The Judaic meaning of gratitude must go beyond the mere recognition of God’s countless blessings we experience in our lives. What exactly does “thanksgiving” mean? Thanksgiving comes from two words, “thanks,” and “giving.” True Thanksgiving involves a willingness to share God’s blessings and create blessing in the lives of others around us. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
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Lifestyles, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA
Trustee Michael Allman of the San Dieguito Union High School District has successfully sponsored a pair of resolutions aimed to counter antisemitism and discrimination, the Del Mar Times has reported. [SDJW}
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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson ORANGE, California — Coming to the U.S. from Israel (or Europe, come to that) one of the first things that strikes you is how big everything (and everyone) is. Well, in California, where i am just now, everything is even bigger. Not necessarily better, but definitely bigger The roads and freeways are
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Lifestyles, Travel and Food
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Jewish Agency for Israel has named Rabbi Joe Schwartz as its new director of educational innovation and of Makom: The Israeli Education Lab, the organization’s central resource for educating and empowering professionals to change the conversation around Israel. Makom works to develop new models of Israel and Jewish peoplehood education,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Yori Yalon (Israel Hayom via JNS) A 2,000-year-old silver coin experts believe may have been minted by a Temple priest was recently found in Jerusalem by an 11-year-old Israeli girl. Liel Krotokop came across the coin while helping sift archaeological debris from the excavation of the Pilgrimage Road in the City of David national
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Middle East
(JNS) Australia’s government on Wednesday designated Hezbollah in its entirety a terrorist organization. Until now, Australia has outlawed only Hezbollah’s overseas terrorism apparatus. Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the move, saying in a statement that it would “give Australian law enforcement agencies many additional effective tools to combat the organization’s activities in Australia.” According to the
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International, Middle East
Published by Radar Online Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious last phone call was to his girlfriend, not his mother, before his suicide. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons records obtained by The New York Times, Epstein wasn’t truthful about who he was calling on the evening of August 9, 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell Accuser To Describe ‘Repugnant’
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by DPA Israel and Morocco signed a security memorandum of understanding on Wednesday during a visit from Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, a follow-up to the two countries’ decision to normalize relations last year. The agreement lays the foundation for cooperation in several fields including intelligence, industrial collaboration and military training, according to a
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Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Jewish Federation of San Diego County leader Jessica Effress is being honored with the nationally recognized 2022 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement in our local community. Jessica Effress has been an instrumental part of the San Diego Jewish Community since settling here with her husband and three children in 2005. She has participated in many
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San Diego County
Published by The Bangkok Post PARIS – Albert Einstein’s handwritten notes for the theory of relativity are being auctioned in Paris on Tuesday, expected to fetch millions of euros. “This is without a doubt the most valuable Einstein manuscript ever to come to auction,” said Christie’s, which is hosting the sale on behalf of the
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Apple sued spyware maker NSO on Tuesday for targeting the users of its devices, saying the Israeli firm at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal needs to be held to account. The suit from the Silicon Valley giant adds new trouble for NSO, which was engulfed in controversy
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Business & Finance
French journalist Anne Sinclair confesses she had long felt guilty about not asking her late paternal grandfather Léonce Schwartz to tell her about his internment at a little-known concentration camp on the outskirts of Paris. Known by the French as the Royallieu-Compiegne Concentration Camp, and by the Nazi Germans as Frontstalag 122, it was not as well-known as Drancy, the notorious French transit point to the Nazi killing camps in Poland. However, the prisoners there were treated just as callously. Starvation, lice, frostbite were common ailments purposely neglected by the Nazis in their effort to humiliate and winnow the French Jewish population [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
Published by DPA Israel has begun vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against the coronavirus. Although the vaccination campaign officially started on Tuesday, some children were administered the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine in some locations the day before. Coronavirus commissioner Salman Sarka spoke of a “celebration for children and parents who can now protect their children,” according
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Middle East