Howard Stern Compares Kanye West to Hitler Over Antisemitic Comments

Published by BANG Showbiz English Howard Stern has compared Kanye West to Hitler over his antisemitic comments. The 45-year-old rapper has insisted he doesn’t regret threatening to go “DEFCON 3 on Jewish people” during a series of controversial social media posts, although he did apologise for causing “hurt and confusion” with his words. Speaking on

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What the ‘No-Go Zones’ for Jews at Berkeley Law School Reveal About Pro-Palestinian Activism

(JNS) When Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) at University of California, Berkeley, School of Law promoted a bylaw that would create what critics have characterized as “no-go zones for Jews,” it may not have anticipated the thunderous and widespread denunciation it has since experienced for its toxic and radical tactic to marginalize and

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California, Israel, Opinion, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

What’s Israel Got to Do, Got to Do with Sexism and Homophobia?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Perhaps these students had not advanced far enough in law school to recognize that the murder of women and gays is, well, murder. Otherwise, the Women of Berkeley Law would most certainly have rallied against the “honor killings” of women that ravage the Arab world, and the Queer Caucus

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Bruce Ticker, California, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Parashat Bereishit: Beginning Anew With the Right Mindset

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — With Bereishit We Begin Learning Torah… With our holiday season behind us, we begin anew by recounting the Seven Days of Creation, reading the story of the very first Shabbat – Hashem’s Shabbat. This experience with the right mindset, brings a deep sense of gratitude, comfort, awe,

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Will ‘Jewish Women in Time and Torah’ Stimulate Change in the Orthodox World?

By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — Urim Publications and Ktav Publishing in Jerusalem and New York have just republished Jewish Women in Time and Torah. It focuses on three periods of time in how Judaism treated women: (1) The early period of more than a thousand years until around the beginning of

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

Following Hitler Poster at Carmel Valley Middle School, ADL Working to ‘Remedy Any Incidents of Hate and Bigotry’

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — ADL San Diego released the following statement on a recent incident at Carmel Valley Middle School: ADL San Diego is well aware of and has been in touch with the person who reported the incident and the school since it was initially reported. What follows is a list of the

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Campus Antisemites Seek to Purge Zionism, Jewish Identity

The implementation of what amounts to a litmus test of ideological allegiance—only targeted at Jews who support Israel—is grotesque but part of a decades-old campaign to malign Israel and transform it into a pariah state, while excluding its supporters from progressive groups because Israel, it is falsely alleged, is an apartheid, racist regime of white supremacy that continues to oppress innocent brown Arabs who were the actual indigenous residents of the land now called Israel.  [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]

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California, Israel, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish Poets/ Jewish Voices’ New Season Begins Oct. 25

The opening Jewish Poets–Jewish Voices program of the 2022-23 season will feature three local poets who immigrated to San Diego from other countries. The Tuesday, October 25, 7:00 p.m. gathering will take place in person in the Astor Judaica Library and feature Ukrainian native Jane Muschenetz, Uzbekistan-born Nathan Grinshpun,  and Tel Avivian, Omer Zalmanowitz. [Eileen Wingard]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, International, San Diego County, USA

Largest-of-its-Kind ‘Tree of Life’ to be Dedicated in Ma’ale Adumim

(JNS) On Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. at the beautiful, lakeside Shamir Park located in Ma’ale Adumim, a growing city outside of nearby Jerusalem, the district’s newest tourist and interpretive cultural attraction, the “Tree of Life,” will be dedicated by Mayor Benny Kashriel. The public is invited to attend the ceremony and share in the

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Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Hitler’s Portrait and a Response to Antisemitism

Some of you may have heard about an incident at Carmel Valley Middle School, where a teacher there had on display, among several pictures of other historical figures, a photo of Adolph Hitler. When confronted by a student who protested, the teacher responded that while Hitler did some bad things he also displayed strong leadership qualities. Parents and community members were rightfully very concerned and expressed that concern to school district leaders. [Heidi Gantwerk]

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