Rather than disengaging, Jewish youth are actively seeking meaningful ways to affirm who they are, where they belong, and how they see their future as Jews, especially in today’s social and cultural climate. [Press Release]
Over 10,000 Jewish youth promise to stay involved with Judaism Read More »
Jewish Religion, Press Release, USA
Rubinek’s scheduled performance on March 25 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan should prove memorable. He will read from All in the Telling; show clips from his documentary film, So Many Miracles, about his 1986 trip with his parents to Poland to reunite with the farmers who hid them for two and a half years during the Holocaust; and hold a discussion with Professor Annette Insdorf, who teaches film at Columbia. [Susie Rosenbluth)
Playing Shylock, playing Saul Rubinek: It’s all in the telling Read More »
Antisemitism, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
That there is a huge bias against Israel is beyond argument. It is backed by data but also obvious: a Western style democracy with full rule of law is painted as a “genocide” state by the great uneducated, and often unwashed, from the campus to street demos, to riots and in all types of media. [David Anderson]
Why are the media and mob so anti-Israel? Read More »
International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
After World War II, it seemed that an answer to the Jewish question had been found: the creation of the State of Israel and the positive attitude of Western civilization towards the Jewish people in its diaspora. [Alex Gordon]
The global resurgence of the ‘Jewish Question’ Read More »
Alex Gordon, Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
An independent film, The Optimist, opens on Wednesday, March 11, in over 700 theaters nationwide. It tells the story of Theresienstadt-and- Auschwitz survivor Herbert Heller (Stephen Lang) recounting his Holocaust experiences after 60 years of keeping silent. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘The Optimist’: Troubled teenager brings out Holocaust survivor’s hidden story Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
“We’re using Mexico and Central America as a road to South America. We’ve got, heh-heh, regime change in Venezuela, and we’re attacking the drug trade in Ecuador.;;;” [Bruce Lowitt]
Satire: Bombadier-in-chief Read More »
Bruce F. Lowitt, International, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
For two weeks, we were transported into a place more “foreign” than anywhere else I have visited, yet every encounter was positive, welcoming, and gracious. Through our modern Western lens, we kept asking about antisemitism, historically or today. It simply isn’t there, and I cannot express how refreshing that was to hear. [Heidi Gantwerk]
Federation mission to India ‘refreshing’ and broadening Read More »
Antisemitism, Heidi Gantwerk, International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Opinion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA
Edmonds was the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in a German POW camp. Over 1275 American POWs, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, were held there. [Jerry Klinger]
Now you’re deposed because you disclosed
That POTUS approved breaking the laws.
Fish stink from the head; left two citizens dead.
All for a nativist cause. … [Laurie Baron]
Satire: ‘Noem, Noem, You’re Deranged’ Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Rabbi Dr. Andrea Weiss passed away on March 3, 2026—the day of Purim—at her home in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, following a year-long battle with cancer. Her passing on a holiday defined by courage and the “reversal of fate” mirrors her own life’s work of transforming the rabbinate. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Rabbi Dr. Andrea Weiss, former Provost of HUC, dies at 60 Read More »
Barrett Holman Leak, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
NEW YORK (Press release) — On any given day, Rabbi Zvi Nussbaum, the rabbinic coordinator responsible for managing OU Kosher’s year-round consumer hotline, fields about 150 kashrus-related phone calls. With less than a month until Pesach — OU Kosher’s busiest season — that number will double in the coming weeks, as Yom Tov-based shaylos stream
OU answers ‘Kosher for Passover’ questions Read More »
Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USAFollowing are statements and analyses submitted to San Diego Jewish World by recognizable Jewish individuals and institutions about the Middle East war. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish community and the Mideast war: March 6, 2026 Read More »
Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The agreement, reached on February 27, resolves claims brought by Students Against Antisemitism, Inc., SCLJ, and a majority of the student plaintiffs. [Press Release]
Jewish students, Columbia University, settle lawsuit Read More »
Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Today much of the hostility Jews, especially Jewish students on campuses, encounter is expressed through the language of anti-Zionism. Students are frequently targeted not simply as Jews but as “Zionists,” and the protests and slogans surrounding Israel have become one of the primary ways hostility toward Jewish identity now appears on campuses and in public life. A student may not be called a “dirty Jew,” but a “dirty Zionist.” The rhetoric has changed. The hostility has not. [Karen Klein]
Gubernatorial debate ignores important context for antisemitism Read More »
California, Israel, Jewish Religion, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA