By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “I believe that a real path towards a genuine peace with our Palestinian neighbors can finally be achieved,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will not accept any concessions to the Palestinians,” said National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir will probably never
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Jewish Federation of San Diego is leading a new effort to address hygiene poverty through a local chapter of Dignity Grows. The chapter launched at an event hosted by Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy Board featuring a panel discussion on Jewish poverty in San Diego and a “packing party,” where nearly 70
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San Diego County
By Tania Shalom Michaelian SHA’AR HANEGEV, Israel — From judo to gymnastics, sailing to soccer, Israel continues to punch above its weight in the global sporting arena. And now, thanks to a significant philanthropic investment in Israel’s south, future generations of Israeli athletes will be inspired to go for gold. This summer, a ground-breaking ceremony
JNF-USA’s Spectacular Athletic Center Takes Shape in Sha’ar HaNegev Read More »
Israel, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA
SAN DIEGO — In short, this license plate was simply meant to be. (Although the correctly spelled Yiddish word would be “beshert” or “bashert.”)
High Holiday Music will be featured as the first of a series of three Jewish Holiday Music programs from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library. This free presentation will be held from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, September 28, in the second floor library of the Lawrence Family JCC. [Eileen Wingard]
Famous Cantors, Past and Present, Featured in High Holy Day Music at the JCC Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
“Homelands: A Personal History of Europe” by Timothy Garton Ash; Yale University Press, 2023. By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Academic Zoom presentations have created a common market for sharing scholarship and continuing education. The Woodrow Wilson Center and the American Historical Society present scholars and discussants with cutting edge ideas, interpretations, and revelations.
Historian’s Memoir May Resound With Readers’ Memories Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Oliver Pollak
By Mark D. Zimmerman Since 2019, Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square has been the location of public Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services, sponsored by Rosh Yehudi, a non profit organization. The services have attracted upwards of 2000 attendees, from Haredi Jews wearing kippot and tallitot, to secular Israelis in shorts and with bared heads, to
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
the personal stories told from Rabbi Zedek’s own experiences were the ones that most resonated with me as I read this slim volume. Perhaps this is because I know from personal experience that we can intellectually quote from the works of others without taking their meanings deep into our hearts, but when we relate our own experiences, we are telling about something that in the everyday course of living made us take special notice. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
The success of the bread was the second time that Barry Robbins and his retired major partner, David Levy, had a food product hit the big time nationally. In fact, Levy once commented to Orange County Magazine that the success of the bread was “déjà vu all over again.” Before there was Milton’s Bread, there was Chicago Brothers’ Pizza. [Donald H. Harrison]
Barry Robbins: Restaurateur, Food Brand Entrepreneur Read More »
Ben Dishman, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Although not Jewish, MAGA politicians are trying to court Jewish voters. Thus, they have posted penitential prayers on their websites. Here’s a sampling: Marjorie Taylor Greene: Dear God, I confess that I have been mean to Joe Biden. In the coming year I vow to campaign very hard against
Satire: Penitential Prayers from MAGA Politicians Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The show is really a kind of stand-up comedy, except that while there is plenty of laughter, he’s also leading you on an emotional journey as he recounts his parents experience emigrating from Bangladesh to Spanish Harlem in New York, the land of the free. [Sandi Masori]
Humorous 1-Man Show Provides Lesson on Immigrant Experience Read More »
San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Press Release) — On September 8, 2023 at 11:11 p.m., an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred 71.8 km southwest of Marrakech in the High Atlas Mountain region of Ighil, in Al Haouz province. It was the largest earthquake in the country’s modern history creating a cascade of devastation, and loss but
LA JOLLA, California (SDJW Staff Report) — During a dedication ceremony earlier this year at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, a La Jolla Jewish family and their friends donated an ambulance to Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency response organization. The donors, Mike, Karen Aron, and family, made the gift tribute to his late father, Yitzchak Ben
Full Circle Moment for La Jolla Jewish Family’s Ambulance Donation Read More »
Israel, San Diego County
(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his country’s leading nuclear and security specialists to work with U.S. negotiators to find a compromise that lets Saudi Arabia enrich uranium, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Israeli officials are “quietly working” with the White House to develop a “U.S.-run, uranium-enrichment operation” in Saudi Arabia for
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Israel, Middle East, USA