We are prepping to do some lobbying on Capitol Hill on Monday on Israel, voting rights, immigration, healthcare and more. We will also learn how to bring effective racial and social justice action steps and training for organizing to our local congregations. [Barrett Holman Leak]
Ms. Holman Leak Goes to Washington Read More »
Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Senior Hamas commander Ra’ad Sa’ad left the Gaza tunnel in which he was hiding Saturday and soon thereafter the IDF blew up the car in which he was riding. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Saturday evening, Dec. 13, 2025 Read More »
Business & Finance, California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Entrepreneurs, executives, creators, and growth-driven individuals from across the country convened for a rare and integrated journey designed to align internal identity with external results. Unlike traditional conferences that deliver fragmented insights, DeepDive offered a cohesive, holistic experience grounded in a timeless truth deeply echoed in Jewish wisdom: transformation of the outer world begins with refinement of the inner self. [Michael Adam Cohen]
Deep Dive 2025 Speakers Reflected Jewish Wisdom Read More »
Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
As restaurant owners learned that Jews often eschewed pork, some began to offer traditional dishes with chicken instead – allowing more observant Jews to eat “kosher style,” without eating explicitly forbidden food. Today, there is wide variation in Jewish dietary practices, making Chinese food even more accessible for most Jews. (Samira Mehta)
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous is distributing $380,000 to economically challenged Righteous Gentiles in nine European countries and Australia who risked their lives saving Jews from the Nazis. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 Read More »
Antisemitism, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
As I walked in through the entrance near Five Guys Burgers and Fries, I was greeted by a delightful surprise: a Chanukah display set up at the main intersection, right beside the Five Below store. A representative was carefully adding the finishing touches as I passed by. [Cailin Acosta]
Our Shtetl: Chanukah Display at Parkway Plaza Read More »
Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
The French lesson was just coming to an end last Monday morning when I received a call from my Other Half (OH) saying that he had fallen and hurt himself and was waiting for me in the nearby shopping mall. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Husband Receives Emergency Medical Service in Israel Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Jennifer Connelly (December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After a few more years of modeling, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), the romantic comedy Career Opportunities (1991), and the period superhero film The Rocketeer (1991). [Wikipedia]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia
bout 20 mezuzahs were snatched from the doorways of Jewish apartment tenants this past Sunday in the North York section of Toronto, where a large Jewish community lives, according to reports from The Times of Israel and Canada’s National Post. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Anti-Israel Protesters Resort to Petty Tactics Read More »
Antisemitism, Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Entertainers Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, Debra Messing, Jason Alexander, Julianna Margulies, Mayim Bialik, Steve Guttenberg, Adam Arkin, Shulem Lemmer, Tovah Feldshuh, Barry Manilow, and CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer will participate. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 Read More »
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Felix Nussbaum (December 11, 1904 – September 20, 1944) was a German-Jewish surrealist painter. Nussbaum’s paintings, including Self Portrait with Jewish Identity Card (1943) and Triumph of Death (1944), explore his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. [Wikipedia]
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia
The Torah is not a book of fairy tales in which righteous people live peacefully ever after. The Torah is a book about real life, not life as we wish it to be, but life as we experience it: unpredictable, demanding, confusing, and yet always filled with the possibility of growth. It’s telling us psychology. It’s telling us the story of us. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D.]
Parsha Vayeshev: Life is How We Interpret It Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Staff and Bylined Contributors
It was difficult to select the 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 18, program for Treasures of the Jewish Music Collection: Great Jewish Pianists, because there are so many of them. [Eileen Wingard]
So Many Great Jewish Pianists to Choose From Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Rachel Goldberg-Polin: “We’re in a real Chanukah moment, because today, like in the story of Chanukah, asking ourselves who we are, who we want to be, what we want to project to the world, and our why, are the most important questions…” [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Political Briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA