Jewish History

What MLK would say about the Poway Chabad shooting

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of my congregants posed an interesting question we ought to consider asking: What would Rev Martin Luther King Jr. have said about the Poway synagogue shooting? It is an important question—not just for members of the Jewish community, but also for the African-American community. Throughout […]

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Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA

Jihadi Islam’s campaign to erase religious history

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Congresswoman Ilhan Omar never ceases to surprise us with the countless inane claims she makes on a daily basis. In one of her more interesting canards, she claimed that “Jesus was a Palestinian.” One might imagine that she will soon claim that the Israelites were also really

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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

2018 saw 1,879 anti- Semitic incidents in U.S.

NEW YORK (Press Release)  — The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history, according to new data from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued today. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic incidents recorded a total of

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Jewish History, USA

Florida Senate sends anti-Semitism bill to governor

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Press Release) –The Florida Senate unanimously passed an anti-antisemitism bill which was previously passed by the Florida House unanimously.  The bill now moves to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sign. The new bill defines antisemitism and mandates that discrimination against Jewish people be treated the same as acts of racial discrimination in Florida’s K-20 public

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Jewish History, USA

State allocates $15m to protect groups against hate

SACRAMENTO (Press Release) – The California Legislature observed Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday at the State Capitol and hosted ten Holocaust Survivors who shared their stories on the Assembly floor. The California Legislative Jewish Caucus also held a press conference attended by Governor Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Assembly

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International, Jewish History, USA

A farewell at Chabad for Lori Kaye, murdered by terrorist

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Fifteen people mounted the bima at Chabad of Poway to remember and praise Lori Gilbert Kaye and to sing their appreciation for God and America.  Hundreds more were inside the sanctuary.  And a crowd stretching well down a walkway was outside listening to the story of a woman

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

Past was very present at Yom HaShoah

By Eric George Tauber LA JOLLA, California — Sunday’s Community Holocaust Commemoration had been planned for months, long before the terrorist attack on Chabad of Poway the day before. But it felt that much more important to be there. And I’m glad we got there early as the house was packed with a multi-generational crowd

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Eric George Tauber, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Pound Ridge, N.Y., marker celebrates Rescuer Halle

He found ways to obtain U.S. visas for persecuted European Jews By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — On April 26, President Donald Trump declared Holocaust Remembrance Week to culminate with Yom HaShoah, May 1-2. Ebie Wood is the president of the historical society of Pound Ridge, New York.  Many months earlier, she and the

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA

Film on Holocaust Survivor ‘Ruthie’ Sax premieres

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A 25-minute documentary on the life of Holocaust Survivor Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, who recently died at age 90, had its premiere Sunday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on a doubly sad occasion.  It was Yom HaShoah, which is the annual date for memorializing victims of the Holocaust, and

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Lori didn’t deserve to die! Moment of silence needed!

Editor’s Note:  Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway, back at his post after surgery attempted to save his index finger, described his experiences when a shooter came into his synagogue on Saturday, which was both Shabbat and the last day of Passover, and killed a dear friend, and wounded three other people, including the

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA