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AJ Congress provides free voter guide for 2020

May 30, 2019

NEW YORK (SDJW) — The American Jewish Congress has compiled a Jewish voter’s guide to the 2020 elections, looking at the stances President Donald Trump and the 24 Democratic presidential contenders, to date, have taken on Israeli and domestic Jewish concerns. The guide also provides information on the stances of members of the United States […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Krakow to name street for protector of Jewish orphans

May 28, 2019

KRAKOW, Poland (Press Release) — Kraków City Council has decided that one of the city streets will be named after Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, the well-known caretaker of the Kraków ghetto orphanage. During the liquidation of the orphanage by the Nazis, Kurzmann was offered to abandon the children and live, or join them in their

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International, Jewish History

Soille gala honors U.S. soldiers, Shoah survivors

May 27, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School honored two Holocaust survivors at a Memorial Day gala on Monday, May 27, with keynote speaker Elizabeth Robbins, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, spelling out the connection. “I think Rabbi [and Headmaster Simcha] Weiser picked the best possible day to honor Fanny

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish pins and a badge help document our past

May 26, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Longtime San Diego residents Robert and Helaine Baum were doing some Spring cleaning and found hundreds of pins and patches that they had collected over the years, then put away, and forgot. Their wide-ranging collection included memorabilia from the worlds of politics, sports, broadcasting, the labor movement, local

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Yiddish play (with English subtitles) examines power

May 26, 2019

By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — Latin is a dead language. This is defined as “one that has no native speakers.” Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh is on a mission to make sure that Yiddish never goes the way of Latin. And she’s succeeding. Two years ago, the doctoral candidate from the Slavic Languages Department at the

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Eva Trieger, Jewish History, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Proposal to honor American liberators of Buchenwald

May 26, 2019

By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — For most, Memorial Day is another day off. Another excuse not to go to work and grill hamburgers, or go to the beach and kvetch about politics and the decline of American society. However, Memorial Day is really a day to stop and assess the meaning of

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA

Anti- Semitism injected into India election

May 22, 2019

By Navras J. Aafreedi From indiatimes.com KOLKATA, India — Estimated to be around five to ten thousand, Jews are the smallest religious minority in India classified under the category ‘Others’, representative of 0.7 per cent of the Indian population, in the census. They are so small in numbers that they do not even qualify to

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International, Jewish History

Zionism an important component of Wouk’s legacy

May 21, 2019

By Moshe Phillips PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Herman Wouk, the famed novelist who first became a household name for his 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning The Caine Mutiny died last week nearly 70 years after achieving fame. Besides his long career as a writer he was also a lifelong Zionist. This fact of Wouk’s love affair with the State of Israel has been completely absent from the many articles celebrating his literary

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Last train to Auschwitz, revisited

May 20, 2019

By Dorian DeWind The Moderate Voice AUSTIN, Texas — It has been nearly 75 years since the last train crammed with Dutch Jews destined for the Auschwitz death camp left Westerbork, a camp situated in the northeastern part of the Netherlands that served as a transit camp for Dutch Jews before they were deported to

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Dorian de Wind, International, Jewish History

An Independence Day tour of Israel

May 20, 2019

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just 71 years ago, Israel declared its independence based on several factors: *God promised the Land of Israel to the Jews in the Bible – echoed in the Christian Bible and even (gasp!) in the Koran. *Three ancient Jewish kingdoms in Israel are part of archaeological and historical

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Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food

In Memory of Herman Wouk, z”l

May 19, 2019

By Amy Neustein, PhD FORT LEE, New Jersey — My late mother, Shirley Friedberg Neustein, was a childhood friend of Herman Wouk, who attended the boys division of a Zionist camp (Keeyuma/Carmelia) in the 1920s and 30s, which was picturesquely situated on Lake Champlain in Milton Vermont. They kept up until my mother died in

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Amy Neustein, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, USA

Family, clergy, extol Cantor Merel on his 95th birthday

May 19, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Family members and three fellow clergy saluted Cantor Emeritus Shelly Foster Merel of Congregation Beth Israel on his 95th birthday during a dinner gathering Saturday night, May 18, at the Bay Club Hotel and Marina on Shelter Island. There were so many speakers that the presentations went on

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Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Anti- Semitic imagery at San Diego State University

May 19, 2019

By Peter C. Herman Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — On May 8, the Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University sent out a newsletter featuring announcements for lectures, courses from the Women’s Studies Department, and other items of interest. But at the bottom of the email, a student inserted a poster-like image

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Locals note Harvey Milk’s San Diego connections

May 16, 2019

By Fernando Zweifach Lopez SAN DIEGO — May 22 is Harvey Milk’s birthday! Not everyone knows that Harvey Milk lived in San Diego before moving to San Francisco. He was stationed here while serving in the U.S. Navy and credited the experience with his love for California and his eventual move to San Francisco. Because

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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

AJ Congress provides free voter guide for 2020

Krakow to name street for protector of Jewish orphans

Soille gala honors U.S. soldiers, Shoah survivors

Jewish pins and a badge help document our past

Yiddish play (with English subtitles) examines power

Proposal to honor American liberators of Buchenwald

Anti- Semitism injected into India election

Zionism an important component of Wouk’s legacy

Last train to Auschwitz, revisited

An Independence Day tour of Israel

In Memory of Herman Wouk, z”l

Family, clergy, extol Cantor Merel on his 95th birthday

Anti- Semitic imagery at San Diego State University

Locals note Harvey Milk’s San Diego connections

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