Americans and the Holocaust will be on display at the Grossmont College Library, along with a series of related special events, from April 14-May 21, 2026. [Press Release]
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Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko; New York: Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company; © 2026; ISBN 9780316-570633; 42 pages; $18.99. By Donald H. Harrison in San Diego Children’s author Judy Blume (née Sussman) was born in 1938 and through her 7th
Childhood of Judy Blume reimagined in poetry Read More »
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RJC CEO Matt Brooks said: “It is deeply meaningful that on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, President Trump signed the HEAR ACT—landmark legislation to extend and improve the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016—into law. The HEAR Act empowers family members, who have fought for decades, to recover artwork stolen from Jews by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. (Press Release)
There are two fighters in the ring. One is bound to follow all the rules of boxing. For the other, there are no rules: he hits below the belt, uses his head, and when his opponent is down, he tries to finish him off with his feet. The referee pretends not to notice. [Yakov Nayerman]
Israel, Ukraine follow the rules in their respective wars Read More »
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Maimonides composed his landmark philosophical work, The Guide for the Perplexed (Moreh Nevukhim in Hebrew), in Judeo-Arabic, written in Fustat (Old Cairo), Egypt. The treatise aimed to reconcile Jewish theology with Aristotelian philosophy and was addressed to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
An excellent book about Maimonides Read More »
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I was not born carrying hatred; it was placed gently in my hands, like an heirloom no one thinks to question. As a child in Morocco, I inherited stories about Jews long before I ever met one. They were shadows in conversations, warnings disguised as wisdom, conclusions handed to me without evidence. I accepted them the way a child accepts the horizon, distant, unquestioned, and always there. [Mustapha Ezzarghani]
I’ve seen this before: When old hatreds find new voices Read More »
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Troy and Rose tell the story of how they met and the audience gives Rose a big spontaneous round of applause after Troy says that he told her when they first met that he wasn’t the marrying kind, and she responded that she told him if he wasn’t the marrying kind, he better step out of the way so he doesn’t block the view for the man that is the marrying kind. [Sandi Masori]
August Wilson’s ‘Fences’: A tear-jerking masterpiece Read More »
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“Generative AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to producing and distributing antisemitic content,” said CyberWell Founder & CEO Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor. “What once required coordination, creativity, basic technical skills and time can now be created instantly and shared at scale. …” [Press Release]
AI utilized to mass-produce online antisemitic messages Read More »
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Hillel Slovak (April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician, best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. [Wikipedia]
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“Let not the believers take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Whoever does so will have no relationship with Allah – unless you take precautions against them”. (Quran 3:28; 2:173; 2:185; 4:29; 22:78; 40:28.) [Alex Gordon]
Shiite Islam practices taqiyya (deception) when dealing with non-believers Read More »
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Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on the 1957–1963 situation comedy television series Leave It to Beaver. [Wikipedia]
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As we continue our journey from Passover to Shavuot through the counting of the Omer, Saturday night we arrive at Day 10, which invites us to explore Gevurah within Tiferet (balanced judgment). [Betzy Lynch]
Balanced judgment and other goals before Shavuot Read More »
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Charlie-Shalom Biton (April 11, 1947 – 24 February 2024) was an Israeli social activist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash and the Black Panthers between 1977 and 1992. [Wikipedia]
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What is the solution to safeguard Holocaust memory? The Shoah must be incorporated into religious ritual. It should be part of the Haggadah, the machzor, High Holiday and other Jewish holidays. [Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg]
Suggestion for preserving Holocaust memory Read More »
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