Antisemitism has grown rampantly since the October 7th massacre carried out by Hamas, and rising Jew-hatred has caused Jewish students to feel increasingly unsafe on campus. We students are fearful of expressing our identities on campus, and especially in the classroom. [Press Release]
Jewish Tritons Outline Situation Facing Jews at UCSD Read More »
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Jewish Federations continue to unquestioningly support Israel’s right to defend itself, including destroying Hamas’s capabilities to harm the Jewish state, while also strongly supporting the critical and close relationship between the United States and Israel. [Press Release]
Jewish Federation of San Diego Reports on Israel-Gaza-U.S. Read More »
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Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No Fly List individuals who are encouraging violence against Jewish persons and supporting terrorist organizations. They introduced a bill, the No
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Editor’s Note: ADL (Anti-Defamation League) rounds up developments in the anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across North America. Here is the report for Thursday, May 9. [Press Release]
ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 9, 2024 Read More »
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She was raised in Elmira, New York, where she won the New York State Spelling Championship at twelve and was presented with a silver cup by then Governor Franklin Roosevelt. She was encouraged to write for money by supplying small items to the Elmira Star-Gazette. She was Jewish. [Wikipedia]
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It posits that before it was relocated to Earth, the Garden of Eden—with a man and a woman, the snake, and its fruits and vegetables—all existed on an unnamed planet. There, the fruits each laid claim to being the best. The apple boasted it was the “hardiest”; the pomegranate, the “biggest”; the grape, the “sweetest”; the fig, “the yummiest” and the citron (lemon) because it could make any of them taste better with just one drop. [Donald H. Harrison]
Children’s Book Offers Myth of an Earlier Garden of Eden Read More »
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Published by DPA International The president of the Conference of European Rabbis, Pinchas Goldschmidt, is due to receive the International Charlemagne Prize in the German city of Aachen on Thursday morning. The Jewish communities in Europe are to be honoured together with the 60-year-old rabbi. The award is intended to send a signal that Jewish
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The libel of “genocide” against Israel on college campuses can be seen as a modern-day parallel to the Dreyfus Affair with one difference – Jewish students now have the tools to combat hate – and win. [Sol Lizerbram, M.D.]
JNF-USA President: Today ‘We Are All Theodor Herzl’ Read More »
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Violinist Joshua Bell, and his Piano Collaborator Peter Dugan, entered. Dressed in a black long-sleeved shirt over narrow black trousers, and looking boyish with his slim figure and full shock of dark hair, Bell, accompanied by Dugan, plunged into the first piece, Brahms Sonatensatz (Scherzo) for Violin and Piano. [Eileen Wingard]
Bell, Dugan Enchant Patrons at La Jolla Music Society’s Gala Read More »
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“Israeli superstar Eden Golan is proudly representing Israel at the second semi-finals of Eurovision on Thursday, May 9. Despite tons of hate, death threats, and attempts at disqualification, the Israeli delegation is determined to participate and for Eden to perform her tribute to the victims of October 7, ‘Hurricane.'” [Press Release]
Israel’s Eurovision Entry ‘Hurricane’ by Eden Golan Needs Your Vote Read More »
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Published by DPA International The United States has paused a large shipment of weapons to Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns in Washington about Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “We’re going to continue to do what’s necessary to support Israel,” Austin said, calling Washington’s security
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Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Responding to recent protests centered on the war between Hamas and Israel, the North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that joins more than 30 other states in adopting a working definition of antisemitism. The definition was adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
SHALOM Act passes North Carolina House 105-4 Read More »
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Published by Tampa Free Press Republican Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah pressed public school administrators over whether students, teachers and a principal allegedly involved in antisemitic incidents were punished Wednesday, focusing on the harassment of a Jewish teacher at a New York City high school. Owens started out by questioning New York City Public Schools
We know why
She had to testify.
Stormy Daniels. [Laurie Baron]
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