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Respite in San Diego for Sha’ar Hanegev Social Workers

Their time in San Diego is possible through funding from the federation’s Emergency Israel campaign. Closer to the October 7th attacks , the federation and San Diego community raised more than $9 million in emergency aid in just a few weeks. The majority of this aid has gone towards the rebuilding of Sha’ar HaNegev, while also aiding relief and recovery efforts across Israel. [Hannah Ramirez, Times of San Diego]

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Golf

British ‍soldiers ‍and ‍civil ‍servants ‍established ‍three ‍competing ‍golf ‍organizations ‍at ‍the ‍time ‍which ‍offered ‍tournaments ‍and ‍frequently ‍held ‍competitions ‍with ‍each ‍other. ‍One ‍was ‍named ‍the ‍Jerusalem ‍Golf ‍Club ‍and ‍the ‍second ‍was ‍the ‍Palestine ‍Police ‍Golf ‍Society. ‍What ‍was ‍the ‍name ‍of ‍the ‍third ‍group? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Israel, Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Netanyahu’s Challenge in Congress to Rebuild Jewish Unity

The speech poses a serious challenge to the US Jewish community. American Jewry opposes Israeli interference the US internal affairs. October 7 did not pass them by. The tragedy in the villages around Gaza and the war that followed, have deepened the crisis in the community, a crisis that may affect the identity and identification of the young Jewish generation in North America. [Avinoam Bar-Yosef]

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Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Jewish Officials, Past and Present, Condemn Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump

From across the seas and across party lines, past and present Jewish public officials denounced the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Remembering Jim Inhofe and His Vital Support for Israel

Inhofe’s commitment to the Iron Dome and other vitally important Senate initiatives that strengthened Israel have been completely absent from the many articles celebrating his career of service and marking his passing. In this small space, an attempt will be made to rectify that. [Moshe Phillips]

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Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

An Israeli-American Perspective: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The U.S. benefits from a large domestic market, which allows startups to scale more easily within the country before expanding internationally. In contrast, Israel’s small domestic market forces startups to think globally from day one, often seeking international partnerships and markets to grow. [Shahar Masori]

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Business & Finance, Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Shahar Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology, USA

Evangelicals Compare Trump to the Biblical Kings. That’s Actually an Indictment

For those, like myself, who take the bible’s wisdom with great seriousness, supporting Trump as a biblical king is a gross misreading of the Hebrew Bible. A fair, close reading shows that the Hebrew Bible not only disapproves of the kings Trump is most compared with, but also disapproves of the monarchy itself, depicting it as a disastrously corrupt institution. [Rabbi Philip Graubart]

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Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Drexel Prof. Arrested on Charge of Stealing Pro-Israel Signs

Mariana Chilton, PhD is a college professor in Philadelphia by day and a suspected thief in the night in a wealthy suburb. She faces charges in Montgomery County Court for swiping pro-Israel signs from a neighboring synagogue and a private home. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Jewish Agency’s Head of North America: Israel Needs ‘Character Witnesses’ on Campus

Given the surge in anti-Israel and antisemitic incidents with the growth of the BDS movement and the ongoing war, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Campus Israel Fellows are supporting Jewish college students by maintaining an authentic and engaging Israeli presence on campuses. [Jacob Kamaras]

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Antisemitism, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Hounding the Headlines: The Aging Alpha Dog Choices

Every four years in the United States, dogs choose an alpha dog to lead them.  In the past both candidates were sufficiently tame and thus caused no alarm.  That is not the case this year.  Two old dogs are competing for the office. [“Elona Baron” as Barked to Laurie Baron}

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Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA