A Letter to School Administrators Concerning the October 7 Anniversary

American Jewish Committee (AJC) is writing to you with grave concern about a document issued by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) and Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) regarding how teachers should discuss the anniversary of Hamas’ horrific attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. We urge all San Diego County schools to disregard this deeply problematic document. [Sara Brown, American Jewish Committee]

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The Matzo Chronicles: Hosting a Muslim Student from Jordan

My concern was mostly for him, a 20-year-old, religiously observant, first-time visitor to the U.S. How would he feel staying with Jews? We were fine. We were adults, who had willingly opened our home, but how about him? Would he, who had merely been assigned a random housing slot, feel blind-sighted, uncomfortable, overwhelmed, or G-d forbid, hostile? [Karen Galatz]

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Israeli Parents Experiencing Higher Rates of ‘Burnout’ Than Others Around the World

During the current war, parents in Israel are overcome by ongoing feelings of fatigue, psychological tension, and exhaustion related to their parental functioning (“parental burnout”). Among parents whose partners have been called up for reserve duty, the situation is even more serious, with levels of parental burnout as high as 3.5 times the global average. [Press Release]

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OpEd: Biden Administration Ties Israel’s Hands Behind Its Back

Never mind that many of the “innocents” were terrorists, many more were supporters of Hamas, and any civilians who were killed were human shields, a diabolical war crime that ensures many civilian casualties. This is the atrocious Hamas strategy of making the Gazans into the first line of defense for Hamas terrorists (human shields). [Steve Kramer]

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Jewish Trivia Quiz: Eating Pets & Feeding Pets

Judaism ‍has ‍many ‍laws ‍governing ‍what ‍animals ‍are ‍kosher ‍and ‍what ‍rules ‍apply ‍to ‍preparation ‍of ‍kosher ‍food. ‍But ‍Judaism ‍also ‍has ‍rules ‍regarding ‍the ‍feeding ‍of ‍pets, ‍including ‍which ‍of ‍the ‍following? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Jewish Biography: Yakov Sverdlov, Who Might Have Ruled Instead of Stalin

Although millions of Soviet citizens were murdered during his rule, no one blamed the Georgian people for this heinous crime. Stalin would likely have lost the power struggle had it not been for the Spanish flu epidemic that killed Lenin’s most likely heir, Yakov Sverdlov, in 1919. [Alex Gordon]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jason Alexander

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jason Alexander (September 23, 1959), is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career he has received an Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Golden Globe Awards. He gained stardom for his role as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isaac Herzog

Courtesy of Wikipedia Isaac Herzog (September 22, 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel. He is the first president to be born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence. Son of former Israeli president Chaim Herzog, he is a lawyer by profession and had served as Government Secretary from

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Mark Levin

Courtesy of Wikipedia Mark Levin (September 21, 1957) is an American broadcast news analyst, columnist, lawyer, political commentator, radio personality, and writer. He is the host of syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show, as well as Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News. Levin worked in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and was a chief of staff for Attorney General Edwin Meese. He is

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Local Observances for the October 7 Anniversary

October 7, 2023, marks one year since the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas. Since that time, hostages have been released and some hostages have died. Over 100 hostages are still being held. [Cailin Acosta]

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