Editor’s Note: It was announced earlier this week that the San Diego Opera will close its doors at the end of the current season. General director Ian Campbell said while the Opera is solvent today, financial prospects for the future are bleak. By Cantor Sheldon Merel ENCINITAS, California — The closing of Grand Opera in San
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Temple Emanu-El ‘s annual spring gala, “A Night of Shining Stars” will feature pianist David Geist performing a selection of popular music, including hits from Broadway musicals. The event, which includes dinner, cocktails and both a silent and a live auction, will take place on May 17 beginning at 5:30 pm in
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. –Since Secretary of State John Kerry started the nine-month clock on efforts to reach a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we’ve known there would be crises along the way. With eight of those nine months already past, we are at precisely such a crunch point that is testing the two major players –
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– As the Obama administration prepares to kick its efforts to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations into higher gear, the government of Israel is advancing plans to build 2,372 new housing units in West Bank settlements. News of this new round of settlement construction plans was publicized Thursday, March 20, by Americans for Peace
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Middle East
PARIS (AJC) – On the second anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls issued a powerful attack on anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism has been on the rise in France in recent years, and largely comes from the extreme right,” said Valls. “What is new is an anti-Semitism that feeds
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International
GAN YAVNE, Israel — In light of recent hostilities with Islamic Jihad, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz lays down the gauntlet. During a presentation on Wednesday, March 19, to a high school in Gan Yavne in southern Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz was alarmingly candid. “If we want to make sure that
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Middle EastSAN JOSE, California (Press Release)–At the first public hearing, Friday, March 21, of the new California Assembly Select Committee on Campus Climate, AMCHA Initiative in a prepared statement urged members of the Committee to examine campus antisemitism and take the proper steps to ensure Jewish students feel safe and welcome at California’s colleges and universities. “Unfortunately, antisemitism
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By World Jewish Congress Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday voice doubts about the scale of the Holocaust, questioning the West’s “red lines” on freedom of expression. In a speech in the city of Mashhad Ali Khamenei said that In Europe, “no one dares to speak of the Holocaust, the crux of which
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Jewish History, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The University of California, San Diego Library has become the official repository for the papers of Jonas Salk, noted physician, virologist, and humanitarian, best known for his development of the world’s first successful vaccine for the prevention of polio. The papers—which constitute almost 600 linear feet (or nearly 900 boxes)—were
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO—Many Bar and Bat Mitzvah students suffer from PBL (Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah Letdown) after their simcha. They spend many months, if not years, preparing for their special day and approach it with excitement and anticipation. The day after the service, however, their excitement disappears and they feel a void in
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Jewish ReligionIDF uncovers ‘advanced’ terror tunnel under Gaza border (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces recently uncovered a terror tunnel in the southern part of the Israel-Gaza border, believed to have been dug by one of the larger Gaza-based terror groups, Israel Hayom reported. Military sources said Thursday that this was the fourth tunnel of its kind
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InternationalBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-The Israeli Knesset approved a first reading of a law to sanctioning conversions performed by local rabbis instead of keeping them subject only to rabbis and courts requiring conversions meet Orthodox criteria. The Israeli Chief Rabbis condemned the law noting ““Promoting a law of this type without broad agreement is liable
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
From Tamir Goodman’s battle with injuries, new basketball training tool is born By Jacob Kamaras (JNS) — When he was sidelined by injuries during his time as a professional basketball player in Israel, Tamir Goodman’s mind was still in the game. “Specifically during that time when I wasn’t playing, I was spending my time in
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Sports & Competitions
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS)– The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 25 on two prominent cases that could have far-reaching effects on Jewish-owned businesses and their employees. Both challenge the legality of an Affordable Care Act mandate requiring firms with more than 50 employees to provide contraception coverage as part of
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