Genocide case against Israel: ICJ to deliver interim ruling on Friday

Published by ANI News The Hague [Netherlands], January 25 (ANI): The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will on Friday rule whether or not to grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led “genocide.” A “public sitting” will take place at 1 pm on

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San Diego International Jewish Film Festival Schedule Told

The San Diego International Film Festival will be presented in the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family JCC, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, from Wednesday, Jan. 31 through Sunday, Feb. 11. Ticket information may be obtained via this website. [SDJW staff]

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: Salk Biologist Ron Evans Wins Japan Prize. Is Nobel Prize Next?

Ron Evans, the who discovered how hormones can switch on and off receptors in cells, has been awarded the Japan Prize for his work at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The Japan Prize is so prestigious, it has often been described as a precursor of the Nobel Prize. [SDJW staff]

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Jewish Community Foundation Appoints Jeremy Pearl as its President and CEO

Jeremy Pearl will succeed Beth Sirull as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego and holder of the Miriam and Jerome Katzin Presidential Chair, the JCF Board of Directors announced on Wednesday. [Press Release]

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Nettlesome Billboard Erected in Predominantly Jewish Area of Philadelphia

It is stomach-churning enough to follow events in Gaza and southern Israel, and it is nearly as difficult to learn of the highway blockades and harassment of Jewish college students taking place in my city. Moving the rhetoric to Northeast Philadelphia is kind of like rubbing my nose in the muck of this war. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Seacrest Foundation Announces 2024 Women’s Auxiliary Together Wherever Gala

The Together Wherever Gala will take place anywhere, on any date, and at any time you’d like. For this year’s gala, our Jewish community will come together in spirit as one connected family to embrace unity and share support, as we send strength and love to the residents of Seacrest Village. [Press Release]

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Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center May Save Many Lives

A short video brought viewers into the perilous delivery of a 23-week-old fetus, as doctors skillfully placed a miniature CPAP machine on the tiny form and miraculously filled its lungs! Another doctor shared the case of a rescue with the ECMO machine that pulled a patient back from almost-certain death. [Eva Trieger]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Neil Diamond

In 1966, he recorded the first of many hits as a solo artist, “Solitary Man,” and followed that year with “Cherry, Cherry” and “Kentucky Woman.” Subsequent years brought songs as “Sweet Caroline,” “Holly Holy,” “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “Song Sung Blue,” “I Am…I Said,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “Forever in Blue Jeans.” [SDJW staff]

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Plan for one-month Gaza truce makes progress as Israel hits Khan Younis

Published by Reuters By Andrew Mills, Arafat Barbakh and Emily Rose DOHA/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinians prisoners would be released, sources told Reuters, as Israel pressed ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Younis.

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Biden’s abortion rights rally in Virginia interrupted by Gaza protests

Published by Reuters By Jeff Mason MANASSAS, Virginia (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden took aim at Republicans over their efforts curb abortion rights in a Virginia speech on Tuesday, but his remarks were interrupted repeatedly by hecklers protesting his policies toward Israel. On the same day that people were voting for a Republican presidential

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Our Shtetl San Diego County: A Jewish Calendar of Local Events

Here are some dates for upcoming Jewish events in San Diego County that you might want to enter into your calendar books or onto your calendar application on your computer.  San Diego Jewish World will update the calendar periodically in this column.  [SDJW staff]

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