This year recognizes the role of Jewish Americans throughout the 250-year history of our nation and the heroic efforts of those who served in uniform to help forge this more perfect union. [Press Release]
Bipartisan House resolution salutes Jewish American History Month Read More »
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Simon Kuznets (April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was a Russian-born American economist and statistician who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences “for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development.” [Wikipedia]
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My wife, Paula, has a birthday this week on May 4th, and it lines up with this idea in a way that feels kind of fitting. It’s not just another day on the calendar. It matters. It feels separate. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
Parsha Emor: Happy birthday to Paula, my wife Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors“I don’t know how anyone in their right mind can be against students having the right to enter and exit the school facility,” City Council Speaker Julie Menin said last Saturday, according to New York Jewish Week. [Bruce S. Ticker]
NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin outmaneuvers Mayor Zohran Mamdani Read More »
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A widening slice of MAGA’s media ecosystem – once Trump’s loudest echo chamber—is now openly rebelling. Figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alex Jones, Candace Owens, and Megyn Kelly have all publicly blasted Trump, mainly over his Iran war rhetoric and what they see as a betrayal of “America First” isolationism. [Joe Gandelman]
Antisemitic Tucker Carlson drives a wedge between Trump and MAGA Read More »
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“This appalling attack is part of a stark and deeply troubling rise in violent antisemitism targeting Jewish individuals and institutions across the United Kingdom and around the world….” (Press Release)
WJC condemns stabbing of 2 Jewish men in London Read More »
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La Jolla resident, Holocaust survivor, psychologist, educator, and author, Dr. Edith Eger, has passed away at the age of 98. [Cailin Acosta]
Famed Holocaust survivor Edith Eger dies in La Jolla Read More »
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Jerry Seinfeld (April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, filmmaker, and television producer specializing in observational comedy. Seinfeld gained stardom playing a fictionalized version of himself in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), which he co-created and wrote with Larry David. [Wikipedia]
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Berelowitz, who went on to become an art historian and a professor at San Diego State University, combines her personal experiences with meticulous research to paint a portrait of South Africa under the heel of the racist Nationalist party. She never felt she belonged in the country of her birth. [Donald H. Harrison]
The Ba’al Shem Tov, who was present in the town at that time, felt the suffering deeply. He saw the brokenness of the Jewish people and understood that such darkness often signals the moments before redemption—when the night is at its deepest just before dawn begins to break. [Daniel Shasha]
A legend about the Ba’al Shem Tov and Lag BaOmer Read More »
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The California Legislative Jewish Caucus forcefully pushed back on Tuesday against the decision to allow antisemitic conspiracy theories to be included in the Official Voter Information Guide for the California Primary. [Press Release]
The La Mesa Arts Academy library hosted the Master Arts Fireside Gallery’s Welcome to Flight exhibit on Thursday, April 23. “Flight” explored the many ways of flying—from airplanes and kites to birds. [Cailin Acosta]
Various forms of flight examined at art exhibit Read More »
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Emily Sunstein (April 28, 1924 – April 21, 2007) was an American campaigner, political activist, and biographer. [Wikipedia]
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The student council at San Diego State University on April 22 adopted a resolution labeling Israel’s war against Hamas as “genocide,” and calling on the university administration to divest from Israel. (SDSU staff)
SDSU student council brands Israel’s war with Hamas ‘genocide’ Read More »
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