WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The United States State Department issued this statement on Saturday, May 4: “The United States strongly condemns the ongoing barrage of rocket attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from Gaza upon innocent civilians and their communities across Israel. “We call on those responsible for the violence to cease this […]
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Sometimes, wisdom tales of the past have a way of speaking to us in the present. And although we often think of ourselves a product of the present, in reality, our personal narrative is inextricably connected to those who have preceded us from the past. This especially
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Ron Klein and Halie Sofer WASHINGTON, D.C. — Our country has a serious problem. The rising tide of white supremacy and increasingly accessible semi-automatic weapons is a lethal combination that has led repeatedly to tragedy, including this past week at the Chabad Synagogue of Poway. Six months after the horrific massacre at the Tree
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USA
By Rabbi Avi Weiss EN ROUTE TO SAN DIEGO — A central theme of my rabbinate has always been presence. In times of tragedy, it’s important to go – just be there. As a general rule, I have found that once going, matters fall into place. I write these words as I fly with my daughter,
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San Diego County, USA
By Rabbi Warren Goldstein JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Friends, at this tragic juncture in our shared history, I ask you a single question: As those fateful bullets punctured our world on the eighth day of Pesach in Poway – where were they aimed? That bullet, so heroically taken by Lori Kaye, may her memory be
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International, San Diego County, USA
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Poway of Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured during Saturday’s anti-Semitic attack, appeared with President Trump in Washington Thursday at the National Day of Prayer. “My life has changed forever, but it changed so I could make change,” Goldstein said at the White
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USA
AUSTIN, Texas (Press Release) — Athena Security and Al-Ameri International Trading announced today the “Keep Mosques Safe” initiative (KMS). Al-Ameri International Trading, along with recognized Islamic charities and foundations, will finance the installation of Athena’s A.I.-powered gun and weapons detection platform in mosques around the world. The first mosque to benefit will be Al-Noor in
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By David Rubin SHILOH, Israel –Another Holocaust Day has passed but have we learned anything? Just days before the May 1-2 Remembrance Day, we witnessed the lethal shooting in Chabad of Poway in San Diego County, a second shooting in a synagogue in six months. Clearly, there is a rise in anti-Semitism in the US
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s appearance over the weekend on CBS’ Face the Nation showed him trying to convince someone — his minders at home, perhaps — that Iran is a moderate, trustworthy, terror-fighting country. The designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terror organization and the end of
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Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California — Congregation Beth El dedicated a 30 by 9 foot mural of a Tree of Life on Thursday, May 2, that incorporates, among other elements, ceramic butterflies symbolizing children who were murdered in the Holocaust. The outdoor Yom HaShoah ceremony led by the congregation’s former president Sonia Ancoli
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
By Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — As a Jewish professor who has published on terrorism, I’ve been asked a number of times for my thoughts on what happened in Poway. At first, I had nothing to say that has not been said a thousand times before. The shooter (I will
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAEditor’s Note: This article is a short excerpt from Alon Ben-Meir’s latest essay, “Preventing an Israeli-Iran War,” published in the May 2019 issue of American Diplomacy. The full-length essay is available by clicking here By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Accusing Iran of being a rogue country bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, supporting extremist groups
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — “The term anti-Semitism was coined in 1879 by the German agitator [and Jew hater] Wilhelm Marr to designate the anti-Jewish campaigns under way in central Europe at that time. Although the term now has wide currency, it is a misnomer, since it implies a discrimination against all Semites.
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Rabbi Joshua Dorsch SAN DIEGO — This has been somewhat of a surreal few days for the San Diego Jewish community. From Pittsburgh to Sri Lanka, over the past few months we have heard about attacks on houses of worship. While we gathered together and mourned with faith communities around the world, the attacks
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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA