Jacob, who is thoughtful, inward, and searching, represents our spiritual side, the part of us longing for meaning and connection. Esau, who is more physical, impulsive, passionate, stands for our instinctive drives, our hunger to act, to feel, to experience life head-on. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
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Ruth Laredo (November 20, 1937 – May 25, 2005) was an American classical pianist. [Wikipedia]
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President Trump on Wednesday night signed into law the bill requiring the Department of Justice to release its Epstein files, setting into motion a 30-day time limit for compliance. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Antisemitism, California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Two Classics professors, Ralph (Kevin O’Connor, Jr.) and Daphne (Katelyn Slater), discover a long-lost copy of Euripides’ play, Andromeda. This discovery could well launch them into academic fame from their present relative obscurity. Well, it would have if it hadn’t gone missing! [Eva Trieger]
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Despite decades of dialogue aimed at better Christian-Jewish relations, the surge in antisemitism has exposed how shallow much of that progress was. Too many Christians remain indifferent, and some even fuel the fire. It is grotesque that certain ministers still blame Jews for COVID-19 or repeat ancient blood libels in modern dress. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Mendelssohn’s overture, The Hebrides, otherwise known as Fingal’s Cave, opened the Nov. 15 concert of the San Diego Symphony in its beautifully renovated hall at the Jacobs Music Center. The overture was inspired by the 20-year old Felix Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland’s Hebrides Islands. [Eileen Wingard]
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Gary Ackerman (November 19, 1942) is an American retired politician and former U.S. representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. [Wikipedia]
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Today's Jewish Birthday, WikipediaIn an anticlimax, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure by a vote of 427-1 to force the Justice Department to release all materials related to the investigation of the late convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: November 18, 2025 Read More »
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According to the complaint, bullies at the Nysmith School relentlessly harassed an 11-year-old Jewish student, and called Jews “baby killers,” said Jews deserved to die because of what is happening in Gaza, and told the young girl that everyone hated her for being Jewish. When her parents reported these incidents to the headmaster, no action was taken. (Press Release)
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Listed below are some of the most crucial questions which I attempt to answer in a civil, straightforward manner. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
shaped not only religious life for centuries but also the very contours of English literature and everyday language, poetry, prose, and literature of all kinds. Yet, it contains flaws—many of them. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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A special display in the Fireside Room honored van Gogh’s enduring connection to sunflowers. At the artist’s funeral, his coffin was draped with a simple white cloth and adorned with sunflowers and other yellow blossoms—a poignant tribute to the joy and vitality he saw in these flowers. [Cailin Acosta]
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Hebrew Free Loans of San Diego’s Executive Director, Mindi Frankel, attended the International Association of Jewish Free Loans conference. She connected with 29 other free loan agencies. [Cailin Acosta]
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Dudu Fisher (November 18, 1951) is an Israeli cantor and performer, best known for his Broadway performance as Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables. [Wikipedia]
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