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Rabbi Jonah Pesner to direct Religious Action Center

January 7, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi Jonah Pesner will serve as the Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC), the Washington, D.C. advocacy and social justice arm of North America’s largest Jewish Movement. Rabbi Pesner, an accomplished advocate with broad experience leading social justice campaigns, comes to the RAC with a mandate to deepen

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Jewish Religion, USA

Jewish Citizen: GOP gains Jewish voters

January 7, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7– The Gallup polling organization has found that the percentage of Jews identifying as Democrats has dropped from 71 percent in 2008 to 61 percent in 2014. Over the same period, Republican registration among Jews climbed from 22 percent to 29 percent, according to the pollsters. About 10

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AAT combats infections in at-risk patients

January 7, 2015

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered that alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) could prevent deadly infections in immune system-compromised patients. Their study, reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases by Dr. Eli C. Lewis and his team of BGU researchers, examined the effectiveness of AAT treatment in halting bacterial colonization and spread.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish Family Service volunteers lauded

January 7, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–In December 2014, Jewish Family Service (JFS) was certified as a “Service Enterprise” by Points of Light and California Volunteers, the state office that manages programs and initiatives aimed at increasing the number of Californians engaged in service and volunteering. JFS is part of the very first Service Enterprise cohort that has

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San Diego County

Sylvia Borkat, 101, z”l

January 7, 2015

Editor’s Note: The following eulogy is extrapolated from Rabbi Rosenthal’s notes. A Eulogy by Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal Tifereth Israel Synagogue SAN DIEGO — When we recite the Yizkor prayer for a mother, we refer to a mother who has passed away as imi morati, my mother, my teacher. In this simple phrase we have a

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David Ogul, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

18 college students take ADL tour of israel

January 7, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)– A group of campus leaders from 16 universities across the United States traveled to Israel on an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mission, giving college students an up-close look at the complex issues within Israel and the Middle East. The 18 participants in the annual ADL Campus Leaders Mission to Israel spent eight

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Terrorists massacre 12 at French magazine

January 7, 2015

PARIS (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is appalled by the terrorist attack on Wednesday, Jan. 7, on the office of a French magazine. At least 12 are dead, and several of the wounded are in critical condition, after hooded gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar” and “Avenge the prophet,” stormed the office of the

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Travel and Food

Living with our inherited tsuris

January 7, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — My mother and father, impossibly attractive as newlyweds, impossible as parents, are both gone. But I routinely meet them in too many nightmares of his premature death, her refusal to love, and their cosmic failure to live up to the imagery their three children would conjure up about them.

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Travel and Food

Israeli group formally accuses PLO of war crimes

January 7, 2015

TEL AVIV, Jan. 6 (Press Release)– An Israeli civil rights center in Tel Aviv, Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, has filed three war crimes complaints against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. The three complaints, against PLO leaders Jibril Rajoub, Majid Faraj and Rami Hamdallah, follow the Israeli group’s

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International, Middle East

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 7, 2015

January 7, 2015

-Compiled by JNS.org- Palestinian Authority to join International Criminal Court on April 1 (JNS.org) The Palestinian Authority (PA) will become the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on April 1, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced late Tuesday. “The Statute will enter into force for the State of Palestine on 1 April 2015

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Middle East

All Mideast solutions seem to lead nowhere

January 7, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel and Palestine are having another dance that may seem unreal, but is the essence of our relationship. Each is pressing on the other. Palestinians say they will bring charges against Israel for war crimes, overlooking the capacity of Israel to bring charges against Palestinians for war crimes. Israel is

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Jewish Interest License Plate: Aba We Love

January 6, 2015

SAN DIEGO–Stacie Bresler Reinstein spotted this license plate. A lucky father (aba) is well loved!

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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

The Jewish Citizen: Political season starts anew

January 6, 2015

(Editor’s Note: In this column, San Diego Jewish World will follow the doings of Jewish candidates and officeholders, boldfacing the names of known members of the Jewish community. We encourage readers to alert us to items that we might otherwise miss via donald.harrison@sdjewishworld.com) By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– At least four Jewish candidates may

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Herzog’s and Livni’s possible coalition partners

January 6, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Even a fool wouldn’t dare predict the outcome of the Israeli elections on March 17, but a somewhat less confusing picture may be emerging. It entitles us to speculate, even though what follows below may, in the eyes of some, only add to the confusion. The real contest is between

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Middle East

Rabbi Jonah Pesner to direct Religious Action Center

Jewish Citizen: GOP gains Jewish voters

AAT combats infections in at-risk patients

Jewish Family Service volunteers lauded

Sylvia Borkat, 101, z”l

18 college students take ADL tour of israel

Terrorists massacre 12 at French magazine

Living with our inherited tsuris

Israeli group formally accuses PLO of war crimes

Daily Jewish news briefs: January 7, 2015

All Mideast solutions seem to lead nowhere

Jewish Interest License Plate: Aba We Love

The Jewish Citizen: Political season starts anew

Herzog’s and Livni’s possible coalition partners

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