Dara Torres (April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, coach, and author who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. [Wikipedia]
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It’s that time of year again with the many Yom observances. Jewish Federation of San Diego has a few coming up that are always meaningful. [Cailin Acosta]
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During the ceremony, the “Jewish Rescuer Citation” was presented to four rescuers who operated in the Netherlands, Poland and France. The citation—a joint program of the B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust—has recognized 667 heroes since its inception in 2011. The awards were presented to the rescuers’ family members by Alan Schneider, director of the B’nai B’rith World Center; Katz; and Gerbi. [Press Release]
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A small square sticker had been placed in the center of the box: “ZIONISM IS FACISM.”
My mind started to spin, my arms moved in slow motion as I tapped my card and walked out of the store. After sitting outside for a few minutes, I went back in, still holding the box, now damp from my tears. I found the manager, a young woman wearing a large gold cross around her neck. I didn’t know exactly what to say, so I just showed her. She gasped and was immediately apologetic …” [Karen Klein]
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Is it possible for a sandwich to be “sinus and soul clearing”? The meal in question, a gefilte fish bagel sandwich from Pacific Beach’s Mission Bagel, earned that high praise at BagelFest West as one of the standouts at the Los Angeles competition to crown the best bagel makers “west of the Rockies.” [Noah Perkins]
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Bradley Ausmus (April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player, manager and current coach. He is the bench coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). [Wikipedia]
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Passengers on El Al flights on Monday night and Tuesday are receiving take-home yahrzeit candles with individual biographies of a Holocaust victim to commemorate Yom HaShoah. (Press Release)
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Israel & the United States at War with Iran Special Update from Israel Prepared by and sent from Jewish Federations of North America’s Israel Office Ceasefire between Iran and Israel + the US holding, even as negotiations break down Fighting with Hezbollah continues as talks between Israel and the Lebanese Government begin Unrelenting rocket attacks
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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
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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]
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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]
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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]
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