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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

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Jolly Sixteen Sponsors Military Purim Dinner Southwestern Jewish Press, March 4, 1955, Page 7 The Jolly Sixteen of San Diego will sponsor its annual Purim Dinner for military personnel on Wednesday, March 9th, at Temple Center, it was announced jointly by Mrs. Louis Steinman, president of that group,

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others to a stringent Arizona employment verification law that could lead to discrimination against immigrants and other groups. “Arizona’s employment verification law is unconstitutional

By Nachman Rosenberg LOD, Israel — There’s a commonly held belief that one of the main reasons why Israel’s enemies chose Yom Kippur to launch their attack in October of 1973 was that most of the country would have been in synagogue and it would take that much longer for the reserves to be called

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, March 4, 1955, Page 5 By Janet & Susan Solof The fun of Purim time is here Think of Queen Esther in all her fear There’s always a Haiman wherever you are, But good must win over him by far. Be grateful for

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (Press Release)–An explosive device was hurled into the courtyard of the synagogue here on the first day of Rosh Hashanah (Thursday, Sept. 9). There were no injuries because no one was at the synagogue at the time of the attack, but there was damage to the walls of the synagogue from the shrapnel

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–More than 160 older adults took advantage of free rides to Rosh Hashanah or have reserved for Yom Kippur transportation. Participating synagogues include members of the Conservative, Reconstructionist and Reform movements:  Congregation Beth Am (C); Congregation Beth El (C); Congregation Beth Israel (R); Congregation Dor Hadash (Rec);  Ner Tamid Synagogue (C); Ohr

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following message on Friday, Sept. 10, in observance of the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-fitr, the day on which the annual fast of Ramadan comes to an end. “Eid Mubarak! Since my husband, Bill Clinton, and I held the first Eid celebration at the White