Published by New York Daily News Someone called me ni—r on the bus the other day. There was hate in his eyes, contempt in his soul, and venom on his lips where my fist should have been. It happened on the suburban bus I take twice a week to teach an undergraduate class in journalism.
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Opinion
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Saadah Masoud pledges to address his “anger issues.” Does this mean he will no longer strike Jewish New Yorkers because they are Jewish? Three acts of violence in Brooklyn and Manhattan — against Jewish men — cost Masoud 18 months of his freedom. Masoud pleaded guilty in federal court
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The levels of wealth inequality we are currently witnessing in this country are unprecedented and alarming. The very richest among us have succeeded in grabbing ever more of the proverbial pie, and the trend is only worsening. Wealth inequality is proving disastrous for America. On both collective and individual
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Opinion, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
By Stephen M. Flatow (JNS) Over the last few weeks, a prominent Middle Eastern leader has been complicit in repeated calls to wipe out the entire State of Israel. Yet the international community has not said a word. How strange… No threats from the Biden administration to deny him a visa. No angry Reform rabbis
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Israel, Opinion, USA
SAN DIEGO — Poverty is a complex issue that affects people from all walks of life, but it disproportionately affects women. Women are more likely to live in poverty than men, and the gender pay gap is just one factor that contributes to this disparity. According to the World Bank, women make up the majority
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Lifestyles, Opinion, San Diego County
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — On June 28, 1914, the Serb student Gavrila Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Sarajevo. A month later, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia for the act of one Serb. The guilt of one person was shifted to the Serbian
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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Opinion
Hats off to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for his You Tube video, shown in an article republished on San Diego Jewish World, that urges antisemites to turn away from hate for their own sake. Haters, he said, never win and end up broken. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — New York City Mayor Eric Adams may well fit in somewhere between the great actor Frederic March’s portrayal of a fanatical lawyer delivering God’s instructions to the world, and that of lesser-known actor Jay Robinson as a frenzied Caligula when, as Rome’s emperor, he demands his court to “kneel…kneel…kneel
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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Minister of Finance, with some power over defense, Bezalel Smotrich, has inspired anger from American and other foreign officials, for his call about destroying the Arab settlement where two Jews were murdered. Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of Security, with power over the police, has quarreled, and gotten only partial
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
Published by Chicago Tribune In my life as a rabbi, it’s quite common for me to hear Jews passionately expressing their dissatisfaction with the latest portrayal of Jews in the mass media: from the Netflix film “You People” to The New York Times coverage of Hasidic schools to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s gleeful promotion
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Opinion
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Since my childhood in London, I have enjoyed being able to read a newspaper that is delivered to my house every morning. In England this was pushed through our letterbox and appeared on our carpeted hallway floor. In Israel it is thrown onto our driveway from the car
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, OpinionBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in June 1967 so he could fly to Israel and risk his life in defense of
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
Two Jewish women are making big political waves. Marianne Williamson has announced she will oppose incumbent President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) has formally declared her candidacy to succeed Michigan’s retiring Democratic senator Debbie Stabanow in an effort by Democrats to remain in control of the U.S. Senate. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Opinion, USABy Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — The struggle for equal rights for Jews began with the writings of the philosopher and educator Moses Mendelssohn. In his book Jerusalem (1783) he described his version of Jewish life: one must be a Jew who observes the commandments and an enlightened German; Jews are a cultural, religious, but
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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Opinion