Humoring the Headlines: March 14, 2019

“Always Something There to Remind Me” By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — This week I returned from several weeks of travel in Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom.  I was busy seeing old friends and giving lectures.  I hoped my trip would be a respite from the anxiety and dismay that have plagued me since […]

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International, Lawrence Baron, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: March 14, 2019 (5 items)

StandWithUs comes to aid of Kingsborough’s Michael Goldstein StandWithUs is alarmed to learn of a systematic, year-long anti-Semitic campaign against Michael Goldstein, an administrator and adjunct professor at Kingsborough Community College (“Kingsborough” or the “College”), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) school system. Goldstein has been the target of widespread harassment from

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International, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

OpEd: On Ilhan Omar’s ‘different experience’

By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Nancy Pelosi tried to offset the storm of criticism against new Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s succession of anti-Semitic remarks by claiming “I don’t think Ilhan Omar is Anti-Semitic. She has a different experience in her use of words, and she doesn’t understand that some of them are fraught with

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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USA

Israelis musicians First, Laskin perform at Beth El

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It was encouraging to see two young Israeli artists performing so beautifully last Sunday evening in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El. Violinist Tal First, currently a student at the Juilliard School in New York and an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship recipient, opened the program with Bloch’s Nigun

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Eileen Wingard, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USA

Omar’s anti- Semitic calumny deserves sterner response

By Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Jewish tradition has long taught that the Hamans of the world accomplish more good than evil by uniting the Jewish people.  The Talmud relates, “The actions of Ahasuerus and Haman can be understood with a parable; … the sealing of Haman’s decree proved more effective than the

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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USA

Moynihan doc. provides strong political role model

Moynihan, a documentary by Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich; 105 minutes, coming to iTunes and DVD on April 9. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Raised in impoverished circumstances by a single mother, Daniel Patrick Moynihan always had compassion for those who were not as lucky as he was.  By fortuitous circumstances, a

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Lopez Obrador tells of friendship for Jewish community

MEXICO CITY (Press Release) – A delegation of American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders — joined by representatives of the Mexican-American community from across the United States and leaders of the Mexican Jewish community — met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today for an hour-long session. The meeting, the first by a Jewish organization

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International, Jewish History, USA

Columbia College rejects BDS in secret ballot

By Gidon Halbfinger The Columbia Spectator NEW YORK — On Sunday, as the clock inched towards midnight, Columbia College Student Council voted against putting a boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement referendum on the ballot. I believe the decision was the right one. Student council should not be putting initiatives that target and alienate specific identity groups on

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA