ADL urges more cities to participate in FBI’s hate crime report

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, Nov. 22, welcomed a substantial drop in the number of hate crimes documented by a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report, but expressed disappointment that more than 60 U.S. cities with 100,000-plus populations still did not participate in the annual study. The FBI’s 2009 report documenting […]

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USA

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, May 13, 1955, Part 2

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff ‘With the Guardians’ Southwestern Jewish Press, May 13, 1955, Page 3 By Moishe For sheer concentration rivaling a tournament match involving international chess players, we recommend the monthly gin game between Doc Solomon and Ben Harris.  What could easily be misinterpreted as a lack of faith (but is

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Adventures In San Diego Jewish History, May 13, 1955, Part 1

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Hold Memorial Services Tonite For Nazi Victims Southwestern Jewish Press, May 13, 1955, Pages 1, 5 Tonight San Diego Jewry will hold memorial services commemorating the death of 6,000,000 Jews by Nazi Germany. At the same time, at 8:30 p.m., a service of thanks commemorating 10 years of

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

ADL, other western organizations, fail to confront Islamism as modern propagator of anti-Semitism

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — At a time when antisemitism is at the highest point in the West and the world generally since 1945, the battle against it faces a terrible obstacle. To a very large extent, the driving force of this hatred is revolutionary Islamism, whether it be in the form of attitudes

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Middle East, USA

ADL says START treaty ratification would ease Russo-U.S. teamwork against Iran

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called on members of the United States Senate to ratify the New START treaty, saying that failure to do so promptly “would inevitably hamper” American leadership to stop the Iranian nuclear weapons program. In a letter sent Friday to all members of the Senate, the League urged

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USA

SHAS is a more moderate party than Westerners perceive

By Ira Sharkansky  JERUSALEM –Among the platitudes being promoted here and elsewhere is that the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party SHAS is one of the extremist elements keeping the Netanyahu government from acting with good sense. The conventional line is that Israel must leave the West Bank to Palestine, in compliance with the views expressed by right

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Violinist Schiff wins plaudits in her new hometown of Boston

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO –I spent the entire month of October on the East Coast, book-ended by two concerts featuring my younger sister, Violinist Zina Schiff. On Saturday evening, October 2, in the New England Conservatory’s excellent Jordan Hall, Zina performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Longwood Symphony under the direction of Jonathan

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Eileen Wingard

Positive campaign might have put Wayne on S.D. City Council

By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — There is a cardinal rule in campaigning:  don’t attack your opponent in a multi-candidate field.  For example, if you attack one of your opponents in a three- candidate field, the voters are likely to not vote for the person attacked, but they aren’t going to vote for you because

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

NJDC lauds selection of Steve Israel as Democratic Congressional Campaign chairman

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) President and CEO David A. Harris issued the following statement congratulating Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) on his appointment as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC): “We wish a hearty mazel tov to Representative Steve Israel for being chosen by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as the

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Nathan Dungan tells philanthropic organizations the value of giving

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– For the first time, the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, San Diego Grantmakers, San Diego Women’s Foundation, San Diego Social Venture Partners, The San Diego Foundation, and UCSD Extension teamed up to increase philanthropy in the San Diego region. The event, underwritten by The Duddingston Sylvester

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San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

SDJA screens ‘Race to Nowhere’ Dec. 6

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– The movie Race to Nowhere examines the high-stakes,  high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out students. An SDJA education has always been about helping our students discover their passions and exceed their own expectations, no matter their level of ability. “This

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Salome Jens’ one-woman play focuses on life of poet Anne Sexton

By Cynthia Citron NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California–“Anne Sexton saved my life,” Salome Jens says.  The actress, still beautiful in her 70s, sits munching her salad in a trendy outdoor cafe.  Her words are startling as they float in the bright California sunshine.  “At 46,” she continues, “I was suicidal and alcoholic.  Just like Anne.  But I

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Cynthia Citron, Travel and Food