Ben-Gurion University Bestows Honorary Doctorates on Chelsea Clinton, Other Luminaries

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Ben-Gurion University of the Negev bestowed honorary doctoral degrees on six distinguished individuals during the 53rd annual Board of Governors Meeting on the Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva on Tuesday evening. They included global health activist Dr. Chelsea Clinton, noted philanthropist Patrick Drahi, and former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Elyakim […]

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

County’s Recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month Fights Hate Before it Starts

By Marsha Sutton Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — At its May 10 board meeting, the San Diego County Office of Education adopted a resolution proclaiming May 2023 as Jewish American Heritage Month, and offered ways for school communities to observe JAHM. This is not the first time SDCOE has passed this resolution, which

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Opinion, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The Jewish Foods of India in Five Distinct Sub-Cultures

Author Esther David tells of the history and cuisines of five Jewish communities in India –the Bene Israel, centered in Mumbai; the Cochin Jews on India’s southwestern coast around Kochi;  the Baghdadi Jews on India’s northeastern coast around Kolkata (close to Bangladesh); the Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh on India’s central eastern coast around Machilpatnam; and the Beni Menashe of Manipur and Mizoram on the northeastern arm of India bordering Myanmar (Burma). [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food

Elon Musk Accused of Antisemitism After Tweets About George Soros

Published by DPA Twitter owner Elon Musk drew accusations of anti-Semitism after attacking financier and Holocaust survivor George Soros on Twitter and during an interview with US business channel CNBC on Tuesday. Musk wrote on Twitter that Soros “hates humanity” and wants to “erode the very fabric of civilization.” Israel’s Foreign Ministry criticized the remarks

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Jewish Celebrities

Why Hamas Was Not Israel’s Target in Gaza Airstrikes — This Time

Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left familiar images of towering spirals of smoke and wailing sirens but none of the buildings left in rubble by the jets belonged to its main enemy, Hamas. Instead, the strikes

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Israel

‘Poets of the Past’ to Feature Distinguished Holocaust-Era Writer Primo Levi, Yiddish Composer Bertha Kling

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, recognized as one of the most distinguished writers of the Shoah, and Bertha Kling, a Belarus-born Bronx resident, who composed Yiddish songs and poetry in the early 20th century, will be the two featured poets for the “Poets of the Past” program on

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, Holocaust, International, San Diego County

Those Pesky Antisemitic Thugs: How Low Can They Go?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Two antisemitic thugs in London and Boca Raton, Fla., picked on Jewish targets their own size to badger, as disgusting as these attacks are. However, two of their confederates chose Jewish schoolchildren outside a religious school in north London to blare a Hezbollah battle song from their car. “We

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Bruce Ticker, International, Opinion, USA

The Adventures of Three Fun-Loving, Environmentalist Dogs

GoGo, Yip and Dave are three dogs who are very much like humans — that is, the variety of humans who are gentle, kind, and care about others. Author Linda S. Klibanow and her illustrator daughter Natalie J. Klibanow have conjured up for young readers a world where dogs talk to other animals, as well as to people, and live by themselves in houses very similar to human abodes. {Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison

The Rosenwald Schools in Palm Beach County: Keeping Open the Door of Freedom

By Jerry Klinger BOYNTON BEACH, Florida — Every Julius Rosenwald marker has a backstory. The Rosenwald marker story in Boynton Beach had a shocking twist. The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) recently donated and dedicated with its partners, the Boynton Beach Historical Society and the Boynton Beach Historic Resources Preservation Board, its newest

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Florida Textbooks

By Mark D. Zimmerman The ‍Florida ‍Department ‍of ‍Education ‍announced ‍that ‍they ‍had ‍rejected ‍more ‍than ‍30 ‍social ‍studies ‍textbooks ‍and ‍worked ‍with ‍publishers ‍to ‍make ‍changes ‍to ‍more ‍than ‍45 ‍other ‍textbooks. ‍The ‍announcement ‍is ‍in ‍line ‍with ‍efforts ‍by ‍Governor ‍Ron ‍DeSantis ‍and ‍the ‍Florida ‍legislature ‍and ‍Department ‍of ‍Education ‍to ‍ensure ‍that

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire