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ATHENS (WJC)–As three Greek human rights activists are going on trial for speaking out against judges who acquitted a notorious anti-Semite and extreme-right politician in Greece, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has called on the president of the European Parliament to send an official envoy to watch this trial in Athens. The WJC criticized the […]

By Cynthia Citron  LOS ANGELES –It’s difficult to imagine that a play based on atrocities committed during two decades of civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo could be construed as an entertaining evening in the theater.   Oddly enough, though, it is. The play s called Ruined and it is currently on stage at

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)– Klezmer authority Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi will give a jazz concert mixing Yiddish, klezmer, jazz improvization and Afro-Cuban percussion at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 12,  in the Saville Theatre on the campus of San Diego City College. Performers will include Jeff Pekarek on bass, Fred Benedetti on guitar, Tripp Sprague on

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Project SARAH (Stop Abusive Relationships At Home), a program of Jewish Family Service, will feature Leslie Morgan Steiner, New York Times bestselling author and columnist for the Washington Post at the Glatt Kosher Luncheon and Program recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  The event takes place at Congregation Beth Am, 5050 Del Mar

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO –“K’rachaim av al banim, kain Tirachem aleinu…”  Like the mercy of a father on children, may You (G-d) have mercy upon us… [Liturgy] A little girl and her father were crossing a flimsy bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter:”Sweetheart, please hold my

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for defacing a billboard image of Omri Casspi, the Israeli-born Sacramento Kings forward, with a swastika. The swastika, painted on the forehead of Casspi’s likeness, was reported on September

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Antibiotics can work miracles, knocking out common infections like bronchitis and tonsillitis. But according to the Center for Disease Control, each year 90,000 people in the U.S. die of drug-resistant “superbugs” ― bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a deadly form of staph infection resistant to normal antibiotics. Although hospital patients are

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday called on the government of Kyrgyzstan to bring to justice those responsible for attacking a synagogue in the capital city of Bishkek with a nail-filled pipe bomb on the eve of the Jewish New Year. In a letter to Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva, Abraham H. Foxman, ADL

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Somebody wrote me a nasty letter recently after something I circulated in this publication.  “You wrote that because you’re a Jew,” spouted my critic.  To this branding, I say, thank you!  Thank you!  Thank you for attributing to me the greatest possible ethnic compliment.  Call me a Jew, and

MELBOURNE (Press Release)–Last Sunday, 12th September, VAJEX held a graveside  service to honour the memory of Sgt Issy Smith, a recipient of the Victoria Cross. It was a moving  and well-deserved tribute to a very brave man. At only 11 years old Issy stowed away on a ship from Egypt to Britain where at 14