Two major factors in the growth of antisemitism are the weaponization of technology and the emboldening of extremists, Seth Brysk, the ADL Central Pacific Regional Director serving Northern California, Utah, and Hawai’i, told a Temple Isaiah audience on Wednesday evening, Dec.7. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – Dianne Lob, Chair, and William Daroff, CEO, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, issued the following statement: “Today’s roundtable with the American Jewish community reaffirmed the commitment of the Biden administration to take necessary and immediate steps to combat antisemitism in all its manifestations. We thank
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USA
Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu was still one partner short of a coalition to secure a parliamentary majority on Wednesday after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party signed up, with the deadline for forming a government looming. The deal with United Torah Judaism (UTJ), announced late on Tuesday,
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Israel
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — Ernst Jones, one of Sigmund Freud’s few non-Jewish students, wrote in an obituary that his teacher’s achievements would not have been possible without his national characteristics, among them “a special national insight” and “a skeptical attitude toward illusions and deception.” Psychoanalysis shaped a new way of thinking that made
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Alex Gordon, Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Opinion
By Jerry Klinger Philip Freeman was too old to enlist in the regular British Armed Forces during World War II. 67. Yet, he felt compelled to do what he could. Freeman or Friedman, his is spelled both ways in records, lived in very modest housing at 131 Magdalan Road in Exeter. He father was Hyman
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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It was pretty remarkable that Tchaikowsky’s monumental Symphony #4, with its opening horn fanfare of Fate and its finale, often taken at break-neck speed, was successfully tackled by TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra. Sure, there were a few places that barely held together, but the beautiful solo
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County
Published by Raw Story Ye (Kanye West) followed up his blatantly antisemitic rant on Alex Jones’ program by urging Jewish people to “forgive Hitler.” The rapper appeared on the right-wing platform Censored.TV with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, who said off the top that he hoped to “talk him off the ledge” and prevent him
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USA
By Laurie Baron (Melody: Revolution) We must suspend the constitution Well, you know There’s no way I could have lost. It’s just a form of restitution Well, you know I’m gonna rule at any cost. But when I talk about our greatness You know only I can drain the swamp. Don’t you know it’s gonna
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — The Three Stooges of Mar-a-Lago launched a hate-fest that is hardly the first that is directed at Jews. Nor are Republicans alone in enabling antisemitism in America. Democrats have been restrained in responding to antisemites in their own ranks and advocacy groups have failed to deter antisemites and other
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg and Rabbi Sam Michaelson The news about Donald Trump’s dinner meeting with his friend Kanye West (Ye) created more problems than Trump might have expected. West brought two people Trump did not know—Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes—to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump insisted that he only did so because Kanye
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Opinion, USA
(JNS) The University of Haifa held its first international interfaith conference last week, hosting more than 50 religious figures and academics. The JCM (Jews, Christians, Muslims) Conference included participants from Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Turkey, Albania, Greece, England, Ireland and Germany. “We live in a highly religious region, where religious leaders wield
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International, Israel, Middle East
Published by AFP The Hague (AFP) – TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday, saying she was killed by Israeli forces. The Qatar-based channel said it had “unearthed new evidence” on the death of the Palestinian-American, shot while covering an Israel army
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Israel
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Prospects of the Israeli government are frightening. Itamar Ben-Gvir will head the Ministry of Public Security, which might be expanded to include the Border Police, and Bezalel Smotrich will have two years as Minister of Finance. In that post, he’ll be given control over Jewish settlements in the West
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion
SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) – The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (JCRC Bay Area) today announced the first-ever Survey of Bay Area Jewish Identity. Conducted by EMC Research, a well-respected national public opinion firm with Bay Area roots, the survey included 828 total completed
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