The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today welcomed the expansion of its partnership with Meta Platforms to provide social media users with reliable, authoritative information about the Holocaust across its core applications. [PRESS RELEASE]
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Damsky v. Summerlin, urging the Court to reverse a trial judge and vacate a preliminary injunction that required the University of Florida to reinstate Preston Damsky, a law student who posted racist, anti-Semitic and violent rhetoric on social media. [PRESS RELEASE]
San Diego is proud to have hosted 6 POM units in individual homes, providing a rewarding week for host families to give back to our veterans and a healing week for the veterans receiving therapy as a unit in a supportive, safe environment. [PRESS RELEASE]
Bar-Ilan University President Prof. Arie Zaban: “Science contains countless dimensions that we have yet to fully grasp—and that is the story we are building here today. The ability to produce multidimensional ‘smart’ materials represents a transformative step forward. [PRESS RELEASE]
Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51) secured $14,184,000 in federal funds for 14 local community projects in San Diego in an appropriations package passed by Congress. [Press Release]
Rep. Sara Jacobs Secures Over $14 Million for 14 San Diego Projects Read More »
California, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, San Diego County
Von Wilpert emphasized the critical role education plays in the prevention of hate crimes and announced she will fight for the Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit to be a traveling exhibit throughout all San Diego libraries. (Press Release)
The liberation has not lost its urgency or its moral weight. As we reflect more than eight decades later, the connections between that history and the world we are living in today are impossible to ignore. (Press release).
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Antisemitism, Holocaust, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Opinion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, San Diego County
There are an estimated 196,600 Jewish Holocaust survivors globally, living across more than 90 countries. This is down from the 220,000 survivors estimated to be alive when the Claims Conference released this data in January 2025. (Press Release)
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Alyson Brauning, Interim Chair of the National Education Association (NEA) Jewish Affairs Caucus said, “as a Jewish public-school educator, these findings, while disturbing, do not come as a shock. They reveal a serious disconnect between stated commitments to equity and the lived realities of Jewish educators. …” [Press release]
While neither item is fully funded in the January proposal, the Governor commits to working with the Legislature to include funding for both in the May Revision. In prior years, these priorities typically emerged much later in the budget process. [Press Release]
Non-profit security grants, Holocaust education in Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal Read More »
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Among the new immigrants who arrived this year are 297 families, 946 children, 1,476 single men and women, and 548 retirees. The average age of Olim over the last year is 31 years old, with the oldest being 96 years old, and the youngest being a four-month-old baby. The Olim come from all over North America, most notably New York, New Jersey, California, Maryland, Florida, and Illinois. [Press Release]
4,150 Americans Made Aliyah to Israel in 2025 Read More »
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Two hundred San Diego families working to make ends meet now have presents to give their children thanks to a toy drive organized by Jewish Family Service of San Diego in collaboration with interfaith partners and community members. [Press Release]
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Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, San Diego County
Sitting at the meeting table at the end of the office, I asked where my representative was, and the staffer told me that Jacobs is only there when she has to vote. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Appointment with Rep. Sara Jacobs Really Means Meeting with Her Staff Read More »
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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday that Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of the slain Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner will be charged with their murder. He said, “Their loss is beyond tragic and we will commit ourselves to bringing their murderer to justice.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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