Adidas CEO on Ye’s Antisemitic Remarks: ‘I Don’t Think He Meant What He Said’

Published by Benzinga In an unexpected turn of events, Adidas (OTC:ADDYY) CEO Bjørn Gulden has expressed his beliefs about remarks made by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. Gulden suggests that the controversial rapper did not intend the antisemitic comments he made last year, The Hill reported. These comments led Adidas and other companies to

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Book of Mormon is Completely Irreverent and Absolutely Delightful

Price suffers a crisis of faith, which leaves the compassionate but less educated and experienced Cunningham to minister to the natives. The only problem is that he has never actually read the Book of Mormon, and so as he attempts to help the villagers solve their problems he embellishes the stories in the good book with characters and plot lines from popular science fiction, superhero and fantasy movies.  This results in the conversion of the villagers, who are encouraged by Nabulungi (Keke Nesbitt) the sweet daughter of the village liaison (Lamont J. Whitaker).  [Sandi Masori]

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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

UC Ethnic Studies Drafters Use Antisemitic Dog-Whistle, Call Jews ‘Highly Funded Lobby Groups’

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In a newly exposed letter, University of California (UC) faculty tasked with developing California ethnic studies high school standards referred to Jews as “highly funded lobby groups” and attacked attempts to prevent antisemitic materials from becoming part of ethnic studies courses as “censorship” and “racism.” The letter, written by

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California, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education

An Armenian Leader’s False Holocaust Analogy

By Paul Miller (JNS) With antisemitism and other forms of hate metastasizing online, the principle known as “Godwin’s Law” is increasingly relevant. The law asserts that the longer an online discussion continues, the probability of a comparison to Nazis or Hitler increases. Whoever makes such analogy first, it asserts, loses the argument. Regrettably, Godwin’s Law

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Holocaust, International, Opinion, USA

Two Witnesses Prove God Exists

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The weekly portion of Haazinu (chapter 32), the penultimate Torah’s ending, is “The Song.” In it, because he realizes the significance of his message, Moses reemphasizes the benefits and consequences derived from observing and disobeying the divine law. Jewish law generally requires, with few exceptions, two

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Discovering Purpose

By Teresa Konopka SAN DIEGO — With Rosh Hashanah this past weekend, there were plenty of festivities. From services to lunch to dinner to shofar blasts to tashlich, the opportunities to connect with community were endless. Chatting up friends old and new, I broke the ice with my standard question — “any new year’s resolutions?”

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Jewish Religion, Opinion, Teresa_Konopka

‘Passing Conversations’ Candidly Addresses Emotions When Death is Imminent

By Eva Trieger POWAY, California — When I read about a play written around the final conversations of a man with a terminal illness, I anticipated a maudlin, depressing evening of theatre. This was not the case. PowPac’s Passing Conversations, written by longtime theatre enthusiast and prolific writer, Brent Stringfield, was conceived during the pandemic.

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Former US Envoy on Antisemitism Elan Carr Named Israeli-American Council CEO

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — The Israeli-American Council (IAC) today named former U.S. Special Envoy Elan S. Carr as its next chief executive officer. Carr will assume the role on October 1, succeeding Shoham Nicolet, IAC’s co-founder and its CEO for the past eight years. Carr, a second-generation Israeli-American and native Hebrew speaker, brings to

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Israel, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Tashlich

By Mark D. Zimmerman As ‍part ‍of ‍the ‍Rosh ‍Hashanah ‍observance, ‍many ‍Jews ‍participate ‍in ‍the ‍tashlich ‍ceremony, ‍usually ‍held ‍on ‍the ‍first ‍day ‍of ‍Rosh ‍Hashanah, ‍though ‍some ‍celebrated ‍tashlich ‍this ‍year ‍on ‍the ‍second ‍day ‍of ‍Rosh ‍Hashanah ‍because ‍the ‍first ‍day ‍fell ‍on ‍the ‍Sabbath. ‍Others ‍will ‍celebrate ‍tashlich ‍any ‍time ‍through

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Jewish Board Member Fred Schenk Says Care of Animals Part of Fair Board’s Mission

Schenk noted that, “There is a small but vocal community opposing the animals on the property and having livestock on the property and the sale of livestock. Our mission statement is about making the fairgrounds an agricultural environment. We are part of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. So, those who would take exception to our mission statement are the ones who would say, ‘well you know, you shouldn’t have young people selling their livestock.’ Well they are the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and members of 4-H and that is the world in which they want to spend their career, or their hobbies, and that is what their circle of life is all about – animal husbandry…” [Donald H. Harrison]

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