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Below are the names of writers who are currently active.  For others, living and deceased, please type their name into the search box above the masthead on our home page, www.sdjewishworld.com

Antisemitism still an issue around the world and here in San Diego County

Unfortunately, antisemitism is still an issue around the world and is upsetting to read about in our own San Diego County. The No Place for Hate response is that if you hear something, say something; do not be a bystander, but stand up when hate is encountered. We should support each other. (Cailin Acosta)

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animals, Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, California, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Judaism, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Satire: The name game revisited

Donald Trump is at it again. He just can’t resist slapping his or some faux patriotic name on bodies of water and buildings. First, it was the Gulf of Mexico whose name he changed to the Gulf of America even though Mexico’s coastline with the Gulf is twice as big as that of the United States’. He’s contemplating erecting a wall around Mexico’s Gulf beaches so that no Gulf of America water illegally washes onto Mexico’s shoreline. [Laurie Baron]

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International, Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

History of Jews in Iraq cloaked in fantasy

Louise’s parents want to shield her from knowledge of the antisemitism that brought an end to more than two millennia-long Jewish settlement in Iraq, once known as Babylon.  [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Teshuvah vows often fade like secular New Year’s resolutions

For the purposes of the class, the dragon represents the yetzer hara, the internal force that gets in the way of our growth. It is part of us yet can feel as though it is working against us. The yetzer hara may tell us to take the easy path, give in to insecurity, abandon our goals or settle for less than our potential. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

‘Cabaret’ cast chosen from pool of actors with lack of access

In Berlin the targets were Jews, homosexuals and anyone who didn’t kowtow to the Reich. Our current daily newspapers reveal frequent incidents of animosity towards anyone who is not in the majority. [Eva Trieger]

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Eva Trieger, Holocaust, International, Jewish Fiction, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jewish Community Orchestra performs Pops from around the world

The concert featured the beautiful tenor voice of Rabbi Hanan Leberman, current rabbi and cantor of Tifereth Israel Synagogue. He has appeared in operas in Israel, Italy and the United Kingdom and in the touring Broadway musical, Soul Doctor. He received operatic training as well as his rabbinical ordination, in Israel, and served for many years in the IDF. (Eileen Wingard)

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Eileen Wingard, International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Federation’s Information session on Thursday for next year’s trip to Israel

Jewish Federation San Diego announces that registration is open for next May’s Community Trip to Israel, which lasts from Tuesday, May 18 through Tuesday, May 25. An upcoming information session will be held on Zoom at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, to answer questions. Click here to register. [Cailin Acosta]

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Antisemitism, Cailin Acosta, California, Israel, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Koren Publishers’ new siddur: An appraisal

A siddur does not merely tell Jews what words to say. Its primary purpose is to help congregants understand what they are saying and why: the meaning of what the siddur contains, their biblical and historical sources, and why ancestors suggested they read them. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Technology

San Diego’s Chinese museum tells stories of Shanghai refugees

Created in collaboration with the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, the Chinese American GI Project and the local community, the exhibition explores the journeys of Jewish refugees to Shanghai and their lives during and after World War II. (Cailin
Acosta)

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Cailin Acosta, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

Long-time chaplain draws inspiration from the dying

Humor appears alongside heartbreak, as it does in real life. Inspiration is earned rather than asserted. Resilience is shown in the slow, often invisible work of continuing to show up—for patients, for families, for one’s own life—after the worst has already happened. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Obituaries & memorials, Staff and Bylined Contributors