Published by Radar Online Ye (formerly) Kanye West has finally found an attorney who will represent him in court after he was dropped by his previous team following his antisemitic rants, RadarOnline.com has learned. According to court documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, Ye has informed a Los Angeles Superior Court judge that his new lawyers are […]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Decades ago, I most likely walked past the site of a Los Angeles synagogue near where Guy Taieb, 73, was wounded in a drive-by shooting last Thursday, an incident likely motivated by antisemitism. Long before Taieb moved to Los Angeles, I spent an afternoon visiting Santa Monica, and then
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Bruce Ticker, California, Opinion, USA
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — The ideology of antisemitism is not dying, it is changing forms somewhat, but the imagination of the ideologues does not go far enough. It uses the experience accumulated by the technologists of the witch trials. Blaming the Jews of the Diaspora for the creation and policies of the state
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Alex Gordon, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — The weekly portion of Terumah discusses some matters involving the portable Tabernacle the Israelites used for sacrifices while they were in the desert. We read the command that the Israelites must bring material to construct the Tabernacle and its contents, and build an ark that will
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
An Israeli-American of close acquaintance, upon hearing that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had entered hospice, commented that he “never liked that guy, he was an antisemite.” He noted that Carter helped propagate the lie that Israel is an apartheid state, even though Arabs have entered the highest levels of government and industry alongside their Jewish neighbors in Israel. Nevertheless, as we look back over his career, I think that we should be more charitable toward Carter, not forgetting his invaluable contributions as a mediator at Camp David, bringing about the peace between Israel and Egypt. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
On Tuesday, leaders of the Jewish Federation of San Diego issued the following statement regarding the much-discussed issue of Israeli judicial reform: Dear Friends, Our relationship with and love for the land and the people of Israel is and will always be integral to Federation’s DNA. From long before the birth of the state of
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Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Pooh, Pooh, Pooh, I’m not superstitious, ken ayin ha’ra (no evil eye). But why take chances? So, of course, I observe the secular warnings: Avoid black cats and don’t walk under ladders — and, honoring the Druids, I knock on wood so as not to invoke bad karma
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Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – San Diego has proven that humane, viable and cost-effective processes to welcome people seeking asylum in the U.S. is possible. (JFSSD), has been providing such services along the border region since 2018, following the cancellation of “safe release” by the Trump administration. “Safe release” was the long-held travel protocol to
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San Diego County, USA
By Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO — “They love our work, but they do not love us” says an elderly man in the high mountains of Ethiopia. He is a Jew. His family has been Jewish as far back as they can remember, and they can remember all the way to the days of Queen Sheeba
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Israel, Middle East, Sam Litvin, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eric George Tauber CINCINNATI, Ohio — When I read the news that former President Jimmy Carter had gone into hospice, I began reflecting on his life and career. While I greatly admire his post-executive humanitarian work, Carter’s relationship with Israel and the American Jewish community is a bit more complicated. Hungry for Honesty In
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Eric George Tauber, International, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
Published by BANG Showbiz English Dame Helen Mirren found playing Golda Meir similar to portraying Queen Elizabeth I. The Oscar-winning actress stars as the former Israeli Prime Minister in ‘Golda’ and compared the politician’s “maternal” instinct to that of the Tudor monarch, who she played in the 2005 TV miniseries ‘Elizabeth I’. Helen, 77, told
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International
Published by Reuters By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a newspaper’s challenge on free speech grounds to an Arkansas law requiring state government contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel, a policy the publication’s lawyers called a threat to a constitutionally protected form of collective protest. The
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USA
By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The Roald Dahl Story Company and Puffin Books have changed the original language in Dahl’s children’s stories to make them more inclusive and less offensive. The Mark Twain Foundation is planning to do the same for his works. Here are some of the changes: Tom Sawyer is now described
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — When you give something of yourself, who benefits? Of course, the person to whom you offered something, but the Torah this week sets the groundwork for something many know. Hashem is teaching us this week, among other lessons, that when you contribute, give, you receive and benefit
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell