By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TAZPIT)–In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that marks the beginning of the new year for trees, youth volunteering with Leket Israel, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, picked excess fruit remaining on trees in people’s private gardens to give to the poor. Over 1,000 children and teens from across Israel including kibbutzim
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Alex Brummer AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC) — Wrapped in narrow striped blue and white scarves the survivors some ancient and frail, others upright, chests forward and proudly strong made their way out through the gate of death into the dark the snowflakes falling. They made the trudge through the crisp snow, in path dug alongside the
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International, Jewish ReligionBy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Dubbed by the New Yorker as a “Cello Godess,” credited by NPR with “a stunning command of her instrument,” and lauded by the New York Times for her “ferocious energy and talent,” Israeli cellist, Maya Beiser, will be the featured soloist in the La Jolla Symphony’s February 7, 7:30
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Travel and Food
By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Adapted from Savyon Liebrecht’s short story, Apples from the Desert is a spiritual coming of age journey. Rivkah, the only child of Orthodox Jewish parents, lives in Jerusalem under the iron fist of her controlling, traditional father while her mother cowers in abdication. No option for college, Rivkah is
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San Diego County, Sheryl RowlingJohn Baird, strongly pro-Israel Canadian foreign minister, resigns (JNS.org) Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, a strongly pro-Israel voice in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, resigned on Tuesday. “I will miss this place very much,” Baird said in a speech to the Canadian Parliament. “The time has come to start a new chapter in my life.”
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Rori Shay’s first book, Elected is a Young Adult (YA) genre sci-fi/cli-fi hybrid novel, part of a projected trilogy she is writing, and it’s being followed up with a second book, Suspected, due out this month. In a recent interview with San Diego Jewish World, debut novelist Shay, 36, was kind
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Jewish ReligionCompiled by Donald H. Harrison The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted, by a vote of 99-0 the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, which provides for peer support and community outreach programs to assist veterans to transition from military to civilian life. It also calls for independent consultants to evaluate efforts by the Department
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus held its ninth annual Night to Honor Our Christian Allies in conjunction with the World Jewish Congress-Israel. Knesset members from across the political spectrum and government leaders joined both Jews and Christians at Jerusalem’s Waldorf Astoria hotel for a reception in honor of Christians who have been
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International, Middle EastPARIS (WJC) — A leading anti-racism group in France launched legal action on Monday, Feb, 2, after a job advertisement appeared online, which included the line “If possible, not Jewish” in a list of criteria for its desired candidate. SOS Racisme lodged a complaint after a job ad for a graphic designer at the Paris
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The Hand Up Youth Food Pantry (Hand Up) at Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The one-year grant will support Hand Up in distributing supplemental food and providing essential supportive services to more than 8,000 people facing hunger in San Diego County,
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San Diego CountyNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 3, was deeply troubled by a thinly veiled anti-Semitic appeal made by the leadership of the Donetsk and Lugansk “People’s Republics,” who referred to the central government in Kyiv as “pathetic representatives of the great Jewish people.” During a press conference on February 2 captured
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international Jewish human rights organization and funder of 26 human rights organizations in Mexico, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, issued a strong demand for Mexican authorities to resume their investigation into the disappearance* and possible murder of 43 student activists, who went missing in Iguala, Guerrero State, in September
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International, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Relaease)– Israeli-American college students from 33 campuses across North America gathered in L.A. for the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) Mishelanu (Our Own) National Conference this past weekend to strengthen their cultural and national identities and define a new campus leadership voice. Among the top speakers at the first IAC Mishelanu conference was Israel’s
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Middle East, USA