century abstract art, but to recognize her vision of art and reality
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
By Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Sandra Alvarado of San Diego Rapid Response Network waited outside the shelter for the next busload of immigrants to arrive. A mother and daughter got off the bus and immediately went over and hugged Alvarado. “I had to turn around and cry,” said Alvarado,
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International, San Diego County, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are polls every day or two. You can see the latest by clicking here. They pretty much are showing a tie, or close to it between the center-left and the right. Bibi is a sharp campaigner, managing to label his opponents the leftists, with the help of media and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Ken Stone and Chris Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Allen Bellman worked for the late, great Stan Lee in the Golden Age of comic books — the 1940s and 1950s. He helped draw Captain America. Bellman created a strip of his own — “Let’s Play Detective.” He worked for Marvel Comics
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Ken Stone, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, seems to equate homophobia with the plight of the Palestinians. His experiences as a homosexual, he suggested, helped him empathize with the “human rights” violations suffered by the Palestinians. Pocan joined Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Feb. 27 during the Washington, D.C.,
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Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — The political tension between Kosovo and Serbia is creating a perfect environment wherein Turkey and Russia can lure the two countries into their respective spheres of influence. High-ranking US and EU envoys are trying to resolve the long-standing dispute, urging Serbia and Kosovo to normalize relations
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Alon Ben-Meir, International
By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Eva Schloss, 89, who has a powerful Holocaust survival story to tell about herself, knows that the world also hungers for details about her posthumous step-sister Anne Frank, the famous young girl diarist, whom she had known in Amsterdam before their respective families had gone into hiding from
Schloss tells her and Anne Frank’s Holocaust stories Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
Berrie and Seidle named to Leichtag Foundation board of directors Philanthropist Angelica Berrie, president of the Russell Berrie Foundation and a co-chair of the Jewish Funders Network, and Charlene Seidle, executive vice president of the Leichtag Foundation, have both been named to the board of directors of the Leichtag Foundation, it was announced by Jim
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International, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –An acquaintance connected with the UK’s UIJA (United Israel Jewish Appeal) suggested that I write an article about the Western Galilee College for the AJR Journal (Association of Jewish Refugees), for which I write a monthly column entitled ‘Letter from Israel.’ The college, situated just outside the ancient city
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food