“Layered Narratives: Quilted Stories of Gender and Race at the 1876 Centennial” is on exhibit at the Mingei International Museum in historic Balboa Park. [Cailin Acosta]
Quilts are Part of the Fabric of History Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
“… We call on all universities and colleges with Hillels on campus to follow Harvard’s lead and cover security costs for their Hillels, especially given the threats to Jewish students across North America. No student should have to choose between their safety and fully participating in campus or religious life.” [Press Release]
Hillel, Secure Community Network Urge Universities to Pay for Jewish Security Measures Read More »
Antisemitism, Lifestyles, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Today, virtually every synagogue in the United States is fortified by the same security infrastructure I once found unthinkable: armed guards, metal detectors, and bulletproof glass. The same precautions that once shocked me in Paris are now part and parcel of Jewish life across America. [Jonathan Greenblatt]
From Warning to Reality: How America Became What Europe Feared Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Summerfest offered up another musical feast with Saturday night, August 2’s program. Thirteen artists participated, featuring works by Handel, Mozart, and Korngold. [Eileen Wingard]
Talented International Artists Make Summerfest a Delight Read More »
Eileen Wingard, International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
He made two significant contributions to Jewish thought, both controversial and not accepted by all scholars, one dealing with the Talmud and the other with the Torah. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
Book about David Weiss Halivni Can Prompt People to Consider Self-Improvement Read More »
Israel, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Israel is being castigated almost universally for its war against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza. The animosity towards Israel for this defensive war to destroy Hamas and release 50 captives has concurrently worsened the stature of Diaspora Jews. Foreign ministers from 28 countries including Australia, France, Japan and
OpEd: Barrage of False Media Reports Undermines Support for Israel Read More »
International, Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA
This gathering was a
celebration of the long-running youth exchange program program between the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem (commonly called the Jerusalem Zoo) and the San Diego Zoo. [Yiftach Levy]
Youth from Zoos in Jerusalem and San Diego Share Knowledge, Adventures Read More »
Israel, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA
On August 7, I will celebrate my 80th birthday. I need a walker to get around so I can’t cover as many stories as I previously could. So, I’d like to take a less active role in San Diego’s only daily Jewish publication, which is sustained by some advertising and a loyal cadre of volunteers who contribute articles gratis. [Donald H. Harrison]
SDJW Publisher Seeks Successor Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, News Media, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Shortly after the October 7th Hamas terror attacks in Israel, Shoshana Rice and Dar Halevy Feldman, two women deeply connected to college students through their work at Hillel, realized they were uniquely positioned to respond. [Miriam Gershenson]
Rabbi Rothbaum—known affectionately as “Rabbi Mike”—brings over 25 years of experience in building inclusive, vibrant Jewish communities across the country, including New York, California, Massachusetts, and most recently, Georgia. [Press Release]
Dor Hadash Announces Hiring of Rabbi Mike Rothbaum Read More »
Jewish Religion, Press Release, San Diego County, USA
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is a failure: unable to provide security, unwilling for decades to engage in serious negotiations, inciting rabid anti-Semitism in its schools and its media. Instead of understanding this truth, the U.N. conference supports the PA and deems it should be rewarded with the running of Gaza post-conflict. [Press Release]
B’nai B’rith: U.N. Conference on Two-State Solution an Exercise in Delusion Read More »
International, Israel, Opinion, Press Release, USA
Hamas is intentionally manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It hoards international aid, food, medicine, and supplies meant for civilians and diverts them to its fighters and terror infrastructure. [Sasha Roytman]
OpEd: Hamas, Not Israel, Responsible for Hunger in Gaza Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Jennifer Coburn will discuss her historical fiction novel, The Girls of the Glimmer Factory, set in the Nazi’s Theresienstadt “show camp” during WWII, at La Jolla Riford Library on Aug. 12. [Times of San Diego]
‘Girls of the Glimmer Factory,’ a Novel about Theresienstadt, Locally Authored Read More »
Holocaust, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
Our tradition teaches that silence in the face of suffering is not neutral. As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel reminds us: ‘In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.’ [Press Release]
FJMC President Says Jews of Conscience Must Speak Out about Suffering in Gaza Read More »
International, Israel, Jewish Religion, Press Release, Travel and Food, USA