Today’s Jewish Birthday: Jerome Karle

Courtesy of Wikipedia Jerome Karle (June 18, 1918 – June 6, 2013) was an American physical chemist. Jointly with Herbert A. Hauptman, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985, for the direct analysis of crystal structures using X-ray scattering techniques. Karle was born in New York City, on June 18, 1918, the son of Sadie Helen (Kun) and Louis Karfunkle. He […]

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Mimi’s Ark: Showing Love for Ramona’s Wildlife

He leads photographic expeditions to in Africa and Central and South America, including Botswana, Costa Rica, and Chile. With his keen insight to animal behavior and his jovial personality, the expeditions are very popular, and sell out quickly. [Mimi Pollack]

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Third Generation Holocaust Survivor Reflects on Israeli Hostage Rescue

Even famous actors like Mark Ruffalo joined the cacophony of lunacy, sharing on X that “4 [hostages] for 274 including kids. It’s a sinful equation that keeps repeating,” ignoring the fact that the majority of those killed were in fact Hamas terrorist fighters harboring hostages purposefully in a densely populated civilian area. [Joshua Lafazan]

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An Open Letter to Authors’ Guild on Antisemitism

Scheduled Jewish authors’ events have been canceled and many venues would not invite them to present. Agents are turning down manuscripts by Jewish writers or are firing Jewish clients whose work they had agreed to represent. These gate-keepers of the publishing world know that acquisition editors will not buy them. [Talia Carner]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Barry Manilow

Courtesy of Wikipedia Barry Manilow (June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include “Could It Be Magic”, “Looks Like We Made It”, “Mandy”, “I Write the Songs”, “Can’t Smile Without You”, “Weekend in New England”, and “Copacabana (At the Copa)”. Manilow has recorded and

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A Serious Essay about European Jewish Humor

Self-criticism is inherent in a tolerant society that respects the human being as such and reflects on its mistakes and imperfections. Self-criticism is alien to an authoritarian society. Nations that are satisfied with themselves and look to other nations for faults and blame for their failures are stagnant. Jews are dissatisfied, hence they develop. [Alex Gordon]

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House of Israel Lawn Program Attracts Hundreds of Well Wishers

The MC for the day was Ori Lerer, a student leader at UCSD who owned the stage with his presence. Ruth Mastron came on stage and gave a speech that kicked off the festivities. Shanee Zamir, who was a contestant in Eurovision in 2013 (she went on to win 1st place in the popular vote) sang both the American and Israeli anthems. Right after, Shirim B’Lev Choir invited people in the crowd to come on stage with them and they sang popular Israeli songs. [Miriam Gershenson]

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ADL San Diego Quite Busy Over the Last Few Weeks

We have been pushing for historical policies and bills that address the current wave of antisemitism on campus, in schools, and our neighborhoods, on and offline. We’ve also collaborated with our community partners to celebrate Passover with representatives of various faiths and communities, remember the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah, celebrate Israel’s Independence and Jewish and Asian American Heritage Months. [Fabienne Perlov]

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OpEd: How Jewish Community Must Respond to Antisemitism

The world today denies the atrocities done by Hamas, including murder and rape. Hamas has a great propaganda machine not unlike that of Nazi Germany. The world wants us to believe that the Israelis are the monsters, even though they are defending themselves. The United Nations is no friend to Israel and spreads lies to the world. [Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Erich Segal

Courtesy of Wikipedia Erich Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its hit film adaptation. Born and raised in a Jewish household in Brooklyn, New York, Segal was the first of three brothers. His father was a rabbi and his mother was a homemaker.

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