WASHINGTON , D.C. (Press Release) – Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) led the House of Representatives in a moment of silence Monday following Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue: “Madame Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise today to speak of the tragic shooting that took place at Chabad of Poway on […]
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Jewish History, USA
SACRAMENTO (Press Release) – The California Legislature observed Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday at the State Capitol and hosted ten Holocaust Survivors who shared their stories on the Assembly floor. The California Legislative Jewish Caucus also held a press conference attended by Governor Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, Assembly
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International, Jewish History, USA
By Donald H. Harrison POWAY, California – Fifteen people mounted the bima at Chabad of Poway to remember and praise Lori Gilbert Kaye and to sing their appreciation for God and America. Hundreds more were inside the sanctuary. And a crowd stretching well down a walkway was outside listening to the story of a woman
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, USABy Eric George Tauber LA JOLLA, California — Sunday’s Community Holocaust Commemoration had been planned for months, long before the terrorist attack on Chabad of Poway the day before. But it felt that much more important to be there. And I’m glad we got there early as the house was packed with a multi-generational crowd
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Eric George Tauber, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyDedicated to the memory of Lori Kaye.
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Travel and Food
Corvette Diner, 2965 Historic Decatur Road, San Diego, California 92106 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO –It’s hard to believe that anyone in San Diego doesn’t know the Corvette’s Diner, but on the off chance that someone reading this might be new to San Diego, I figured why not write a review.. We went there
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — As death closed in on the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, some of those coping amid the wretched conditions affirmed life in an extraordinary way: They operated a clandestine medical school. By one estimate, as many as 500 students received some medical education through the school
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International, Jewish History, USA
CHICAGO (Press release) — The City of Chicago and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation entered into a memorandum of cooperation on April 15th to foster stronger collaboration, particularly with respect to technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It is the first such international partnership for the Peres Center. “Shimon Peres believed in the transformative
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
He found ways to obtain U.S. visas for persecuted European Jews By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — On April 26, President Donald Trump declared Holocaust Remembrance Week to culminate with Yom HaShoah, May 1-2. Ebie Wood is the president of the historical society of Pound Ridge, New York. Many months earlier, she and the
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has taken the first step in what he describes as “draining the swamp” of foreign-language media in the United States that he suspects of being critical of “our great nation and even greater administration.” He commented: “They come here and write and say things, including lies,
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eva Trieger OCEANSIDE, California -Mira Costa Theater inaugurated the new Black Box theater with an ambitious Arthur Miller play which opened April 25th and will run through May 5th. Under the direction of Eric Bishop, two casts took on Miller’s characters in All My Sons. The intense drama was made all the more authentic
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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — Earll Pott, attorney for the parents and five siblings of accused Chabad of Poway attacker John Earnest, on Monday issued a statement in behalf of the family, whom he said retained his services Saturday night, hours after the shooting. Potts added that he represents the family as an advisor concerning the
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San Diego CountyBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Joe Biden officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president. Biden has a long history of support for Israel. He often talks about his first trip to Israel shortly after he was elected to the Senate in 1972. On that trip he met with Prime
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – A 25-minute documentary on the life of Holocaust Survivor Ruth Goldshmiedova Sax, who recently died at age 90, had its premiere Sunday night at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on a doubly sad occasion. It was Yom HaShoah, which is the annual date for memorializing victims of the Holocaust, and
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Lawrence Baron, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast