San Diego Jewish World ‘Sold’ Back to Donald H. Harrison for $2

SAN DIEGO — Veteran journalist Donald H. Harrison has reacquired ownership of San Diego Jewish World and will resume as its publisher and editor as of January 1, 2024, it was jointly announced by Harrison and Jacob Kamaras, the current publisher. In a celebrated $1 sale effective January 1, 2022, Kamaras became the publisher and […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

Wilfrid Israel: The Unintentional Gaza War Memorial

By Jerry Klinger YOKNEAM, Israel — The Wilfrid Israel Memorial was an idea proposed by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) over a year ago. JASHP was going to pay for it. The hard part was getting permission to site it. JASHP has a message that needed to be said: Jews rescued Jews

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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion

French Government Honors Kosovo’s Lulzim Tafa, Advocate for Kosovo-Israel Relations

By Prof. Dr. Jeton Kelmendi The French Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, has officially approved the decree conferring the esteemed title of “Officer of Arts and Letters” upon the celebrated poet from Kosovo, Tafa. This distinction, the highest accolade in the realm of arts and literature bestowed by the French government, marks a historic

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Rudy ‍Giuliani

By Mark D. Zimmerman Rudy ‍Giuliani ‍was ‍recently ‍found ‍liable ‍for ‍defamation ‍after ‍making ‍false ‍claims ‍against ‍two ‍Georgia ‍election ‍workers, ‍following ‍the ‍defeat ‍of ‍Donald ‍Trump ‍in ‍the ‍last ‍presidential ‍election. ‍Last ‍week ‍Giuliani ‍was ‍ordered ‍to ‍pay ‍retribution ‍of ‍$148 ‍million ‍to ‍the ‍victims, ‍which ‍led ‍him ‍to ‍declare ‍bankruptcy. ‍Meanwhile, ‍Giuliani ‍continues

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Christmas 2023: Thousands queue up at 121-year-old iconic Jewish bakery shop in Kolkata

Published by ANI News Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 25 (ANI): At least 1,000 people queued up to buy Christmas cakes at the 121-year-old iconic Jewish bakery shop ‘Nahoum & Sons’ in New Market Kolkata on Monday. One of the most popular places in Kolkata for Christmas cakes, Nahoum & Sons, was established in 1902

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Travel and Food

NYC synagogues receive disturbing hoax bomb threats, NYPD says

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — The NYPD is investigating disturbing bomb threats emailed to synagogues throughout the city on Christmas Eve Day, though the messages appear to be a hoax, cops said Sunday. Police described the threat as “not credible” but added, “we will continue to deploy resources to houses of

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Antisemitism

Pope blasts Israel-Hamas conflict and says Jesus has been ‘rejected’ in favour of war

Published by GB News Pope Francis has slammed the Israel-Hamas conflict for drowning out Jesus’ message of peace with its “futile logic of war”. Speaking during his Midnight Mass sermon, the pope offered his solidarity with the people in the Middle East. Addressing 6,500 people inside St Peter’s Basilica, he said: “Our hearts are in

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International

Remembering Sandy Lakoff, Founder of UCSD’s Political Science Department

Sandy fostered long-lasting connections to friends around the world such as Jacob Goldberg, who had served as an adviser to Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Barak. That 40-year friendship began when the Lakoffs hosted Goldberg’s lecture at their home on behalf of American Professors for Peace in the Middle East. [Eileen Wingard]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Eileen Wingard, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Javier Guerrero: Growing and Distributing Food in Accordance with Jewish Ethical Teachings at Coastal Roots Farm

After four years heading Coastal Roots Farm, first as executive director, and later as the President and CEO of the independent, nonprofit farm, Guerrero can sling around a lot of Hebrew, some of which may be unfamiliar to non-Hebrew speaking American Jews. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum dies at 99, the oldest working actor in the country

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Mike Nussbaum, acknowledged by the Actor’s Equity union as the oldest professional actor in America and a dynamic and yet steadying influence in Chicago theater for decades, died Saturday at home at the age of 99. He was days short of his 100th birthday. And until his final week,

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Obituaries & memorials