Entries will be accepted through Friday, May 15. Up to $30,000 in scholarships will be awarded. Winners will be recognized at a JAHM reception in San Diego in May. [Press Release]
Jewish history contest announced for 11th and 12th graders Read More »
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The 2026 World Cup features 48 teams with matches June 11 to July 19, 2026. Competing in its 13th World Cup, Switzerland will be based in San Diego and will play in the group stage against Qatar in Santa Clara on June 13, a UEFA playoff winner in Los Angeles on June 18, and against co-host nation Canada in Vancouver. [Press Release]
SD Jewish Academy to serve as base camp for Swiss national soccer team Read More »
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Daylight Saving Time is upon us. I don’t mind when we “fall back” in the Fall since we get more sleep. When we “spring forward” in the Spring, it cuts out an hour of sleep, which can be devastating to teenagers who enjoy sleeping in. [Cailin Acosta]
Daylight Savings Time comes this Sunday morning Read More »
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B’nai B’rith has invited college students to share their experiences of antisemitism at their school by entering its 2026 “None Shall Be Afraid” Essay Contest. Winners will earn scholarships as well as the opportunity to have their essays published. [Press Release]
Student essays on antisemitism have chance to win $2,500 scholarship Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USAFor example: Beth Jacob Congregation announces its “British Purim Invasion” at 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 3. The event will include horse-drawn queen’s carriage rides, professional portraits, scavenger hunt, bounce castle, Megillah reading, fish and chips shoppe, pub food including shepherd’s pie, bangers, and mash, tearoom, gin cocktails, and scones. [Cailin Acosta]
Congregations, schools, plan unique Purim programs Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAChicago native Emery Lehman, Jewish speedskater and four-time Olympian, took the silver medal for Team USA’s Speed Skating Men’s Team, along with teammates Casey Dawson and Ethan Cepuran, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Milan. Lehman hinted he plans to retire from speedskating after the 2026 Olympics. [Cailin Acosta]
One Jewish Olympian has medaled so far Read More »
Cailin Acosta, International, Israel, News Media, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe idea to create the Pediatric Nephrology-Urology Center grew out of the shared vision of the two Hadassah Medical Organization specialists who will be its co-directors, Oded Volovelsky, MD, and Guy Hidas, MD. Dr. Volovelsky heads the hospital system’s Pediatric Nephrology specialty and is President of the Israeli Association for Pediatric Nephrology, while Dr. Hidas heads Pediatric Urology and is President of the Israeli Pediatric Urology Society. [Cailin Acosta]
Our Shtetl: New treatments at Hadassah Medical Org. and Winter Olympics Update Read More »
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Alfred Hirsch (February 11, 1916 – March 8, 1944) was a German-Jewish athlete, sports teacher, and Zionist youth movement leader, notable for helping thousands of Jewish children during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in Prague, the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and Auschwitz. [Wikipedia]
Today’s Jewish Birthday: Fredy Hirsch Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, Today's Jewish Birthday, WikipediaAs we finish up all the Super Bowl treats, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy, have started and will continue for two weeks.
There are 16 Jewish and Israeli athletes to keep an eye on in the next two weeks. [Cailin Acosta]
Our Shtetl: Super Bowl is over, now onto the Winter Olympics Read More »
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Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio – Bad Bunny – broke out and broke it down at the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show. All in Spanish, all proudly Puerto Rican. All-American. He showed the world – and it was the world watching that we are still here (seguimos aqui) despite all the horrific things being done to harm people and break their spirits. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Bad Bunny and the Goodness of Resistance Read More »
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The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports two Major League Baseball developments with Jewish athletes: Third baseman Alex Bregman has signed a five-year, $175 million pact with the Chicago Cubs, and Alon Leichman, who grew up on Kibbutz Gezer in Israel, will become the head pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jews in the news: Saturday evening, Jan. 31, 2026 Read More »
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Myron Cope (January 23, 1929 – February 27, 2008), was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster. He is best known for being “the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers”. [Wikipedia]
Today’s Jewish birthday: Myron Cope Read More »
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Max Fried (January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He debuted with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. [Wikipedia]
Today’s Jewish Birthday: Max Fried Read More »
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None of the participants really oozed machismo by discussing sports, firearms or strippers. However, they all admitted to repressing vulnerable emotions to meet society’s expectations of manhood. And yet Kutner related how men making a minyan to say the Mourners’ Kaddish is a profound way for Jewish men to cry. [Eric George Tauber]
‘Mama’s Boys’ podcast explores Jewish masculinity Read More »
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