Caring for Jews in need – wherever they are and whenever they need us – is at the heart of what we do at Jewish Federation of San Diego. And this year, you helped us care in a big way. [Heidi Gantwerk]
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Published by Tampa Free Press A Columbia University alum has decided to ditch his alma mater by giving a $260 million donation to an Israeli university as protests continue to plague the Ivy League college’s campus, according to a Monday announcement. The donation was given to Bar-Ilan University in Israel, a public research university, by
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Published by AFP {SDJW: See objections from HIAS in the comment section} Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden will temporarily shut the US-Mexico border to asylum seekers whenever illegal migrant crossings surge, the White House said Tuesday, in a dramatic bid to neutralize one of his political weak spots in the reelection battle against Donald
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For about a million years, starting 1.5 million years ago, early humans used stone tools called scrapers to process hides and scrape the flesh off the bones of mostly large game. In the Levant they mainly hunted elephants and other large herbivores that provided most of the calories they needed. The study found, however, that about 400,000 years ago, following the elephants’ disappearance, hunters turned to a different kind of prey. [Press Release]
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Published by AlterNet A billionaire heiress who frequently ranks among the top donors to GOP candidates and causes has remained relatively quiet in the 2024 race, but she recently suggested former President Donald Trump could win her over with an even more hawkish pro-Israel foreign policy agenda. According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Miriam Adelson —
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Vandalism and other property damage have accompanied anti-Israel protests on college campuses. Now the House Oversight Committee is investigating how these protests are being financed. [Press Release]
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Virtually every significant person mentioned in the Torah had faults, just like other humans. In addition to instructing people how to act, the Torah teaches readers that all humans make mistakes, which they can correct to become all they can be and an example for others to follow. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Courtesy of Wikipedia Nelson Glueck (June 4, 1900 – February 12, 1971) was an American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. He served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death, and his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites. Nelson Glueck was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Lithuanian Jewish parents. He died in Cincinnati in 1971, after announcing plans
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Published by IBTimes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday denied American media reports that he will address the US Congress on June 13, amid mounting pressure to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas. Netanyahu’s office told Israeli media the date of his speech to Congress had “not been finalised”, but it would not
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The name of “Edgardo Mortara” once rocketed around the Jewish and Catholic worlds – the Jews protesting that he was kidnapped by the Catholics, and the Catholics saying that once the boy was secretly baptized by the Mortara family’s maid, it had no choice but to assume parental control. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Amid this boundless desert, Hashem commands Moses to take a census, not merely to count most of the people, but to remind them that each individual matters, that every human being has a vital role to play. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined ContributorsAs Shavuot is almost here, we eagerly anticipate the receiving of the Torah. Below I mention a few events around our town because making the journey to Mount Sinai is out of many of our budgets and that is a long plane flight. [Cailin Acosta]
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Published by Tampa Free Press President Joe Biden’s newest Gaza ceasefire plan could hand Hamas a much-needed window to rebuild its battered ranks and potentially launch another Oct. 7-style attack on Israel, defense experts and former U.S. officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Israel, the U.S. and international negotiators have been working for months
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Published by Alternet (UK) An apparent language barrier led several English speakers on Monday to mistakenly claim Mexico’s first female president is “a less Jewish Jew” after she thanked her husband for accompanying her to the polls. Monday, Mexican citizens elected Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the leftist Morena party, as the nation’s first female
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