Newsweek has named Israel’s Hadassah Medical Organization a global leader in cardiology, oncology and cardiac surgery in the media company’s “World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027.” (Press Release)
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Sarah Santiago, 17, is accused of aiding two teenagers who fatally shot three men at the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 before they drove away from the scene and committed suicide in their car. (SDJW staff0
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The bills signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 2664 and AB 1836, will strengthen protections for houses of worship and help communities safely gather in the face of rising threats of hate-motivated violence. (Press Release)
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Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) brought 240 bereaved Israeli teens to the United States this summer through its signature Legacy Program, marking the 20th year of the program and its largest summer to date. Each participant lost a parent or sibling in defense of Israel on or since Oct. 7, 2023. (Press Release)
In a hearing on Yom Kippur day, a court provisionally dismissed felony charges against five students who vandalized the executive offices in Stanford University’s administration building, prompting the Jewish Community Relations Council – Bay Area and Jewish Silicon Valley to issue this statement on Tuesday, Sept. 22: (SDJW staff roundup)
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Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Press Release, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USARabbis across Michigan will devote part of their sermons to five “non-negotiables” that they hope Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will honor. (SDJW staff roundup)
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“All the prayers and rallies will not help unless we Jews arm ourselves to the teeth. We need to walk and travel in pairs or groups. Avoid the Ivy League schools where there are both professors and students who wish to destroy us. …” {SDJW staff report}
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A new study conducted jointly by the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) and Shaare Zedek Medical Center offers encouraging findings, showing that advanced diabetes technologies may enable many people with type 1 diabetes to fast safely. (Press Release)
The Jewish Federation of San Diego this week premiered its Sparks Interactive mobile Holocaust museum to the students, faculty and staff of Canyon Hills High School in the Tierrasanta neighborhood of San Diego. (SDJW staff)
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Two departments of the federal government and Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) of Harrogate, Tennessee, have reached a settlement in a case in which Jewish medical students have complained of discrimination, it was reported by the Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law. (Press Release)
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The Secure Community Network reports that “According to federal authorities, [a] 21-year-old Pennsylvania man was charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition with the intent to commit terrorism on behalf of ISIS. [SDJW staff]
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Grand, who lives with his family a distance from the nearest Orthodox synagogue, sought to gather a minyan, a group of ten Jewish adults required for key prayers, at his home on Shabbat and holy days when Jewish law prohibits driving. Before Grand held even a single prayer gathering, a neighbor complained to the city’s mayor and asked him to “put a stop to this.” [Press Release]
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Remember Us The Holocaust (RUTH) is entering an exciting new chapter with a new exhibit slated to open on September 29 at the San Diego Central Library downtown, new leadership and a renewed commitment to establishing a permanent Holocaust museum in San Diego. (Press Release)
Two-year residency at Central Library begins for Holocaust exhibit Read More »
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During the ceremony, representatives from the two organizations presented the first responders and members of the United States Navy with a certificate featuring Jewish National Fund-USA and KKL-JNF’s 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem — the only memorial of its kind outside the United States that lists the names of all those who perished on that infamous day. [Press Release]
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