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Never again: Holocaust news for October 7, 2015

October 7, 2015

Paris Mayor Pledges Fight Against Anti-Semitism NEW YORK (Press Release)– Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has signed on to Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism, an AJC initiative calling on municipal leaders across Europe to publicly address and take concrete actions against rising anti-Semitism. “The City has a responsibility to fight anti-Semitism, otherwise it will develop in the […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

4,302 Jews are new Spanish citizens

October 2, 2015

MADRID (JNS.org) Spain’s government has officially granted citizenship to 4,302 Sephardic Jews as part of a new law granting citizenship to the descendants of Jews who were exiled during the Spanish Inquisition. According to Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala, the naturalizations were approved a day after the new citizenship law took effect, the Associated

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International, Jewish History

Never Again: Holocaust news for October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015

AJC salutes 25th anniversary of German reunification NEW YORK (Press Release)– The American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the 25th anniversary of German unification on October 3. To mark the occasion, AJC Executive Director David Harris issued the following statement: “We remember as if it were yesterday the remarkable events of 1989 when the Berlin Wall

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International, Jewish History

Never Again: Holocaust news of October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015

A Role for Tikkun Olam in Business By Daniel Lubetzky NEW YORK — In this day and age, doing well and doing good are not mutually exclusive. Although the concept of tikkun olam is rooted in Jewish texts and traditions, its importance and application transcend the Jewish community and can be applied to achieve change in the

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Jewish History

Never Again: Holocaust news of Sept. 25, 2015

September 25, 2015

Dachau’s makeover: ex-Nazi death camp houses refugees amid Europe’s crisis (JNS.org) A portion of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau is being used to house dozens of refugees, the German town’s mayor says. The concentration camp, which bears the infamous inscription “Arbeit Macht Frei”—“Work Will Set You Free”—has seen its former herb garden turned into

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International, Jewish History

Germany will prosecute Auschwitz radio operator

September 24, 2015

(JNS.org) German authorities have charged a 91-year-old woman for her role in the murder of 260,000 Jews in the Auschwitz death camp during the Holocaust. The woman, who has not been identified, served in the Nazi SS and worked as a radio operator for the camp’s commandant in 1944. Prosecutors plan to charge her as

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International, Jewish History

Three historic dates in September: 7, 11, 17

September 12, 2015

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — On 9/11 we recalled the horrors of that day when mass terror struck America. In less than a week, the US Congress will vote on the important Iran nuclear deal. A few days ago, I recalled another significant date – September 7. Not many people remembered what happened on that date.

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Barry Shaw, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Yiddish literature exponent among UCSD lecturers

September 9, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) –Goldie Morgentaler, who was the subject of a feature story in San Diego Jewish World as well as a chapter in Donald H. Harrison’s recent book Schlepping Through The American West: There Is A Jewish Story Everywhere, will be retelling the stories of her mother, Chava Rosenfarb, a well-known Yiddish writer, as

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Why ‘The Jewish Genius Initiative’ started

September 9, 2015

By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO — “I’m sorry…I’m sorry…I’m sorry.” These words still ring in my heart. As a schoolboy about ten years of age on my way to afternoon Hebrew school, on the other side of the street I saw a young Chassidic boy, about my age, getting pushed to the ground by two

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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education

Susiya’s Jewish history not open to debate

September 8, 2015

By Steve Kramer SUSIYA, Israel — The non-governmental organization (NGO) Regavim* concentrates on preserving Israel’s land on both sides of the 1949 Armistice Line. Along with that, Regavim schedules tours throughout the Land of Israel to acquaint Israelis and tourists with our historical homeland. We went on such a tour recently, to Susiya, located in the

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Jewish History, Steve Kramer

Persistence, patience triumph in search for ancestors

September 7, 2015

By Howard Wayne SAN DIEGO — My maternal grandmother immigrated to the United States from the Kingdom of Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in around 1910. She visited her family twice between the world wars, and afterwards sent some money to her father, Joseph Weinstein (or Weinstein Jozcef in Hungarian). As far as we

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International, Jewish History

From the Jewish library: ‘Shtetl’

September 6, 2015

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Those of us familiar with the word “shtetl” often conjure up mental images of a small town in Eastern Europe; the world of Tevye fiddling on the edge of his roof. These memories were handed down by our forebears along with faded pictures of grimy houses and dusty

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Jewish History

School named for Jonas Salk to open

September 5, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDONA)–After decades of delays, Jonas Salk Elementary School in Mira Mesa will open its doors to students for the first time Tuesday as the San Diego Unified School District begins its new academic year. The $24 million school is named after Dr. Jonas Salk, who invented the first successful polio vaccine and later

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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Memoir relates journey from Hasidism to lesbianism

September 4, 2015

Uncovered by Leah Lax; She Writes Press; © 2015; ISBN 978-1631529955; $16.95 By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – This touchingly written, respectful yet controversial, woman’s odyssey from unhappy, repressed childhood to Hasidism and thence, in middle age, to freedom and the personal security found in lesbianism, is bound to be earnestly debated by readers.

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History

Never again: Holocaust news for October 7, 2015

4,302 Jews are new Spanish citizens

Never Again: Holocaust news for October 2, 2015

Never Again: Holocaust news of October 1, 2015

Never Again: Holocaust news of Sept. 25, 2015

Germany will prosecute Auschwitz radio operator

Three historic dates in September: 7, 11, 17

Yiddish literature exponent among UCSD lecturers

Why ‘The Jewish Genius Initiative’ started

Susiya’s Jewish history not open to debate

Persistence, patience triumph in search for ancestors

From the Jewish library: ‘Shtetl’

School named for Jonas Salk to open

Memoir relates journey from Hasidism to lesbianism

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