A Holocaust cattle car is on the National Mall in Washington, DC, May 6-9, open to all visitors for a powerful, immersive learning experience about the Holocaust and the dangers of antisemitism, intolerance, and racism. [Press Release]
Holocaust Cattle Car Parked in Remembrance on National Mall Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, Jewish History, Press Release, USA
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Tuesday, May 7, it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying and harassment of Jewish students in classrooms, hallways, schools yards, and walkouts since October 7, 2023. [Press Release]
U.S. Education Department Launches Investigation of Berkeley Unified School District Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
The researchers chose to examine genetic differences between individuals who would not be expected to show such differences – pairs of identical twins, who should share the same DNA sequence, where one of the twins suffers from schizophrenia while the other does not. [Press Release, University of Haifa]
Haifa University, Salk Institute Report Findings on Genetic Causes of Schizophrenia Read More »
Israel, Press Release, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
The event in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego had two survivors speaking, Debby Stauber and Marguerite Morris. We heard two very different experiences from these two lovely ladies and even had a chance to hold in our hand part of history. The passport that belongs to Stauber was surreal to hold as the passport was adorned with the Nazi swastika on it. [Miriam Gershenson]
Israelis and Americans Gather in Living Room for Holocaust Memories Read More »
Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Miriam Gershenson, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
UCSD. 64 people were arrested on Monday, during the dismantling of an anti-Israel protest encampment. According to a statement from the University of California, San Diego, of those arrested, 24 were not affiliated with the University.
ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 7, 2024 Read More »
Antisemitism, California, Israel, Press Release, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Many, including Spinoza’s family, fled to Amsterdam, where Jews were tolerated as long as they did not “clash with (Amsterdam’s) Calvinism on such matters as the immortality of the soul, belief in the afterlife, God the creator or the divine origin of the Holy Scriptures – all dogmas that Spinoza would later repudiate.” [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Spinoza: A Latter-Day Disciple of Maimonides? Read More »
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Every thread of justice we weave, every hand we extend in care, every ember of anger we extinguish within ourselves – these become luminous threads in the tapestry of the sacred. [Michael R. Mantell]
Parsha Kedoshim: The Commandment to be Holy Read More »
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Many of Heckerling’s films were adapted as television series. Fast Times at Ridgemont High evolved into the series Fast Times (1986), while Clueless (1995) became a television series that ran from 1996 to 1999. [Wikipedia]
Today’s Jewish Birthday: Amy Heckerling Read More »
Jewish Celebrities, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Today's Jewish Birthday, USA, Wikipedia
Our commitment to Israel is of course strategic, but it is also based upon friendship and commonality of values. An Israel that can protect, for its people, the right to exist in peace and pursue happiness and prosperity, is an ally that shares the values and ideals of America. A strong alliance with Israel is both a strategic and moral imperative. [Bill Wells]
Congressional Candidate Bill Wells Tells His Stand on Israel Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
In this picture book for children between the ages of 3 and 8, a young girl who is a future conservationist travels up and down Israel finding treasures that she can hold in her hands for moments before restoring them to their rightful place in nature. [Donald H. Harrison]
Children’s Book Teaches Israel Geography and Conservation Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share
The Jewish Federation of San Diego has received a very generous donation, the biggest in its history. With these funds, they are building a mobile Holocaust educational vehicle. It will include the latest technologies, relics, interactive components, and so much more. [Miriam Gershenson]
Community Marks an Emotional Yom HaShoah at the JCC Read More »
Albert Kreimerman, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Miriam Gershenson, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
We were instructed not to interact with them, but I felt an urge to ask some of the poster holders for explanations. Not to pick a fight, but to understand what they meant or to confirm my suspicion that they didn’t fully grasp what they were saying. For example, I would have liked to discuss with a lady holding a sign that read: “Proud to be a Jew. Proud to be anti-Zionist.” What did she mean? As anti-Zionism literally means the dismantling of our Jewish state, how could it coexist with being a “proud Jew”? [Yakov Nayerman]
Pro-Israel Rally Held Sunday at UCSD Read More »
Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA, Yakov Nayerman
President Isaac Herzog said, “This year, the darkest tragedies of our past do not feel so distant. Although the Holocaust stands alone in the history of human crimes, we have been grieving deep tragedy over the past months. The sickness of blind hatred has been unleashed, once again, in our own world and time…” [March of the Living press release]
March of the Living Participants Note Oct. 7 Similarity to Holocaust Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release
While the book is very good, not everybody will agree with everything that Manguel states. I do not know of any book about Maimonides that everyone would think is entirely correct. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Much to Learn about Maimonides in Yale University-Published Book Read More »
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