SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday charged John T. Earnest, 19, with federal hate crimes, including the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 others, for his actions during the April 27 shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue. Earnest was charged by criminal complaint with […]
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA
Story and Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell HONOLULU, Hawaii (Press Release) — A Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony was held at Aloha Jewish Chapel onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 2. The ceremony was led by Daniel Bender, a lay leader and Jewish educator at the chapel. As Bender led with prayers, and
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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA
By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Once again it will be “blue and white day” this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy here. Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at the cosmetology school about the tragedy that struck Poway on April 27 when a gunman
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on Catholic leadership in Poland to reprimand the Bishop of Tarnow for his Holy Thursday sermon that was filled with attacks on the Jewish people. Bishop Andrzej Jeż, citing a 1937 edition of the Polish periodical Nasza Sprawa that referenced the 10th World
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International, Jewish History, USABROOKLYN, New York (Press Release) — At his bris (circumcision), they named him Imri. He was blessed that his parents merit bringing him to the chupah (wedding canopy), a simple, often –taken-for-granted blessing. At the time, it seemed simple. Now they are not so sure. In fact, they are not certain that his mother will
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Tributes to the 12 Jews killed in the synagogue shootings of October 2018 in Pittsburgh and April 2019 in Poway took center stage Wednesday during The Jewish Agency for Israel’s memorial service for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s annual day of remembrance for fallen soldiers and victims of terror attacks. The special guests
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Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – There is no question that individual Jews have a lot of clout in Congress. Four of the 28 Jewish members of the House of Representatives hold important committee chairmanships. They are Democrats Eliot Engel on the Foreign Affairs Committee; Nita Lowey on Appropriations, Jerry Nadler on Judiciary; all
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAShe was murdered during gunman’s attack at Poway of Chabad East County Magazine SACRAMENTO, California — In the wake of the shooting in Poway, Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) adjourned the Senate floor session on April 28th in memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, a Chabad of Poway synagogue congregant who died during the synagogue shooting on
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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USA
Editor’s Note: Following is a letter written by Roz Rothstein, StandWithUs co-founder and CEO and Yael Lerman, Director StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department to the top administrators of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.. By Roz Rothstein LOS ANGELES — We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization. We are alarmed and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania –On Sunday morning, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that children at an Islamic center in North Philadelphia ranted and sang songs that clearly called for Israel’s destruction. I previously spotted photos from a video on Facebook and some websites in which one girl said, “We will chop off their heads”
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Berk Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The sages of the Jewish people teach that words from the heart go straight to the heart. From the deepest part of mine, I write to tell you how alone Jews feel right now. Abandoned. The level of hatred Jews are experiencing is something
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York — After 70 years, and considerable effort by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, the volunteer veterans of Israel’s War of Independence were finally, officially, thanked by the State of Israel. A citation was presented by Major General Michael Edelstein, Israel Defense Attache to the U.S., in
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Recently I received a recorded message on my iPhone, telling me, the “dear customer,” that my iCloud account had been breached. It gave me an 800 phone number that I should call back immediately. Instead, I hung up, then went to my computer and found the real phone
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USABy Ronit Weiss Berkowitz Translated from Hebrew SAN DIEGO — I am still emotionally overwhelmed by the powerful experience I had recently in class. I apologize for writing in Hebrew, it comes to me faster and I do not want those moments to slip away. I planned to talk to the students briefly about the
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA