Non-Israelis may sue in Israeli court those who harm them because they are Jews Judge Moshe Drori has ruled in Jerusalem Court that non-Israelis who are harmed because they are Jewish have the standing to sue their attackers in Israeli courts. The ruling came in a case brought by the Shurat HaDin Law Center on
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Jewish Religion, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
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, USABy Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Some people are born on days coterminous with holidays like the 4th of July, Christmas and even New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Others are born on Mother’s Day or Thanksgiving that are Sundays and Thursday with no precise date. And then there is February 29. Some
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International, Jewish History, USA
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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Ethiopian Bible contestant’s family immigrates to Israel The family of Sintayehu Shaparou, the Ethiopian who competed in Israel’s April 2018 Chidon HaTanach (Bible quiz) contest, arrived in Israel on Tuesday, Nov. 6 – the first and only family allowed to immigrate to Israel in 2018. “I am so happy to have come to Israel,” said
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — On the third Friday evening of each month, the Shir Chadash (New Song) Band leads services celebrating Shabbat at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. The young mother whose alto voice provides the harmonies to the Shabbat melodies is an example of religious mobility. Just hearing that her name is “Christina
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David Ogul, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Michal and I recently returned from a visit to Vienna. We had as good a time as Jews can have there. (More about that later.) Vienna is the capital of Austria, one of several Central and Eastern European countries which have established close governmental ties with Israel. In
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Steve Kramer
By Robert Scott Kellner COLLEGE STATION, Texas — “This imbecile has us especially close to his heart. He makes no secret of his hateful feelings. He does not greet my wife at all and ignores me unless it’s for official business,” wrote Friedrich Kellner, courthouse administrator in the small German town of Laubach, on January
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International, Jewish History
By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — On Thursday night, Nov. 1, almost 140 gathered at Temple Beth Shalom to participate in a special ecumenical memorial service for those murdered in last week’s Shabbat service at the Tree of Life Synagogue, located in the Squirrel Hill Jewish area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, San Diego County, USASDJW staff report SAN DIEGO (SDJW) – In synagogues in San Diego and across the country, Jews and their friends answered the call of the American Jewish Committee to “Show Up for Shabbat” to demonstrate just one week after the Pittsburgh massacre that people of good conscience will not be intimidated. Contributors to San Diego
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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, USAJewish Council for Public Affairs offers post-Pittsburgh Massacre to-do list for Jewish community As follow-up to the Pittsburgh massacre, JCPA has compiled some initial resources and recommendations. Educate Throughout the last year, JCPA has raised concerns about rising white nationalism by passing a Resolution on White Supremacy at JCPA’s April 2018 Conference, as well as
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
San Diego County Rabbis denounce Duncan Hunter’s attacks on Ammar Campa-Najjar A group of 17 active and retired rabbis in San Diego County, affiliated with the Jewish Renewal, Reconstructionist, Reform, and Conservative branches of Judaism have issued the following statement: “As rabbis and leaders of the Jewish community in the San Diego area, we are
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
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