Local Chabad rabbis to attend National Prayer Fete

By Rabbi Yeruchem Eilfort CARLSBAD, California — I just returned from an evening spent with my colleague, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Although wounded on Saturday, he was up late fielding phone calls, making plans, and sitting with some old colleagues (one of whom is me). Rabbi Goldstein stared death in the face; the rifle of the […]

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Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi

Jihadi Islam’s campaign to erase religious history

By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –Congresswoman Ilhan Omar never ceases to surprise us with the countless inane claims she makes on a daily basis. In one of her more interesting canards, she claimed that “Jesus was a Palestinian.” One might imagine that she will soon claim that the Israelites were also really

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International, Jewish History, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

OpEd: Renewing faith in Poway

By Eric George Tauber POWAY, California — It was a dreary evening, but that didn’t stop about 4,000 people from coming out to Poway High School for an interfaith vigil sponsored by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League). Folks who might not normally wear kippot on a Monday were sporting them proudly alongside hijabs, turbans and a few

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San Diego County

2018 saw 1,879 anti- Semitic incidents in U.S.

NEW YORK (Press Release)  — The U.S. Jewish community experienced near-historic levels of anti-Semitism in 2018, including a doubling of anti-Semitic assaults and the single deadliest attack against the Jewish community in American history, according to new data from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued today. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic incidents recorded a total of

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Jewish History, USA

Florida Senate sends anti-Semitism bill to governor

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Press Release) –The Florida Senate unanimously passed an anti-antisemitism bill which was previously passed by the Florida House unanimously.  The bill now moves to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sign. The new bill defines antisemitism and mandates that discrimination against Jewish people be treated the same as acts of racial discrimination in Florida’s K-20 public

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