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IAC For Action: New Mexico Ensures ‘Equal Protections From Discrimination for Jewish Victims’

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Press Release) — The Israeli-American Coalition for Action (IAC For Action) today applauded New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s groundbreaking executive order establishing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism as the legal standard for determining when unlawful discriminatory conduct is motivated by antisemitism. New Mexico is the first state […]

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StandWithUs Praises New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham for Adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Press Release) — StandWithUs praises New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, who issued an Executive Order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism for state agencies. Jordan Cope, Director of Policy Education for StandWithus attended the signing ceremony held August 16 at the governor’s residence. In adopting

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Jews, the Indianapolis 500, and the Story of a Brick

By Jerry Klinger Passing through Indianapolis in early August, I had to stop at the Greatest Car Racing Track in the World, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I wanted to see “it.” The “it” was more than the dedicatory paver/brick I had placed for the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation outside the Museum. The big

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA

Tracking the Foot Soldiers of White Supremacy

By Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — Five years ago, on August 11, 2017, in the normally quiet college town of Charlottesville, VA, the peace was disrupted by the “Unite the Right” rally. The rally brought together Neo-Confederates, Neo-Nazis, the Klan, Patriot Front and other “militias” espousing White Supremacism. I don’t think any of us

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Eric George Tauber, Holocaust, USA

Lecture Connects San Diego, Jerusalem, and the Origins of Tetris

LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Beatrice Golomb, head of the UC San Diego Golomb Research Group, describes her father as “far and away the smartest person anyone who knew him had ever met.” That statement might sound like hyperbole until you learn more about the late Professor Solomon Golomb, a Harvard University-educated mathematician known as

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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Gaza Fighting Changes Nothing About Israel’s Image Struggle

By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If a ceasefire holds, the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza won’t have changed much in a conflict that’s already lasted a century. That’s something that should both discourage friends of Israel and hopefully focus them on the only issue that really matters when it comes to

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

At JCC Maccabi Games in San Diego, Pioneers Open Our Eyes to Remarkable Possibilities

By Doron Krakow SAN DIEGO — This week saw the return of the JCC Maccabi Games®. In this, its 40th year, the Games drew 1,600 Jewish teen athletes from 57 delegations and 67 JCCs across Canada and the U.S., as well as delegations from Bulgaria, Mexico, and Israel, to San Diego for a week of

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Doron Krakow, Opinion, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA

StandWithUs Letter Campaign to 3,000 University Leaders Raises 5 Key Issues of Concern to Jewish Students

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – On August 4, StandWithUs launched its second national letter campaign to nearly 3,000 university leaders, highlighting five key issues of concern to Jewish students. The letter stressed the importance of fighting bias and discrimination against Jewish students as part of broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and social justice efforts

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Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jerusalem-San Diego Zoo Exchange Event Highlights Political Leaders’ Interwoven Career Trajectories

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — For more than half her 20-year tenure as a Democratic member of Congress from San Diego, Susan Davis encouraged the exchange of students from Jerusalem and San Diego, remembering that her own time spent as a young woman on an Israeli kibbutz was formative in her own life.

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

When Andrea Mitchell Reports: Holding Israel ‘Accountable,’ But Not Slain Journalist’s Niece

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As Andrea Mitchell interviewed her on MSNBC last Thursday, Lina Abu Akleh took advantage of her forum to accuse Israeli higher-ups of ordering a soldier to kill her aunt, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Mitchell asked Lina Abu Akleh during Andrea Mitchell Reports if the shooting was “intentional,” and the

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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Justice Alito Overlooks the Preamble to the Constitution

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Samuel A. Alito Jr. tells “We the People:” “No support in American law for a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.” Not quite, Mr. Justice. True, our pre-amendment Constitution specifies no civil rights save a brief clause barring a “religious test” to hold public office. However, the Constitution’s Preamble

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA