Judaism

Editor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Matt Lauer, who considers himself “half-Jewish” because of his father, has signed a multiple year contract extension as host of NBC’s Today show, the U-T reports in its “People” section. * Three Jewish teenage Yeshiva students , kidnapped […]

Editor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Two Jewish Democratic officeholders from Los Angeles – Congressman Adam Schiff and Assemblyman Richard Bloom – are in the thick of the controversy over whether it is either ethical or humane to keep orcas and cetaceans in captivity.  

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Congresswoman Susan Davis was among those questioning Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about the trade of Taliban operatives for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, June 11. According to a U-T story by Mark Walker, Davis wanted to know if there wasn’t a way

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Virginia Republican primary was the lead story which the U-T culled from the Associated Press and The Washington Post.  It quoted Cantor’s victorious opponent, tea party factionist David Brat, as exulting: “This is a miracle from God that just happened.”  Brent

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –– Tifereth Israel Synagogue in the San Diego neighborhood of San Carlos is breaking the mold in local synagogue financing by eliminating mandatory membership dues and asking congregants to contribute what they wish. Administrators at the Conservative congregation are confident that members’ voluntary contributions will be more than enough to sustain

SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — President Obama’s appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court are not all alike. So seemed to be the thrust of an AP story noting that Judges Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor split on the issue of whether children who arrived in the U.S. with their undocumented parents and subsequently turn 21 should