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Where do you stand after the Oct. 7 massacre?

For decades, American Jewry succumbed to a seductive illusion: that we could champion universalism while abandoning particularism; that if we only aligned ourselves with every fashionable political dogma, the world would grant us a permanent pass. We imagined our progressive credentials and refined assimilation would serve as an impenetrable shield. (Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel)

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Lisa Bloom

Lisa Bloom (September 20, 1961) is an American civil rights attorney known for representing high-profile clients in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse. Bloom has represented clients like Janice Dickinson against Bill Cosby, Mischa Barton in a revenge porn case, multiple women whose sexual harassment claims resulted in the firing of Bill O’Reilly from Fox News, and Blac Chyna against Rob Kardashian. [Wikipedia]

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Israeli researchers say it may be okay for Type1 diabetes sufferers to fast, with provisos, for Yom Kippur

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)

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The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: September 17, 2026

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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Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University for ‘deliberate indifference’

The anti-Israel mob concocted a novel legal strategy on Monday when former Columbia University students sued their alma mater: the defendant mobilized a pattern of “deliberate indifference.” (Bruce S. Ticker)

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The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: September 16, 2026

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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Gloria Steinem was her role model

Steinem inspired me to join the National Organization for Women, march for the Equal Rights Amendment, fight for abortion rights, demand equal pay, understand that rape victims never “ask for it” or deserve it, keep my own last name, not be embarrassed by my 5-foot 10-inch frame, pay my own way, and speak up for justice, human rights and deeply held values. [Marsha Sutton}

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The Matzo Chronicles: ‘The Songs of Summer’

My husband started singing the “Everything’s going to be alright” song right after the first mammogram showed an anomaly. He repeated it after the second diagnostic mammogram confirmed “there’s something there,” and in the days and sleepless nights while we waited for that biopsy report. [Karen Galatz]

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The fight against terrorism, antisemitism: September 15, 2026

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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Cygnet’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is the Olympics of awkwardness… but in a good way. 

Who doesn’t remember those awkward high school years? Thinking that you’re the only lonely kid in the school while everyone else is feeling just as awkward and lonely. Dear Evan Hansen currently playing at Cygnet takes those feelings and multiplies them by 1000. [Sandi Masori]

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