Published by BANG Showbiz English Roseanne Barr says she is a “targeted individual” following her controversial Holocaust comments. The 70-year-old Jewish comedian was cancelled again after she made what she calls a “sarcastic, ironic” remark that “nobody died in the Holocaust either,” while discussing the 2020 US presidential election – which see President Joe Biden […]
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — The double parasha this week opens with instructions concerning vows, the words one preaches as personal commitments: “If a man makes a vow to Hashem or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must carry out all that has
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Michael Mantell, Trivia, Humor & Satire
In this book are eight topics essayed by Philip Slayton, an attorney and writer who serves as president of the literary society PEN Canada. He first addresses the question of Jewish identity, then moves on to Jews in the World (where we live); Jews and Muslims; Jews and Christians; Jews and Zionism; Jews as Victims; Jews and the Media; Jews as Wanderers, and, beginning on page 143, he offers some conclusions. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History
The flyers, which also were reported in the neighboring city of Santee, are produced by a group whose leaders “are known to law enforcement, and their motivation, beyond the bigotry of their messaging, is to drive traffic to their streaming service to generate revenue, terrorize communities and recruit new supporters,” according to the ADL statement. [SDJW Staff Report]
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San Diego County, USA
The story begins as they prepare for Shabbat. But the story is not about Shabbat, or heavier themes that we may expect from “Jewish” shows, it’s about a blended family learning to overcome their respective grief and come together as a family. It’s about motherly love between a daughter and a stepdaughter and feelings of familial betrayals. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Mark D. Zimmerman Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Republican candidate for president, traveled to Israel this past April, having previously visited the country four other times. He is a strong supporter of Israel, and in 2019 he tweeted that he “promised to be the most pro-Israel Governor in America.” He refers to the West Bank
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Now in its eighth year of existence, San Diego Generations of the Shoah is comprised of approximately 100 descendants of survivors of the Holocaust. Its two main missions, according to Sam Landau, who chairs the steering committee, are “remembering our parents and those relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust” and “providing funds to organizations that support Holocaust education.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By The Supremes (Melody: Accentuate the Positives) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The six conservative judges on the Supreme Court have formed a singing group and named themselves The Supremes. Unlike the famous Motown group, it consists of five white men and one white woman who was invited to join them because she belongs
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Ridberg had plenty of opportunities to compare the different denominations of Judaism before she committed to Reconstructing Judaism. As a child in Rockville, Maryland, she attended the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, which offers classes from kindergarten through 12th grade. Her family belonged to a Conservative synagogue. After graduating with a major in women’s studies and communication arts from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, she worked with the Reform movement in Washington D.C. In the nation’s capital, she also attended the non-denominational Farbrengen Havurah, “one of the oldest havurot that came out of the 1960s-1970s era.” [Donald H. Harrison]
Community activist Erik B. Anderson announced on Saturday that he has begun a petition campaign to remove the signage honoring Andrew Jackson from what has now been officially designated by law as the Susan A. Davis Post Office. [Donald H. Harrison]
CONCORD, New Hampshire (Press Release) — StandWithUs congratulates New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu and representatives from 42 states for taking a firm and principled stand against yet another biased report by the U.N. Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) never-ending Commission of Inquiry (COI) dedicated to finding fault with Israel. On June 8, 2023, COI continued its
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International, Israel, USA
High-ranking public officials, postal employees, and residents of the Rolando neighborhood of San Diego cheered as a plaque was unveiled officially renaming the post office branch at 6401 El Cajon Boulevard for former Congresswoman Susan Davis, D-San Diego. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — We Jews have always been expendable. From at least the days of the Greeks and Romans, wiping out the Jews has been a goal. The Holocaust was the most dramatic example in our lifetime, but it was hardly the first catastrophe to strike us. That was probably the
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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — At the risk of repeating myself (and starting to sound like a cracked record), I feel impelled to write about yet another fascinating musical event I was privileged to attend. “An Evening in Hungary” was the title given to a programme of music primarily from that country performed
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts