By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Since I have been dumbfounded by the shift in the Georgia Senate race polls from Raphael Warnock to Herschel Walker, I decided to interview some Georgians who support Walker to find out what they like about him. Georgia Football Fan: He’s a great football player. If there’s an Antifa
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Rabbi Prinz has utilized some of that knowledge in a collaboration with co-author Tami Lehman-Wilzig in a fictional story for 5-to-8-year-old children that conflates the introduction of hot chocolate to colonial America with the boycott of British tea that saw its most dramatic moments on December 16, 1773, when approximately 50 tax protesters dressed as indigenous Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
After a several-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Temple Emanu-El’s Sisterhood has announced the return of its long-running Artisan Festival on Sunday, November 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is held at the temple at 6299 Capri Drive, San Diego 92120. {News Release]
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San Diego County
ENCINITAS, Calif. (Press Release) — Guardians of San Diego’s 30th Annual Golf, Tennis, and Pickleball Day presented by Seacrest Foundation, with presenting sponsor, William Gumpert Foundation, raised over $160,000. Proceeds from “Take a Swing for Seniors” held October 24th will benefit the Resident Assistance Fund of Seacrest Village. Seacrest Foundation hosted over 100 golfers, tennis
This PJ Library selection to be read with 6-year-old children and up models a positive outlook on life, even when confronted with change. Estrella visits her aunt (tia) Fortuna at the little house (casita) on the beach where she has lived ever since she left Cuba as a refugee. But now, the casita is to be torn down to make way for a luxury hotel. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Faygie Holt (JNS) As the United Nations prepared to hear the results of the Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry, which many are calling a demonization of the Jewish state, the parents of a 5-year-old boy who died during a Hamas bombing told their story to the media gathered outside the U.N. building in
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International, Israel, Middle East, USA
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) -On Nov. 1 Israel holds an unprecedented fifth election in less than four years with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vying for a comeback. Caught in an election cycle since 2019, the same year in which Netanyahu was indicted for corruption on charges he denies, voters hope to break the
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Israel
This novel about the friendship that forms between two preteen girls in a time of great stress hits many important issues. The danger of radiation from a nuclear power plant. Government cover-ups. Antisemitism. Domestic abuse. The Holocaust. The redeeming power of love. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The first in-person program of Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices in two years took place in the Astor Judaica Library Tuesday evening, October 25, and featured three Southern California poets, Nathan Grinshpun, Jane Muschenetz, and Omer Zalmanowitz. Moderator Joy Heitzmann introduced them. First to read was Nathan Grinshpun. Although
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — We should thank Donald J. Trump for helping Israel, but he has done far more for Jews there than he has ever done for most American Jews. In the process, his recent pronouncements have reopened the question of dual loyalty – that Jews here must ignore the everyday needs
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, USA
The PJ Library says Notice the Good Stuff: Give Thanks is for 8-year-olds, but I think there are many adults who would profit as well from its upbeat message. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison
Published by DPA Some 700 Syrian refugees left Lebanon for their war-torn home country on Wednesday, in a repatriation organized by the Lebanese and Syrian authorities, witnesses and security sources said. “Most of the returnees wanted to go back. Lists were given to Lebanese authorities and whoever was approved to return by the Syrian government
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Middle East
Published by Reuters By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – As corporations around the world including Adidas AG cut ties with Kanye West, music streaming service Spotify Technology SA said it would not remove the rapper’s music unless his label requested it. Music from the artist now known as Ye did not violate anti-hate policies, Spotify chief
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USA
(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