Joe Biden and Barack Obama Fire Back at Protestors During $25M Fundraiser

Published by Radar Online President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama fired back at a group of protestors this week during a $25 million fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton in New York City, RadarOnline.com can report. The surprising incident unfolded on Thursday as Biden stood onstage at Radio City Music Hall with Obama

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Netanyahu authorizes Israeli negotiating delegation to travel to Qatar and Egypt for hostage talks

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], March 29 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has authorised an Israeli negotiating delegation to travel to Qatar and Egypt in the coming days to hold talks on the release of hostages still held in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement, CNN reported. In a

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Tree-Climbing Animals Like Lizards Endangered by Global Warming

The researchers focused on lizards and demonstrated that following the effects of climate change, they will seek refuge from the hot ground by spending a lot of time on trees. However, due to human-related activities such as deforestation, urbanization and the expansion of agricultural lands at the expense of natural lands, the availability of trees in the areas where the lizards live will decrease, and this may lead to the collapse of many populations. [Press Release]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Hate Litterers May Face $25,000 Penalty

SAN DIEGO  (SDJW)– San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo said Friday that after research with the office of City Attorney Mara Elliott, he decided that a hate littering law would be more appropriate at the state level than at the municipal level.  Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) agreed to carry the legislation (AB 3024), which

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Isaac Mayer Wise

In 1875, his dream of opening Hebrew Union College to train rabbis was realized, with Wise serving as its president. In 1883, non-kosher food was served at what became known derisively as the “Trefa Banquet” for the first graduating class, which Wise declined to condemn. This incident led to the formation of the Conservative movement, which positioned itself as more liberal than Orthodox Judaism, but conserving some traditions. [SDJW staff]

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Trans Jew for Trans Day of Visibility Relates His Research

As a trans Jew, myself, I have experienced some of the difficulties as well as moments of joy that come with existing in the intersection of transness and Jewishness. Yet, despite the growing breadth of literature on gay, lesbian, and other queer-identifying Jews, there’s still a gap in materials about trans Jews. [Matt Lacoff]

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Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman Dies at 90

“We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below awareness. “Our biases frequently cause us to want the wrong things. Our perceptions and memories are slippery, especially about our own mental states. Our free will is bounded. We have much less control over ourselves than we thought.” (Press Release)

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Middle East Forum Israel OpEd: ‘Gutteres wants Israel to lose, but he will fail’

Published by Euronews (English) In 2017, shortly after becoming Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres said: “Israel needs to be treated like any other UN member state”. It was a solid start for someone who promised equality for the one Jewish State. Even in his personal manifesto, released as part of the election process,

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Rudolf Serkin

At the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Serkin instructed generations of pianists and served from 1968 to 1975 as the Institute’s director.  Busch and Serkin founded the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Marlboro, Vermont in 1951. Serkin made numerous classical music recordings on such labels as Columbia Masterworks, RCA Victor, Deutsche Grammophon and Terlac. [SDJW staff]

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Recipient Announced for 2024 Peter Chortek Leadership Award

Peter Chortek Leadership Award recipients receive a $9,000 stipend, $540 to establish a Donor Advised Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation, and a professional video made about their project. This year the awards committee, comprised of two generations of the Chortek family and other community leaders, selected Hayden Crocker as the 2024 PCLA recipient. [Press Release, Jewish Community Foundation]

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