USA

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Honored for Combating Antisemitism, Calls Out Delayed Response to Ye

(JNS) National Basketball Association legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar received the first annual Ally Against Antisemitism Award from Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for what the organization described as “being a steadfast ally in the fight against antisemitism and building bridges between communities.” Upon receiving the award on Oct. 26 at a fundraiser in Toronto, the Southern […]

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California, Sports & Competitions, USA

Pro-Israel Groups Respond to ‘Oxymoron’ Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry

By Faygie Holt (JNS) As the United Nations prepared to hear the results of the Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry, which many are calling a demonization of the Jewish state, the parents of a 5-year-old boy who died during a Hamas bombing told their story to the media gathered outside the U.N. building in

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International, Israel, Middle East, USA

Spotify Criticizes Ye’s Antisemitic Comments, Keeps His Music

Published by Reuters By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – As corporations around the world including Adidas AG cut ties with Kanye West, music streaming service Spotify Technology SA said it would not remove the rapper’s music unless his label requested it. Music from the artist now known as Ye did not violate anti-hate policies, Spotify chief

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USA

Nikki Haley: Antisemitism Must Be Flagged at Every Instance

TORONTO, Canada (Press Release) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Canadian Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology (CFJCT) 50th anniversary gala dinner that antisemitism needs to be called out whenever it happens during a keynote address Sunday night. “We have to call out antisemitism everytime we see it,” the

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International, Israel, Middle East, USA

The World is a Mess as Israel’s Election Approaches

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The world seems to be in a mess. Where to start? Israel’s election is in a bit more than a week. The parties are maneuvering. We aren’t sure who’s going to be aligned with who? And will there be enough to assure that Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is not our

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Anti-Israel Advocacy Becomes Issue in La Mesa City Council Race

A political action group calling itself San Diegans Against Hate has come out in opposition to La Mesa City Council candidate Mejgan Afshan, describing her anti-Israel positions as antisemitic.  Afshan, daughter of Afghan refugees, was invited via her campaign website to respond on Wednesday, Oct. 19, by San Diego Jewish World, but had not done so by late afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 20. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, USA

What the ‘No-Go Zones’ for Jews at Berkeley Law School Reveal About Pro-Palestinian Activism

(JNS) When Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law promoted a bylaw that would create what critics have characterized as “no-go zones for Jews,” it may not have anticipated the thunderous and widespread denunciation it has since experienced for its toxic and radical tactic to marginalize and

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California, Israel, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

What’s Israel Got to Do, Got to Do with Sexism and Homophobia?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps these students had not advanced far enough in law school to recognize that the murder of women and gays is, well, murder. Otherwise, the Women of Berkeley Law would most certainly have rallied against the “honor killings” of women that ravage the Arab world, and the Queer Caucus

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Bruce Ticker, California, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Campus Antisemites Seek to Purge Zionism, Jewish Identity

The implementation of what amounts to a litmus test of ideological allegiance—only targeted at Jews who support Israel—is grotesque but part of a decades-old campaign to malign Israel and transform it into a pariah state, while excluding its supporters from progressive groups because Israel, it is falsely alleged, is an apartheid, racist regime of white supremacy that continues to oppress innocent brown Arabs who were the actual indigenous residents of the land now called Israel.  [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]

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California, Israel, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish Poets/ Jewish Voices’ New Season Begins Oct. 25

The opening Jewish Poets–Jewish Voices program of the 2022-23 season will feature three local poets who immigrated to San Diego from other countries. The Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. gathering will take place in person in the Astor Judaica Library and feature Ukrainian native Jane Muschenetz, Uzbekistan-born Nathan Grinshpun,  and Tel Avivian, Omer Zalmanowitz. [Eileen Wingard]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, International, San Diego County, USA