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Humoring the headlines: May 9, 2019

May 9, 2019

The Trump-Putin Phone Call By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−Since the CIA surveils communications between American citizens engaged in suspicious activities with Russian officials it intercepted President Trump’s conversation with Vladimir Putin last week. That prompted me to tweet: “Federal phone tappers, if you’re listening, I hope you are able to release the transcript of that […]

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Keeping the promise of Israeli society

May 9, 2019

By Daniel Sokatch SAN FRANCISCO — Today is Israel’s Independence Day. We have a lot to celebrate – and a lot to contemplate. In many ways, the very fact that Israel is here today is nothing short of a miracle. Israel is home to a diverse society, full of people from a wide spectrum of

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Middle East

Times Square billboard celebrates Israel’s 71st

May 9, 2019

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Masa Israel Journey, the largest immersive, long-term educational experiences for young adults ages 18-30, celebrated Israel’s birthday today in a big way—a billboard advertisement in Times Square, wishing Israel a happy “71 years young.” The billboards come the day after Masa’s live-broadcast Yom HaZikaron ceremony, which attracted thousands of participants

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Middle East, USA

House measure would renounce white supremacy

May 9, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) on Thursday introduced H. Res. 364, a bipartisan resolution in the House with more than 30 members of Congress, including members of the San Diego delegation. Senators Harris and Feinstein introduced the resolution in the Senate on Wednesday The resolution condemns the attack on the

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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Poway suspect faces 109 hate crime charges

May 9, 2019

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday charged John T. Earnest, 19, with federal hate crimes, including the murder of one person and the attempted murder of 53 others, for his actions during the April 27 shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue. Earnest was charged by criminal complaint with

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

U.S. Navy pauses for Yom HaShoah

May 9, 2019

Story and Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell HONOLULU, Hawaii (Press Release) — A Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony was held at Aloha Jewish Chapel onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 2. The ceremony was led by Daniel Bender, a lay leader and Jewish educator at the chapel. As Bender led with prayers, and

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, USA

Blue and White Days raise money for Poway victims

May 8, 2019

By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Once again it will be “blue and white day” this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy here. Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at the cosmetology school about the tragedy that struck Poway on April 27 when a gunman

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, USA

Theater review: ‘What Are You?’

May 8, 2019

By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Who hasn’t looked in the mirror and wondered where they fit in? But for those of mixed heritage, the struggle is more pronounced. You tend to favor one parent more than the other and you really stand out in extended family photos. Can you prove that you are

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Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Israelis grow new skin for toddler burn victim from P.A.

May 8, 2019

RAMAT GAN, Israel (Press Release) — After barely escaping a house fire that burned 50% of her small body, 18-month-old Shams Ismail was rushed from the Palestinian town of Rantis to Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer in Israel,where she received life-saving treatment in the hospital’s renowned National Burn Unit. With the care and innovative treatment

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

A new mikvah for Wellington, New Zealand

May 8, 2019

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (SDJW) — The Jewish community in this capital city has concluded its current mikvah has come to the end of its usefulness. A new mikvah will be built. “Our current mikvah is over forty years old and in such severe disrepair it has become a health risk to our community,” a spokesperson

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International, Jewish Religion

Sloppy media become Hamas mouth pieces

May 8, 2019

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Accuracy is essential when reporting claims of Palestinian casualties during Palestinian-induced wars. But accuracy is always the missing ingredient in the mainstream media when covering Palestinian wars against Israel. Instead they offer bland reporting damaging to Israel with such recent examples as a story about 20 Palestinian killed in

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Barry Shaw, Middle East

AJC denounces sermon by Polish bishop

May 8, 2019

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is calling on Catholic leadership in Poland to reprimand the Bishop of Tarnow for his Holy Thursday sermon that was filled with attacks on the Jewish people. Bishop Andrzej Jeż, citing a 1937 edition of the Polish periodical Nasza Sprawa that referenced the 10th World

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International, Jewish History, USA

The race to save a 2- year- old’s life

May 8, 2019

BROOKLYN, New York (Press Release) — At his bris (circumcision), they named him Imri. He was blessed that his parents merit bringing him to the chupah (wedding canopy), a simple, often –taken-for-granted blessing. At the time, it seemed simple. Now they are not so sure. In fact, they are not certain that his mother will

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Judaism transformed by Israel

May 8, 2019

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel isn’t only changing the Jewish people, reflected in the ever more complicated relationship between it and the diaspora. It’s also changing Judaism. The book I’m currently reading, so far only available in Hebrew, gives its English title as The Israeli century and the Israelization of Judaism. The author,

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Humoring the headlines: May 9, 2019

Keeping the promise of Israeli society

Times Square billboard celebrates Israel’s 71st

House measure would renounce white supremacy

Poway suspect faces 109 hate crime charges

U.S. Navy pauses for Yom HaShoah

Blue and White Days raise money for Poway victims

Theater review: ‘What Are You?’

Israelis grow new skin for toddler burn victim from P.A.

A new mikvah for Wellington, New Zealand

Sloppy media become Hamas mouth pieces

AJC denounces sermon by Polish bishop

The race to save a 2- year- old’s life

Judaism transformed by Israel

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