Jewish History

Hadassah urges national education on Holocaust

By Janice Weinman NEW YORK — Anti-Semitism has been called the oldest form of hatred.  In America, we are now witnessing a horrifying escalation of anti-Semitic violence, such as cemetery desecration, vandalization of Jewish schools and synagogues and inflammatory anti-Zionist rhetoric on college campuses.  This week, CBS News reported the existence of a prom night […]

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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Should we Jews call ourselves ‘Hebrews’?

By Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — The word Jewish is associated with a person whose religion is Judaism. But what about individuals who are atheists but trace their ethnicity to the original Hebrew tribes? Traditionally, the following groups of people are united under the term Jewish: -descendants of the original ethnic Hebrew tribes whose religion is Judaism; -descendants

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Arkady Mamaysky, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Jews of the U.S. military honored at Veterans Museum

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A famous U.S. Navy admiral, two U.S. Air Force officers, and a U.S. Army major currently are being saluted in a display sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans of San Diego at the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park. Honored are Admiral Hyman J.  Rickover, Army

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

Online dealers sell historic Judaic, Nazi artifacts

By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Combining the keyword “Hitler” and “Highest Price” on AbeBooks founded in 1995 and owned by Amazon since 2008 produces an amazing Judaica juxtaposition priced between $180,000 and $527,815. For less than $1.5 million you could own three unique 20th century works on Palestine, Mein Kampf and Einstein, and

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education

Synagogue members hold Veterans Day ceremony

    By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In honor of the centennial of the Armistice that ended World War I, members and friends of the Tifereth Israel Synagogue Men’s Club on Veteran’s Day Sunday hoisted a fresh American flag up the flagpole, pledged allegiance, sang “God Bless America” (composed by Jewish immigrant Irving

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 9, 2018 (6 items)

World Jewish Congress marks 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht The World Jewish Congress on Friday commemorated the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), the 1938 Nazi-led pogroms in which more than 1,000 synagogues were burned, windows smashed, shops looted, and individual Jews rounded up to be sent to concentration camps. Four hundred people

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

Editor’s E-Mail Box: November 2, 2018 (4 items)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin briefed reporters by telephone about the new sanctions against Iran that go into effect on Monday, Nov. 5.  Here is a transcript of their statements: SECRETARY POMPEO –Earlier this year, President Trump withdrew from the fatally flawed nuclear deal and implemented a new campaign

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Continued public focus on Pittsburgh massacre

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –If you missed Monday night’s community vigil at Congregation Beth Israel in San Diego, you’ll have another chance to attend an interfaith gathering  memorializing the 11 Jews slain at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and honoring the four law enforcement officials also shot by the white supremacist gunman. Temple Beth

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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Words alone do not trigger anti- Semitic outrages

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The recent tragic events in Pittsburgh took my thoughts to Professor Robert Wistrich’s seminal study of anti-Semitism. Coining the phrase ‘the longest hatred’ to denote the phenomenon, and making it the title of his book, Wistrich describes the longstanding and widespread occurrence of anti-Semitism. In a subsequent tome, A

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, USA

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