Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Thousands of Israeli anti-government protesters rallied at the Supreme Court on Monday, the eve of a historic hearing on a bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to curb the court’s powers. Forming a sea of blue and white Israeli flags, the protesters chanted “democracy” in a […]
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(Press Release) American Jewish Committee (AJC), ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and Potomac Law Group announced on Monday they filed suit on behalf of the Brandeis Center and its membership arm, So-CUE (Southern Californians for Unbiased Education), comprised of Orange County and Santa Ana residents, against
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California, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Mark D. Zimmerman Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett died a couple of weeks ago at the age of 76. Buffett’s music reflected what became known as “island escapism,” most famously as depicted in his hit song Margaritaville. In 1997 Buffett teamed up with Jewish novelist Herman Wouk to write a musical version of Wouk’s novel Don’t
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Adapted from an old Hungarian play, Play At The Castle by Ferenc Molnar, it’s a play within a play about a play. I’ll give you a brief synopsis in a moment, but honestly, in this play, the plot doesn’t matter. Not to say that there isn’t one, but what it really delivers on is LPM- that’s laughs per minute. This over-the-top comedy does not take itself too seriously and even calls itself out on the things happening to move the action along. I don’t remember ever laughing so hard or often at a show. Every line landed. Every physical comedy bit hit. The absurd became plausible and wonderful. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Eventually, Lizerbram’s activities both as a donor and as a member of the local JNF board led to an invitation to serve on the national board. Over the next 20 years, he served under such national JNF presidents as Ron Lauder and Jeffrey Levine, until he was elected as the national organization’s president in October 2017. [Donald H. Harrison]
A woman of valor who can she be? I believe her name is Fanny. Holocaust Survivor Fanny Krasner Lebovits, born October 27, 1922, passed away at 5 p.m. on September 7, 2023, less than a month short of age 101. {Sandra Scheller}
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Holocaust, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County, Sandra Scheller, USA
Beth Sirull, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, has announced she will be leaving that post when her contract ends in June of next year. [SDJW staff report]
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San Diego County
By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — City Councilmember Raul Campillo announced Thursday he will introduce an ordinance to make the distribution of flyers inciting hate a misdemeanor littering offense punishable by up to a year in jail. San Diego Police have recorded eight incidents over the past several months involving thousands
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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County
(Melody: Margaritaville) In memory of Jimmy Buffett, who was an environmental activist By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Gasping for fresh air. Don’t heed the Lib scare. Or all of the experts at the UN. It’s getting hot here. But I have no fear. That it will cool off, And life here won’t end. Closing
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
From the most expensive item down to the least expensive, here are the Biblical Zoo’s 17 wishes for its 30th anniversary at its present location in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem: {Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, The World We Share, USA
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech 5783 By Rabbi Daniel Reich LA JOLLA, California — Rabbeinu Yonah, the great 13th-century Torah scholar, describes in his monumental work “Sha’arei Teshuva – The Gates of Repentance” the importance for each one of us to audibly reaffirm to ourselves on a daily basis, “Hashem loves me” or “Hashem believes in me.” In
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Daniel Reich-Rabbi, Jewish Religion
It all comes to a boil at the end of the first act, when at a party celebrating the engagement of Schultz and Schneider one of the inn’s resident ladies of the night tells Ludwig that Schultz can afford the party because the Jews have all the money anyway, thus bringing to his attention Schultz’ ethnicity. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Jill Castellano/inewsource via Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — A neo-Nazi who once lived in San Diego County has been extradited to the Netherlands to face hate speech charges in connection with an antisemitic incident that took place at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam earlier this year. Forty-one-year-old Robert Wilson, a former
Jewish students who will enter the ninth or tenth grade next year and who have demonstrated leadership qualities at their synagogue, Jewish school, or youth group may become eligible to travel to a European country next July with peers from Sha’ar Hanegev, Israel, under the auspices of the Global Ambassadors Program administered by the Jewish Federation of San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA