Israelis Remember Mahsa Amini With Solidarity Campaign for Iranian Women

Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], September 6 (ANI/TPS): September 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Iran. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman died in custody after being arrested in Tehran by Iran’s “Morality Police,” allegedly for improperly wearing her hijab. Iranian police said that Amini […]

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Fights Among the Zealots

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Just as fights exist between religious Zionists, they exist among the Zealots. Judaism is destroying itself. Maggid Books in Israel has reprinted the original 1920 version of the classical mystical book “Orot” (Lights), by the famous Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hakohen Kook. The 2023 publication appears in

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish History, Jewish Religion

National Fight Against Antisemitism Brings 3 Colorful Billboards to San Diego

By Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego A New York-based organization that seeks to fight antisemitism while promoting “joyous Judaism” has unveiled three colorful billboards along San Diego roadways. The billboards by nonprofit JewBelong feature both lighthearted and poignant messages designed to provoke thought in San Diego, which has a Jewish population of approximately 100,000.

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Chris Jennewein, San Diego County, USA

Captain Lionel Lee: Extraordinary Courage and Dedication

By Jerry Klinger A cemetery stone on a street is a strange site, even in London. It is even stranger considering that there is no body buried beneath. The black and gold stone of honored memory is for a Jewish secret agent, a member of the British Special Operations Executive, SOE, Captain Lionel Lee. Lee

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Holocaust, International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Bagels

By Mark D. Zimmerman Bagels ‍are ‍one ‍of ‍the ‍quintessential ‍Jewish ‍foods. ‍There ‍are ‍references ‍to ‍bagels ‍in ‍Kraków, ‍Poland ‍in ‍the ‍early ‍1600’s, ‍though ‍they ‍may ‍have ‍first ‍appeared ‍in ‍Germany ‍prior ‍to ‍that. ‍Polish ‍immigrants ‍brought ‍bagels ‍to ‍the ‍United ‍States ‍around ‍the ‍turn ‍of ‍the ‍20th ‍century. ‍The ‍bagel ‍became ‍so ‍popular

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Rabbi David Kornberg of Congregation Beth Am: ‘Balance Is My Mantra’

“The way of my rabbinate and my personal life is living a life of balance,” Kornberg continued. “What I have been able to do and what I try to do is bring [the religious and secular] worlds together with a sense of balance; you don’t have to live in one or the other. You can have a rich religious Jewish life and still live in the secular ‘real world’ so to speak…” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Ben Dishman, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

California’s Ethnic Studies Mandate Cannot Be Fixed

By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) You would think that everyone understands that you can’t defend the Jews while supporting something set up to help promote antisemitism. Yet apparently, that basic truth is being ignored by those who ought to know better. The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC) has put itself in just such

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California, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA