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Hillel Responds with Compassion to Fire and Shooting Near SDSU Campus

After the fire was contained, the stay-in-place order was lifted, and everyone was able to go home– we learned a student’s apartment had severe smoke damage and she needed a place to stay. We called on our amazing community and a remarkable community family hosted this student for Shabbat and the weekend– ensuring she felt nurtured and cared for. Well-being was our priority. [Karen Parry]

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Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Bagels

Among ‍the ‍most ‍popular ‍bagel ‍flavors ‍is ‍the ‍everything ‍bagel, ‍typically ‍covered ‍with ‍the ‍combination ‍of ‍seeds ‍and ‍spices, ‍including ‍sesame ‍seeds, ‍poppy ‍seeds, ‍flaked ‍sea ‍salt, ‍garlic ‍flakes, ‍and ‍onion ‍flakes. ‍Everything ‍bagel ‍coating ‍can ‍now ‍be ‍found ‍in ‍many ‍other ‍food ‍products, ‍including ‍which ‍of ‍the ‍following? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Business & Finance, Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

If You Haven’t Voted Already, Be Sure to Vote on Tuesday

My thoughts: people who don’t vote and complain about the outcome really have no say. If you voted, then you did the best you could. We can just hope for the best and pray it is the outcome we Jews need in Israel and in the states. Whoever you vote for, you have a voice and if you voted, it was heard. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

An Israeli-American Perspective: Trump vs. Harris through Two Different Lenses

For Israelis, the U.S. presidential election isn’t just a distant spectacle – it’s a contest with stakes that feel close to home.  This year, Israelis and Americans are both watching the election with equal intensity but different perspectives on the two major candidates: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. [Shahar Masori]

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Israel, Opinion, Shahar Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

City Attorney Declines to Bring Charges against 64 Anti-Israel Demonstrators Arrested at UCSD Spurring Protests from Former U.S. Rep. Lynn Schenk, Others

City Attorney Mara W. Elliott’s office has announced that “we do not intend to file criminal charges against the 64 people arrested” at the anti-Israel encampment on the UC San Diego campus last May. According to a statement, the decision was made “after a months-long review” of “substantial body-worn camera footage and all other available evidence.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

One Misstep Away: How Campaign Momentum Can Vanish in an Instant

If Trump were to lose the election partly due to backlash over Hinchcliffe’s controversial remark, it would serve as a cautionary tale, illustrating the outsized impact that offhand comments from affiliates can have on a campaign. Even remarks by peripheral figures—like rally speakers—can become serious liabilities, particularly in tight races. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Compassion and Civility Keys to Improving the World, Says Activist Rabbi

Rabbi Yanklowitz spoke with San Diego Jewish World about the roles compassion and civility can play in people’s personal interactions, in the run-up toward America’s Nov. 5 presidential election, and in the ongoing war between Israel and Iran and Iranian proxies. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish Religion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

What Hitler’s General in the Netherlands Was Really Like

De Vries has every reason to express dismay about a man who admires Hitler, a man who wishes his generals were more like Hitler’s generals. For it is one of those generals, totally loyal to the Führer and blindly following his orders, who was directly responsible for the deportation of 110,000 Dutch Jews — 75 percent of the entire Dutch Jewish population at the time — to Nazi concentration camps. Only approximately 5,000 returned home alive after the war. [Dorian de Wind, The Moderate Voice]

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Antisemitism, Dorian de Wind, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, News Media, USA

Some Jews in Philadelphia are Boycotting Certain Restaurants over Politics

If the Jewish version of BDS takes flight, then fans of Vice President Kamala Harris must shun Hymie’s Deli in Bala Cynwyd forever. Not to mention the McDonald’s in Feasterville, Bucks County, where former President Donald J. Trump dropped in for a photo shoot. Meanwhile, in Philly’s Queen Village, Trumpsters must now evade the Famous 4th Street Deli. [Bruce S. Tickere]

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Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Editorial: Kamala Harris for President and a Democratic Slate for Congress

I am disgusted by the rhetoric at the Trump rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday and alarmed that such major news organizations as The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times have decided to make no endorsements in the presidential race. I was mulling endorsements before, but now I feel the time is imperative to take a stand, even though I know that whichever way I decide, I’ll disappoint some of our readers. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Israel, Opinion, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Jews in Baseball

Upon ‍his ‍signing ‍with ‍the ‍Giants, ‍the ‍‍Sporting ‍News ‍ran ‍a ‍headline ‍saying ‍Giants ‍scout ‍“Dick ‍Kinsella ‍Finds ‍That ‍$100,000 ‍Jew,” ‍and ‍some ‍referred ‍to ‍Solomon ‍as ‍“the ‍Jewish ‍Babe ‍Ruth.” ‍What ‍other ‍nickname ‍was ‍also ‍given ‍to ‍Mose ‍Solomon? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Sports & Competitions, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA