In just the last three months, we’ve seen historic progress: unanimous votes to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism in El Cajon, the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission, and Chula Vista. More cities are preparing to bring this forward in the very near future. [Liat Cohen-Reeis]
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Antisemitism, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined ContributorsMore reactions to the fiery attack Sunday on pro-Israel marchers in Boulder, Colorado, were received Monday at the offices of San Diego Jewish World. Here are the messages. (SDJW staff report)
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The biblical Egyptian experience also notes that, even with Joseph’s correct interpretation of the pharaoh’s dream and forewarning, the famine still came with a suddenness as if the prior phase of abundance had hardly existed. [Yossef Ben-Meir]
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Without these settlements, there would be no reason to have an army presence, thereby leaving the area open to terrorist buildup with easy access to cities on the western side of the Armistice Line. [Steve Kramer]
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By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Isaac Levitan, founder of the genre of the “mood landscape,” is one of the greatest artists of Russia. He was born in a shtetl of Kibarty, a part of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania), into a poor but educated Jewish family of a railroad clerk. His father Elyashiv, the son of a rabbi, learned French and
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Frank Rich (June 2, 1949) is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist, who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011. He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO.
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As the weekend opened, San Diego was stunned by a massive ICE raid on a South Park Italian restaurant. Reportedly, the owner was slammed to the wall, and every employee in the restaurant was handcuffed and held until they could produce proof that they were American citizens or had a work permit. [Barrett Holman Leak]
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In the wake of a Molotov cocktail being hurled and a makeshift flamethrower being fired at pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday, patrols have been stepped up at Jewish synagogues and institutions in San Diego through the Shavuot holiday, according to Bill Ganley, the Community Security Director. [SDJW staff report]
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is celebrated in a variety of ways. These include attendance at synagogue services, serving of dairy meals, and all-night study sessions. What other way do some Jews celebrate the Shavuot holiday? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
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The Shema is central to Judaism. Although a divine command and not a prayer, it is the main reading in the morning and evening services, Shacharit and Maariv. It is one of many biblical sections that contains wording that was not intended to be taken literally. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined ContributorsWe Americans just spent 130 days having our lives thrown into blistering fiery chaos by a billionaire, Elon Musk, who did not care whom he fired, nor what private information he took, whose life he set on fire. Now he has walked away, leaving America and Americans exploding and burning down, just like a scene out of a movie. (Barrett Holman Leak0
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Barrett Holman Leak, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe word Hatikvah means “The Hope.” It is the first stanza of a poem written by Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909), a Jewish Hebrew-language poet from Złoczów, now called Zolochiv, Ukraine, then part of Austrian Galicia, in 1878. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Alanis Morissette (June 1, 1974) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, she became a cultural phenomenon during the mid 1990s and early 2000s. Morissette has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the world’s best-selling music artists. [Wikipedia]
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Women in Jeopardy is a “love letter to mature women who refuse to fade politely into the background,” according to director, Lisa Balderston. Three now-single women enjoy a close friendship of wine dates, fun runs and book clubs, but all of that takes a back seat to their chutzpah! [Eva Trieger]
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