By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — It’s summer in Israel and that means hot, sunny, and no chance of rain. So you can be sure that you won’t be caught in a rain shower – but you’ll be hot. What’s “hot” in the Sharon area on the coastal plain where we live? About 33 […]
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Israel, Jewish History, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
Their mission is to spread knowledge about Israel and the Hebrew language to school children in day schools; supplemental synagogue schools; the Kovod School, a public charter school where students learn in both English and Hebrew; and at a variety of other Jewish groups and institutions. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food, USA
Published by DPA A protest erupted on Tuesday, August 29, at a Google Cloud’s conference in San Francisco, as employees critical of the company’s contract with Israel’s military sought to ratchet up pressure at the company’s annual showcase of its latest products and technology. Protesters lined up as attendees of the annual Google Cloud Next
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Israel
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (center) was welcomed on Wednesday, Aug. 30, to the Holocaust exhibit currently at the Rancho San Diego County Library in El Cajon. [SDJW staff report]
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Travel and Food
(JNS) Research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) reveals an increase in the number of hate crimes against Jews (up 28%) and other minority groups in America’s most populous urban centers. The 10 largest cities in the country saw an average increase of 22%
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California, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — As Jewish leaders and show-biz celebs pondered the use of a prosthetic nose in a film portrayal of composer Leonard Bernstein, three Israelis were gunned down by terrorists along a West Bank highway and outside a gas station. Philadelphia Jews might well be surprised that preschool teacher Batsheva Nigri,
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
(JNS) Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 300-meter (985-foot) portion of a Second Temple-era aqueduct, the longest such continuous stretch ever found in Israel’s capital, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. The ancient waterway was discovered at a building site in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat HaMatos. “The aqueducts of Jerusalem tell the
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Israel, Jewish History
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — On August 6, 2023, young philanthropists who are members of Jewish National Fund-USA’s JNFuture Root Society were welcomed into the San Diego home of the organization’s President, Dr. Sol Lizerbram and First Lady Lauren Lizerbram for the community’s inaugural Root Society event. Event co-chair and JNFuture San Diego Board Member,
SDJW Staff Report SAN DIEGO — On February 13, 2023, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan hosted a mandatory workshop on the Holocaust titled “What You Do Matters: Lessons from the Holocaust,” training for 500 District Attorney office staff members (including approximately 300 prosecutors and 120 law enforcement investigators) using resources and materials from
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Holocaust, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — To be a Jew is to be a grateful person. As we enter Shabbat with Psalm 92, we read, “It is good to give thanks.” Rabbi Zelig Pliskin teaches, “Living with gratitude elevates your entire life. You become a more spiritual person. You become a more joyful person.
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Author Katherine Pangonis notes in her preface to “Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule” that “this is a book about women and power.” The wives and daughters of crusader kings and princes in the Holy Land sometimes found themselves in the position of default ruler
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East
Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], August 28 (ANI/TPS): In preparation for the upcoming Yom Kippur holiday – the Jewish Day of Atonement – Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development emphasized to the public the importance of observing the custom of redeeming atonements with money and not chickens. In the days between Rosh
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Jewish Religion
By Mark D. Zimmerman Multi-millionaire biotech engineer and asset manager Vivek Ramaswamy is running for the Republican nomination for President. He is running as an “anti-woke” and anti-abortion candidate who intends to rule by executive fiat, with plans to abolish the Education Department and the FBI, eradicate teachers unions, and launch military action across the
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Published by Al-Araby Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, sacked the country’s foreign minister, Najla Mangoush, on Monday in an effort to contain growing outrage over her meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week, which prompted protests overnight in several Libyan cities. Mangoush had said her meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in
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