Comic-Con weighs this era’s impact on fiction writers

Jewish horror writer Max Brooks told the audience at a Comic-Con panel titled “Creature Feature Reboot: Monsters of Horror” that the present is a scary time, though not necessarily a dark one. It is a time of change, and human beings hate the unknown. (Shor M. Masori)

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El-Sayed shouldn’t have threatened Fetterman metaphorically or in reality

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania proved this week that an advocate for Israel can confront an Israel-basher, shake him up and still stand firm and unyielding. Or stand tall, as John Wayne or Ronald Reagan might word it. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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7 countries with largest Jewish populations report antisemitic acts becoming much more frequent

The J7 Task Force calls on governments and law enforcement to take preemptive action to protect Jewish communities, rather than reacting after attacks occur, and to close legal loopholes that allow antisemitic incitement, including when cloaked in anti-Zionist language, to go unpunished. The Task Force also urges technology companies to strengthen moderation of hate content and increase transparency and cooperation with civil society to counter emerging threats. [Press Release]

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Federal court dismisses challenge to AB 715, which guards against antisemitism in California schools

This ruling affirms what we’ve said from the start: AB 715 is a critical and constitutionally-sound tool to address antisemitism in schools, alongside protections the Legislature has extended to other forms of discrimination through companion legislation. [David Bocarsly]

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Baruch Blumberg

Baruch Blumberg (July 28, 1925 – April 5, 2011), known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with Daniel Carleton Gajdusek), for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH and at the Fox Chase Cancer Center. [Wikipedia]

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‘Spaceballs: The New One’ prompts belly-laughs in Comic-Con’s biggest venue

The now 100-year-old Brooks opened the panel by video. He joked that he was missing the stage because he was searching the convention floor for a rare Charizard Pokémon card, then explained why he had never attended Comic-Con: “They don’t pay.” {Shor M. Masori]

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