Los Angeles Councilmembers Call on City to Adopt IHRA Aefinition of Antisemitism

(JNS) Two members of the Los Angeles City Council have called on America’s second-largest city to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism in response to recent antisemitic incidents locally. The Goyim Defense League placed a banner reading “Kayne is right about the Jews” on the heavily trafficked Interstate 405 freeway last weekend, prompting Hitler

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California

Nikki Haley: Antisemitism Must Be Flagged at Every Instance

TORONTO, Canada (Press Release) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Canadian Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology (CFJCT) 50th anniversary gala dinner that antisemitism needs to be called out whenever it happens during a keynote address Sunday night. “We have to call out antisemitism everytime we see it,” the

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International, Israel, Middle East, USA

Parashat Noach: Seeking Out Righteousness Over Arrogance

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — In the whole of the Torah, there are only six portions that are named after an individual. Don’t look for parasha Avraham or Moshe. But we do have the Noach Ish Tzaddik Tamim Hayah BeDorotav the wholehearted, righteous man, “perfect in his generation.” Yes, there are of course

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Story Book Interprets the Jonah Tale for Children

In Stein’s version of the story, illustrated by Sabina Hahn, Jonah is a teacher, whose class of elementary school students meets under a tree.  He told the children stories, brought them snacks of figs and raisins, and gently reproved naughty behavior.  He was such a good teacher that God decided he would be ideal for teaching the people of Nineveh {Mosul, in modern-day Iraq) that they must change their evil ways. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion

‘The Yeshiva:’ Chaim Grade’s Crowning Achievement

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — I wrote in past reviews of Chaim Grade’s books that I and many others are convinced Grade deserves the Nobel Prize for literature. Most readers of his book published in Yiddish in 1967, titled Tsemakh Atlas and translated into English in 1976 as The Yeshiva in

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr.

The World is a Mess as Israel’s Election Approaches

By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — The world seems to be in a mess. Where to start? Israel’s election is in a bit more than a week. The parties are maneuvering. We aren’t sure who’s going to be aligned with who? And will there be enough to assure that Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is not our

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

International Diplomat Looks Forward to Celebrating Diversity as ADL’s New Regional Director in San Diego

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California — Fabienne Perlov, who on Monday assumes the position of regional director at the Anti-Defamation League’s San Diego office, brings an approach shaped by diplomacy and diversity to a high-profile organization known locally and nationally for combating antisemitism and all forms of hate. In her first media interview pertaining

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Jacob Kamaras, San Diego County

A Non-Traditional Interpretation of Ecclesiastes (Kohelet)

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — There are many widely different interpretations of the biblical book Ecclesiastes, Kohelet in Hebrew. Here is another one. A non-traditional one. It sees the book telling readers how they should behave. The name The root kahal in Hebrew means “assembly.” The Latin Ecclesiastes has the same

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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion