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Comic-Con Visitors to Crowd Downtown San Diego Next Week

July 16, 2025

LA MESA, California – In one week, the nerds and geeks will invade San Diego for the 2025 Comic-Con. This will be the last year my “super cool teens” get to attend with child passes, since next year, we will have to purchase them. This will be my first year attending. I am a proud

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Cailin Acosta, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Feds Instruct Agencies to Accommodate Religious Practices

July 16, 2025

The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA) welcomed new guidance from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) encouraging federal agencies to approve religious accommodations for federal workers, including telework and flexible scheduling. [Press Release]

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Jewish Religion, Press Release, USA

Mah Zeh? A Sombrero in Israel

July 16, 2025

Sombreros are not worn in Israel, but I wear one. And here’s what happened to me and my sombrero. [Alex Gordon]

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Alex Gordon, International, Israel, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Irwin Rose

July 16, 2025

Irwin Rose (July 16, 1926 – June 2, 2015) was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. [Wikipedia]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Hounding the Headlines: Moving

July 15, 2025

My humans are moving next week into a senior community. They have assured me there’s a dog park there, but I fear that ICE (Incarcerating Canine Enemies) agents will wait there to arrest dogs who hail from foreign breeds. [Elona Baron as barked to Laurie Baron]

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Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Legal Gains for Anti-Israel Protesters

July 15, 2025

Mahmoud Khalid – a former student leader at Columbia threatened with deportation – was not only released from detention for his protest activity but is now poised to sue President Trump for $20 million for violating his civil rights. (Bruce S. Ticker)

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Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Murder Mystery Novel Set at UC San Diego

July 15, 2025

This mystery novel portrays the tranquil marriage of a gay couple in San Diego while detailing the back-rubbing and back-biting at an academic institution, fictitiously set at UC San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

OpEd: Religions Should Reject Superstition, Embrace Spiritual Renewal and Compassion

July 15, 2025

Humans are prone to seeing patterns or causes—divine wrath, conspiracies, or supernatural interference—where none exist. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors

The History of the Hebrew Bible

July 15, 2025

The earliest manuscripts of the Torah and New Testament were not like today’s texts. The Bibles were written without spaces in between words. The Hebrew manuscripts did not have vowels, chapters, or verses. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Dorothy Fields

July 15, 2025

Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. [Wikipedia]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Moths Decide Where to Lay Eggs Depending on Sounds Emitted by Plants

July 14, 2025

When plants emitted distress sounds, the female moths chose healthy plants that were not emitting such sounds. These sounds are ultrasonic, beyond the hearing range of the human ear, but they are audible to the moths. [Press Release]

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Israel, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Will Stolpersteine Be Necessary in the U.S. Under Trump’s Deportation Policy?

July 14, 2025

As I read stone after stone- often multiple stones at one household, I sadly reflected on the parallels of what unfolded in 1930’s Germany and what is unfolding in this country within our own neighborhoods. [Lisa Ashkins]

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA

‘Noises Off’: A Very Funny Farce at the Old Globe

July 14, 2025

We join the cast as they doing their tech rehearsal for the play within the play with the director Lloyd (James Waterston) coming up and down the aisles as he calls out directions to the cast. [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Jimmy Swaggart

July 14, 2025

Swaggart ‍had ‍a ‍mixed ‍relationship ‍with ‍the ‍Jewish ‍community. ‍He ‍said ‍he ‍loved ‍the ‍Jewish ‍people ‍and ‍Israel, ‍but ‍he ‍also ‍said ‍“I ‍love ‍the ‍Jewish ‍people…When ‍you ‍have ‍true ‍love ‍for ‍a ‍people…it ‍comes ‍as ‍an ‍abrupt ‍shock ‍when ‍they ‍don’t ‍reciprocate…” ‍What ‍else ‍did ‍he ‍have ‍to ‍say ‍about ‍Jews? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Comic-Con Visitors to Crowd Downtown San Diego Next Week

Feds Instruct Agencies to Accommodate Religious Practices

Mah Zeh? A Sombrero in Israel

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Irwin Rose

Hounding the Headlines: Moving

Legal Gains for Anti-Israel Protesters

Murder Mystery Novel Set at UC San Diego

OpEd: Religions Should Reject Superstition, Embrace Spiritual Renewal and Compassion

The History of the Hebrew Bible

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Dorothy Fields

Moths Decide Where to Lay Eggs Depending on Sounds Emitted by Plants

Will Stolpersteine Be Necessary in the U.S. Under Trump’s Deportation Policy?

‘Noises Off’: A Very Funny Farce at the Old Globe

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Jimmy Swaggart

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