San Diegans Support Beautified Bomb Shelters in the Gaza Envelope

SDJW Staff Report DENVER — Elyasaf Meira, the Israeli artist who beautifies Jewish National Fund-USA’s bomb shelters in the area known as the Gaza Envelope, was present at the JNF-USA Global Conference for Israel in Denver to work on live paintings. Philanthropists in San Diego and nationwide partner with JNF-USA for its bomb shelter beautification […]

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Israel, San Diego County, USA

Of Heroes and Leaders

By Doron Krakow What to make of a week? What to make of this one? It began with the grudging release of hostages from the clutches of Hamas. Slowly they emerged. Wide-eyed. Traumatized. Haunted. Nearly all of them women and children. They’d been released knowing that others, many from their own families, remained behind. Only

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Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, USA

‘Very Proud of His Turf:’ Slain Sha’ar HaNegev Mayor Remembered at JNF-USA Conference

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Israeli social entrepreneur Gidi Grinstein remembered his experiences with former Sha’ar HaNegev Mayor Ofir Libstein, who was killed while defending Kibbutz Kfar Aza during the October 7 Hamas attacks, in remarks at the Jewish National Fund-USA Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Friday. This past January, Libstein invited Grinstein

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

TICO, Celebrating Golden Anniversary, Has Memorable Concert at the JCC

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, under the direction of David Amos, gave a memorable concert at the Garfield Theatre of the Lawrence Family JCC Sunday, November 26.  Because of the configuration of the hall, most of the well-filled audience seats allowed visibility of all the musicians. [Eileen Wingard]

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

UN Ambassador Explains Why Israel Faces Uphill Battle at ‘House of Lies’

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — The famed Israeli envoy to the United Nations and United States, Abba Eban, once said that “if Algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions” at the U.N. While addressing

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International, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, USA

‘In the Shadow of Tragedy and Uncertainty, We Will Rebuild,’ JNF-USA President Affirms

By Jacob Kamaras DENVER — Dr. Sol Lizerbram, the San Diego-based National President of Jewish National Fund-USA, kicked off the organization’s Global Conference for Israel in Denver on Thursday night by affirming that Israel’s South will be rebuilt following the October 7 Hamas massacre. Lizerbram reflected that such conferences usually begin with lively remarks and

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Israel, Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County, USA

San Diego Native and Big Time Rush Member James Maslow Visits Israel

SAN DIEGO — James Maslow, actor, singer, member of Big Time Rush, and San Diego native, recently visited Israel for a five-day trip to bear witness firsthand to the devastation of October 7 and the ongoing war. He had the opportunity to speak with survivors and witnesses of the events, as well as engage with

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Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

American Jewish Committee Adds Over a Dozen Terms and Tropes to ‘Translate Hate’ Antisemitism Glossary

NEW YORK (Press Release) – Amid the terrifying increase of antisemitic harassment, intimidation, and violence around the world in the wake of the October 7 terror attack against Israel, American Jewish Committee (AJC) today released updated terms to its Translate Hate glossary, a tool to help people identify, understand, and report antisemitism. While the additional terms and

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Holocaust, International, Israel, USA

Dreidels Find Their Way into Encore Performance of ‘Plaid Tidings’

This fun show is the sequel to Forever Plaid.  In this version, written by Stuart Ross to uplift the nation after 9/11, a 1950s-style boys quartet who died in a car crash finds themselves sent back to earth to perform a show, but they don’t know what they’re supposed to do and have to figure it out as they go. [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and Food

San Diego Jewish Academy Launches ‘Jewish Professional Credit’ 50% Tuition Reduction Program

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – San Diego Jewish Academy, a preschool to 12th grade school guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community, announced its Jewish Professional Credit now available, which reduces K-12 tuition by 50 percent for families with at least one parent working full time at a local Jewish organization. Tuition in

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Kissinger, giant of statecraft, molded post-war US history

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world’s relationship with China. As secretary of state to presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Kissinger was a master tactician whose intellectual

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USA

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Henry Kissinger, a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner and diplomatic powerhouse whose service under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy, died on Wednesday, according to Kissinger Associates Inc. Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates said. Kissinger had been active past his centenary,

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