LONDON (WJC) –The British actor Gary Oldman on Tuesday apologized after claiming in a ‘Playboy’ interview that Hollywood was a “town run by Jews.” Oldman said fellow actor and director Mel Gibson was being unfairly ostracized over his anti-Semitic remarks. Following criticism by Jewish organizations, Oldman issued an apology in which he described Jews as
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By Sheryl DeVore SOUTH BEND, Indiana — When Andrew Berlin purchased a losing baseball team with the goal of improving park attendance and scores, he didn’t realize that he would also be repurposing a century-old synagogue that could have easily succumbed to the wrecking ball. The CEO of Berlin Packaging, a Chicago-based business with
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Jewish Religion, Sports & Competitions, USAEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has won plaudits from Justin Brooks, director of the California Innocence Project, for usually being willing to look over old cases that the project based at Cal Western School of Law in San Diego
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — The team behind the award-winning documentary Finding Kalman has published an interactive archive of Holocaust remembrance portraits, bridging the past and the present, biography and imagery, and leveraging the power of art to discuss difficult subjects. Naïve artists have created more than 500 black-and-white pastel portraits of Holocaust survivors, victims,
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SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) – The 34th edition of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival returns to the Bay Area July 24-August 10, 2014 at the Castro Theatre and Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco, the CinéArts Theatre in Palo Alto, the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, The California Theatre and
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Jewish Religion, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Wednesday, June 25, marks the one-year anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder Supreme Court decision that invalidated parts of the Voting Rights Act. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Voting Rights Amendment Act (VRAA). Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism,
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Jewish Religion, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON–The disheartening, though not entirely surprising, breakdown of talks between Israel and the Palestinians marked yet another failure by the two sides to come closer to an agreement that would usher the way for a Palestinian state. Yet, no sooner had the talks collapsed than blame was being assigned by
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Jewish History, Middle East, Richard L. CravattsEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Because he is from California, the new Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, is under pressure to show that he is at least as conservative as Eric Cantor, who gave up the leadership position after
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman is pictured in a photo by John Gibbins in U-T coverage of the FBI’s probe into allegations of San Diego Police Officers misconduct before Zimmerman’s reign. However, the chief is not quoted in the
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO –The history of the Jewish people is a long one – well, not just long – very long. Because our history is intertwined with so many other groups and countries it is also bound to be complex – with triumphs, tsuras (trouble) and lots of dates. However, it would be
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Jewish HistoryEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. Restaurateur David Cohen is teaming up with Tim Mays of the Casbah to turn the North Park Theatre into a venue for rock concerts and comedy performances. In fact, Ronnie Spector will give a concert on July 4,
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Jewish ReligionEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website In a front page story about the U.S. sending advisors to Iraq, the AP quotes Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) as warning against “mission creep” that might end up in another land war in the Middle East. “We have
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Several years ago on a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego, I tuned into a late night radio talk show hosted by Michael Savage. His opinions and callers (IMO) were outrageous. One call particularly caught my attention. The caller said: “I believe in President George Bush.” Savage
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Jewish ReligionEditor’s Note: The full articles alluded to in this report may be accessed via the U-T website. State Capitol correspondent Steven Greenhut reported on Page A-2 that State Sen. Mark Leno’s bill to require a kill switch that would enable owners to turn off stolen cellphones is running into controversy. Approved by an Assembly committee,
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