Sunday Soundoff: Cancel Culture, Transit Equity, & Love vs. Hate

Craven now has been “cancelled” by the unforgiving academic community. The irony of this is that were it not for Bill Craven, Cal State San Marcos would not have existed in the first place.  He fought the uphill legislative battle to win approval for the construction of that campus. Opponents noted that San Diego County already had San Diego State University, whereas other parts of the state didn’t have even one state university campus, much less two, in addition to a campus of the University of California. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA

OpEd: Ouster of Ilhan Omar Did Not Help Jewish Community

House Republicans did not do a favor for Israel nor the American Jewish community when they kicked Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, off the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  Instead, they turned her into a political martyr, thereby magnifying her importance among progressives and potentially fueling antisemitism. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Opinion, USA

Young Entrepreneur Joey Aron Brings LA’s Bustling Kosher Food Scene to San Diego

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — Kosher-observant San Diegans are perpetually starved for kosher restaurants. Joey Aron decided to bring the restaurants to them. La Jolla native Aron, 24, who graduated from Yeshiva University’s (YU) Sy Syms School of Business and is now working at Citibank in New York, launched and now operates a

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Business & Finance, California, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Satire: Documents, Documents

By Laurie Baron (Melody: Matchmaker, Matchmaker) SAN DIEGO — Documents, documents Scattered around. Some still hidden. Others were found. Documents, documents. Secret ones too. Which DOJ must impound. Documents, documents. Trump just refused. Joe had some too. Pence wasn’t excused. Documents, documents. Which don’t belong to them Mistakes or power abused? For Donald He thinks

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Republicans Oust Ilhan Omar From High-Profile US House Committee

Published by Reuters By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee over remarks widely condemned as antisemitic, two years after Democrats removed two Republicans from committee assignments. The deeply divided House voted 218-211 along party lines to remove Omar from

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Confronting Antisemitism, Celebrating Survival: International Holocaust Remembrance Day at UCSD

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — Coming on the heels of a major milestone for the school’s Jewish community as well as amid the rising tide of antisemitism on campus and nationwide, International Holocaust Remembrance Day was even more poignant than usual at UCSD this year. Marking the first large-scale event at the Beverly

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Holocaust, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

San Diegans Inspired by Local Students Embracing Their Love of Israel

LA JOLLA, California — On January 24, 2023, San Diegans attended a “Zionism on Campus” event in La Jolla, hosted by Jewish National Fund-USA San Diego Vice President Liat Cohen-Reeis, where they heard from local students and a university professor who recently attended one of Jewish National Fund-USA’s various educational programs in Israel. “There is

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Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Ben-Gurion University to Honor Dr. Chelsea Clinton

NEW YORK, N.Y. (Press Release) —Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will award renowned writer and public health advocate Dr. Chelsea Clinton an honorary doctorate at the University’s Board of Governors Meeting in May 2023, BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz has announced. “Dr. Chelsea Clinton is a world-renowned activist, author and ardent supporter of gender

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Uses New Book to Build Bridges

(Press Release) To begin the new year of 2023, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan gifted copies of the recently published Book of Jewish Knowledge to all ambassadors at the United Nations. In a body where Israel regularly faces negative headwinds, Erdan aimed to utilize the Book of Jewish Knowledge’s concise exploration of

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Israel

Wolf(e) Foiled Again in Little Red Riding Hood Parody for Purim

Purim arrives this year the evening of Monday, March 6, and concludes on Tuesday, March 7.   To get your children or grandchildren ready for the fun holiday, you could enjoy reading with them this parody on Little Red Riding Hood, wherein Lily whizzes on a skateboard toward grandma’s condo in Florida.  Lily has hamantaschen loaded into her backpack.

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Chad Opens Embassy in Israel

Published by DPA Chad affirmed its cordial relations with Israel in opening an embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday in the presence of Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This is an historic moment,” Netanyahu said in remarks reported by his office. The opening of the embassy had been

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Israel

Palestinians Fire Rockets, Israel Hits Gaza, Days After US Call for Calm

Published by Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Thursday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, days after the United States urged all sides to calm escalating violence. With no reports of serious casualties, the exchange followed a familiar pattern that signalled neither side was seeking a wider conflict. Separately,

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Israel

JCC Program to Spotlight Exotic Ladino Melodies

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The exotic melodies and improvisatory style of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) songs evoke the colorful bougainvillea and balmy nights of Spain, even though much of that music was composed by the Sephardic Jews after their expulsion. They were driven out of Spain in 1492, then from Portugal five years later.

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County