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Vigil for Pittsburgh 11 overflows in San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The distance between San Diego, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is 2,450 miles, but the psychological distance between the two American cities was zero as representatives of many faiths filled Congregation Beth Israel’s sanctuary and synagogue to overflowing Monday evening, Oct. 29,  in a vigil to express solidarity with the […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 29, 2018 (7 items)

Chabad merges San Diego memorial gathering with community service at Beth Israel Rabbi Rafi Andrusier of Chabad of East County sent the following message: “After such a terrible tragedy, I sent an email on Saturday night about increasing Jewish unity. Chabad jumped into action and immediately setup an event to honor those holy souls who

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Aharoni named global envoy for Maccabi games

KFAR MACCABIAH, Israel —- The Maccabi World Union (MWU) Executive has appointed Ido Aharoni as the organization’s Global Ambassador. Aharoni is a veteran of Israel’s foreign service where he spent his entire career, spanning almost three decades, in the United States culminating with a six-year term as Israel’s consul-general in New York with the rank

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USA

Jews threatened by extreme right AND extreme left

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Anti-Semitism is one of the world’s most enduring social diseases that we as Jews have known throughout our history. With the murder of eleven Jews at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue, the Jewish community awoke from its slumber only to realize that anti-Semitism is still alive

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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA

More reactions to Pittsburgh Shabbat massacre

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — A day after the Shabbat morning massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, reactions from Jewish and non-Jewish organizations and individuals continued to come into the offices of San Diego Jewish World via email.  In addition to messages from those individuals and organizations that spoke out on Saturday, there

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David Ogul, International, Jewish Religion, John McCormick, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 28, 2018 (2 items)

Israeli legislation would tax organizations receiving majority funding from foreign governments A new bill aims to impose heavy taxes on organizations that receive the majority of their funding from foreign governments. The bill, submitted by Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Nava Boker (Likud), would impose a maximum tax rate of 45% and strip the

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International, Middle East, USA

Jewish world reacts to Pittsburgh synagogue murders

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — As news of the deadly assault on the Tree of Life/ Or L’Shalom Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh were broadcast and cablecast around the country, various Jewish organizations issued statements in response. At last report, there were at least 11 people killed and six others wounded, including four

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 26, 2018 (3 items)

Mattis, Lieberman confer on defense The U.S. Defense Department issued the following statement Friday: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis spoke on the phone with Israeli Minister of Defense (MOD) Avigdor Lieberman on Oct. 24 to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship between the United States and Israel. The leaders discussed a broad range of defense

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 25, 2018 (3 items)

Republicans, Democrats accused of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic statements Republicans and Democrats have been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments in two congressional races. The Washngton Post reported that Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa visited Nazi Holocaust sites in Poland as the guest of From the Depths, a Holocaust Memorial group, then, on his own money, traveled to

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Saudi role in Yemen more brutal than Khashoggi murder

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The cold-blooded killing of the journalist Khashoggi, however gruesome, pales compared to the brutality and gross human rights violations Saudi Arabia is committing in Yemen. The Saudis are deliberately preventing food and medicine from reaching areas where children are dying from starvation or disease. Their indiscriminate bombings are killing

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA

Of Hawaiian judges, royalty, Jews, and Torah

Editor’s Note: This is the 34th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego.  Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment:   1, 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 By Donald H.

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 24, 2018

Shabbat San Diego lists upcoming events The legendary San Diego Challah Bakes once again, to accommodate the expected 5,000 attendees.  There will be   6 locations on Thursday night, Oct. 25, with RSVPs required via https://shabbatsandiego.org/    The locations are: Coastal  4126 Executive Dr. Doors open at 5 PM, Ample Parking (we’ve rented lots on both sides of

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USA