Published by Chicago Tribune In my life as a rabbi, it’s quite common for me to hear Jews passionately expressing their dissatisfaction with the latest portrayal of Jews in the mass media: from the Netflix film “You People” to The New York Times coverage of Hasidic schools to Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s gleeful promotion […]
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Opinion
Published by Reuters (Reuters) – A California review board on Wednesday denied parole to Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian man serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Sirhan was denied parole for another three years by a panel of California parole board members, who said he was not suitable
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California
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library: Israeli Songs, will be held in the Lawrence Family JCC Library on Thursday, March 9, 2 p.m. The final event in the three-part series, which included Yiddish songs (January 5), and Ladino songs (February 9), is certain to
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Eileen Wingard, Israel, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
SAN DIEGO — Anyone who knows even a shtickle of Yiddish would be shocked and amazed to find this license plate on, quite appropriately, a Chevy Volt. Editor’s note: “JPlate” is the new name of our Jewish-interest license plate series.
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Melanie Rubin, San Diego County, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Republican Mayor Bill Wells of El Cajon has announced he will oppose Democratic Congresswoman Sara Jacobs for reelection in the 51st Congressional District. He has served as mayor since 2013, and in a 50th CD primary election in 2018, he placed third behind Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar. Jacobs was elected to Congress in 2020. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
“On Wednesdays we wear pink.” Anyone who has seen the 2004 teen movie Mean Girls will recognize this iconic line. Following the trend to take popular movies and turn them into Broadway musicals, Mean Girls is playing at the Civic Theatre now through March 5. [Sandi Masori]
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Published by Reuters By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said on Thursday she was one of the potential targets of a man who was charged by federal prosecutors with threatening to kill state employees who are Jewish. Jack Eugene Carpenter III, a 43-year-old Michigan man who was in Texas at the
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USA
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Since my childhood in London, I have enjoyed being able to read a newspaper that is delivered to my house every morning. In England this was pushed through our letterbox and appeared on our carpeted hallway floor. In Israel it is thrown onto our driveway from the car
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Opinion
(JNS) Using high-resolution magnetic imaging focused on snake skulls and DNA testing, Belgian, Finnish, Hong Kong, Israeli, Madagascan and U.S. researchers have identified a new family of snakes. There are just three species of micrelapidae—one in Israel and nearby areas and two in Kenya and Tanzania, per a Tel Aviv University release. Shai Meiri, a
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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education
(JNS) Elan Ganeles’s funeral was held in Ra’anana on Wednesday afternoon, two days after terrorists shot him near the Beit Ha’arava Junction close to Jericho in the Jordan Valley. “He was the biggest gift in our lives. He wanted so much to see the world and all its aspects,” said Elan’s mother, Carolyn, at the
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Israel, USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighborhood where I grew up. I recall reading that he skipped his graduation in June 1967 so he could fly to Israel and risk his life in defense of
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
Two Jewish women are making big political waves. Marianne Williamson has announced she will oppose incumbent President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) has formally declared her candidacy to succeed Michigan’s retiring Democratic senator Debbie Stabanow in an effort by Democrats to remain in control of the U.S. Senate. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, Opinion, USA
Published by DPA Thousands of people again protested across Israel on Wednesday against the planned reform of the country’s judiciary. The central connecting road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was blocked several times. There were some violent confrontations of demonstrators with the police and several arrests. In Tel Aviv, eyewitnesses reported that police had used
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Israel
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The brilliant Russian-born Jewish pianist, Igor Levit, will be playing a solo recital at the Conrad in La Jolla on Thursday evening, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. It is under the auspices of the La Jolla Music Society. His program will consist of works by Brahms, Fred
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County