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MALMO, Sweden (WJC)–A firecracker has exploded on the steps of the synagogue in the Swedish city of Malmö, a day after a bomb threat was taped to the building. The explosion happened in the early hours of Friday. A bomb threat written on paper had reportedly been taped to the synagogue on the previous evening. […]

 SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – A fundraiser to benefit the William B. Kolender Sheriff’s Museum in Old Town San Diego will be held Thursday evening, Sept. 23, at the Air and Space Museum in Balboa Park with regular tickets at $95 per person, and premium tickets going for up to $5,000 per person. Magic will

WOLFISHEIM, France (WJC)–More than two dozen graves were desecrated at a Jewish cemetery in Wolfisheim, in the eastern French region of Alsace. It was the second incident of its type in the area this year, authorities said. Twenty-seven graves, including those of children, were damaged and many headstones overturned and covered in profanities. The incident

By David Amos SAN DIEGO–Earlier this month we celebrated our Independence Day. My thoughts brought me to the importance of American music, and the shameful neglect we have allowed music education to be. Part of this was stimulated by an article in the editorial section of the San Diego Union-Tribune by John M. Eger, on

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Saying it would “trample on the memory” of World War II labor and concentration camp victims, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned a march, planned for July 31 in Vaivara, Estonia, to honor an Estonian division of the Nazi SS that fought in a 1944 battle against Soviet troops.  Abraham H.

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–A festival celebrating  writer and humorist Mark Twain and such other 19th century writers as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edgar Allan Poe has been scheduled 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, August 21, at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.  Games, Punch n’ Judy puppet

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– Over 110 patrons of the Seacrest Village Retirement Communities’ The 211 Club enjoyed a spectacular evening on Sunday, July 11,  at the home of Jeffrey Strauss, owner and chef of the acclaimed Solana Beach restaurant Pamplemousse Grille. The occasion was to celebrate their commitment to the charitable mission of Seacrest Village. The

BRUSSELS (WJC)–Leaders of all major faiths have held their annual meeting with the leaders of the three main EU institutions. Around twenty representatives from the Jewish, Christian Muslim religions – including World Jewish Congress Deputy Secretary-General Maram Stern – as well as from the Sikh and Hindu communities met in Brussels with European Commission President

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federations of North America welcome and support Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s clear stance against the passage of the conversion bill of MK David Rotem in its present form. In his stance, the prime minister has shown leadership and commitment to preserving the unity of the