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ADL, AEN, question academic unions’ ability to fairly represent their Jewish members

“When Jewish faculty and graduate students feel they must remain silent, disengage, or conceal aspects of their identity in order to participate, unions risk undermining the solidarity and equal representation at the heart of their mission…” [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, California, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jews and the Nobel Peace Prize

The first Jewish recipients were Tobias Asser (1911), a Dutch lawyer who was honored for his work on international law and the Hague Conferences and Alfred Fried (1911), the Austrian pacifist, journalist, and co-founder of the German Peace Society. (Oliver B. Pollak)

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

RJC congratulates victors in two Florida races: a Jewish congressman and an African-American gubernatorial candidate

Randy Fine, the only Jewish Republican in Florida’s congressional delegation, defeated Dan Blizerian, who made antisemitism the cornerstone of his Holocaust-denying political campaign, and labeled Fine as a “fat Jew.” He also released a video depicting Fine with devil horns and clutching a bag of money. (SDJW staff)

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, Press Release, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

‘Mosaic,’ for Jews 25-40, launched under Jewish Federation auspices

On Sunday, following months of hard work by many human hands, more than 200 Jewish young adults came together to start building something new and totally their own. From every corner of the county and across the spectrum of Jewish experience, these proudly Jewish San Diegans, ages 25 to 40, showed up for the launch of Mosaic, a new community of communities created and curated by young people for themselves and others like them. They came searching for Jewish experiences and wanting to belong, to feel seen, valued, and heard in a Jewish space that meets them where they are. [Heidi Gantwerk]

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Heidi Gantwerk, Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Advice to Jewish Democrats: Trump-supporting Republicans are graver threat than far-left, Israel-hating Democrats

a handful of candidates have used AIPAC and Israel as proxy boogeymen for the problems they’re seeking to fix in this country, such as Abdul El-Sayed’s suggestion that the minuscule percentage of the federal budget that goes toward U.S. security assistance for Israel could instead “provide healthcare here” at home.  [Halie Soifer]

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Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ is the semi-autobiographical story of Alicia Keys

So important are those vocals, that unlike traditional musicals where the chorus both sings and dances, in this show you have the company dancers (and oh boy do they ever,) and the company singers. [Sandi Masori]

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Jewish History, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Jewish developments at UCSD, SDSU

San Diego Police said they are investigating vandalism and a weekend break-in at a home being utilized by members of Alpha Epsilon Pi of UCSD as a hate crime, which carries penalty enhancements in case perpetrators are found guilty. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, News Media, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

JDCA endorses S.D. Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert for open 48th Congressional District seat

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert is among the latest congressional endorsees of the Jewish Democratic Council of America in its quest to flip the House of Representatives from Republican control to Democratic control. Her Republican opponent in the 48th Congressional District is County Supervisor Jim Desmond. Incumbent Republican

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Holocaust, International, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Author writes convincingly of Nazis vs. movie moguls

From the moment Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933, Hollywood represented more than entertainment. Los Angeles was the center of the American film industry, and controlling the messages coming out of Hollywood could have given Nazi Germany an extraordinarily powerful propaganda tool. [Cailin Acosta]

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