Perry Farrell (March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician referred to as the “Godfather of Alternative Music”. Farrell began his career with Psi Com in the early 1980s, before becoming the frontman of the band Jane’s Addiction. [Wikipedia]
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Long Shot is a 2017 short documentary film shown on Netflix that is about how Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder he did not commit. The HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm contained raw footage that was instrumental in proving Catalan’s innocence. [Cailin Acosta]
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David Friedman served as US ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021. He was intimately involved in Israel-Arab affairs, met and held talks with leaders of both sides, and was one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. He demonstrates in his brilliant 2024 book One Jewish State why a two-state solution is based on flawed premises and will ultimately fail to solve anything. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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I looked forward to living a life of freedom and interest in a country I could call my own, and where I would no longer be part of a minority. I moved to Israel, which I perceived as a country where my life would be free of the constraints of having to conform to a set of values which I did not share. And where the sun shone most of the time. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Jennifer Weiner (March 28, 1970) is an American writer, television producer, and journalist. She is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Wikipedia]
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While they share Jewish roots with American Jews, there can be cultural differences, different social customs and ways of practicing Judaism. Most Israeli Americans are Conservative or Orthodox, not Reform or Reconstructionist. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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Throughout the event, participants could hear protesters screaming and attempting to get a police reaction outside. This was disruptive to the event, intimidating to participants, and undermined the program’s learning goals. Approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled conclusion, the CSU San Marcos administration abruptly called for the event to end and directed the 32 attendees to evacuate, citing an inability to maintain the security perimeter. [Karen Parry, Hillel of San Diego]
Being vegan myself, I was excited for this book to land on my doorstep! For my adult life I have had to veganize many recipes. My matzo ball soup I have had to perfect many times. [Cailin Acosta]
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The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the public can acquaint itself not only with such well known works as Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and Two Men Contemplating the Moon, but lesser-known works that are no less extraordinary. [Sam Ben-Meir]
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Before San Diego Congresswomen Sara Jacobs and Susan Davis there was Lynn Alice Schenk. Her single term of service is far from forgotten, however. [Ken Stone, Times of San Diego]
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Hillel teaches us “Do not separate yourself from the community.” Do we need the Blue Zones or the American College of Lifestyle Medicine to tell us about the importance of unity and connection? Hillel tells us further in Avos 2:5, “Do not trust in yourself until the day of your death.” He is suggesting that since we cannot trust ourselves, our synagogue, our community, is necessary for us to help sustain our spiritual stability. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Anthony Lewis (March 27, 1927 – March 25, 2013) was an American public intellectual and journalist. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and was a columnist for The New York Times.
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The IHRA definition brings much-needed relevance to the conversation, equipping organizations and governments with a practical framework to identify and respond to antisemitism in all its modern forms. StandWithUs is spearheading the initiative to bring IHRA to San Diego, one of the few large cities in the USA that has not yet adopted the definition. [Dan Pritsker}
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The event was cut short as we had to be evacuated from the building. This involved having us in groups of four leave from the back door and to be driven to the parking lot where our cars were parked due. [Miriam Gershenson]
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