La Jolla Institute for Immunology, the Jewish Community Foundation, and invited guests celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 14, a generous gift of undisclosed amount from philanthropist Sylvia Liwerant. [Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego]
Liwerant Gift Funds Research Fund at La Jolla Institute for Immunology Read More »
San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
Every step we take in life carries with it magnificent opportunities, but when we are promised that we will be made into a great nation, that we will be blessed, that we will become a blessing, what would make us hesitate to take that step? Abraham, following his Divine calling more than 3700 years ago, took a step that changed the world. [Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D]
Answering Your Divine Calling Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joshua Angrist was awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday for his “methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.” [JNS.org]
Former Hebrew U Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Economics Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
A yeshivah student in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., home to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, was shot with a BB gun pellet on Monday night. [JNS.org]
BB Gun Shooter Wounds Yeshiva Student Read More »
USA
Former Knesset speaker and Likud Party No. 2 Yuli Edelstein announced on Monday that he will challenge Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu for leadership of the party. [JNS.org]
Edelstein to Challenge Netanyahu for Likud Leadership Read More »
Middle East
We regularly receive questions from high school and college students facing antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents. They experience hate in-person and online and come to us for legal guidance. Every situation is unique. The below aims to help students understand U.S. law. [StandWithUs via JNS.org]
Jewish and Pro-Israel Students, Know Your Rights Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) announced on Tuesday a campaign to confront anti-Semitism at Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, in response to the ice cream maker’s recent boycott of Israel. The campaign, which launches with print ads in Jewish newspapers around America, calls on consumers, states, and legislators to hold Unilever accountable for anti-Semitism tied to its organization. A copy of the SWC advertisement as it appeared in one paper, the Cleveland Jewish News, can be found here. [Simon Wiesenthal Center press release]
Wiesenthal Center Confronts Unilever over Antisemitism Read More »
Business & Finance, Middle East, USA
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to significantly strengthen California’s response to the recent surge in hate crimes and hate-motivated violence. Authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, Assembly Bill (AB) 57 will implement specific recommendations from the State Auditor to enable law enforcement to better prevent, respond to, and document hate crimes. The measure passed with bipartisan support in both the State Assembly and the State Senate. [Assemblyman Gabriel press release]
Gov. Newsom Signs Bill for Better Reporting of Hate Crime incidents Read More »
USA
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is arriving in Washington for talks with a wide range of American political figures and establishments. But most important is likely to be his peer-to-peer meetings with counterpart Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The last such meeting took place in May, at the end of the Hamas rocket war against Israel, abetted by intense incitement to anti-Israel violence by the Palestinian Authority (PA). That meeting, between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and PM/FM Benjamin Netanyahu, was itself cordial, but it laid out a wide gulf in the priorities of the two countries — and that gulf remains for FM Lapid. [Shoshana Bryen]
Lapid and Blinken Have Numerous Differences to Overcome Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
Deni Avdija, the only Israeli player in the NBA, returned to action on Saturday night after a longer than expected recovery and rehabilitation from an ankle injury earlier this year. The Washington Wizards faced the New York Knicks in a preseason game; it was the second preseason game for the Wizards but the first for Avdija. He scored four points, had three rebounds and one assist in only 16 minutes of play. Nevertheless, the Wizards lost to the Knicks 117-99. [JNS.org]
Israeli Deni Avdija Back in NBA Action Read More »
Jewish Celebrities, Sports & Competitions
A car belonging to a campus Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Santa Monica, Calif., was defaced on Friday morning at the synagogue parking lot. [JNS.org]
Antisemites Vandalize Santa Monica Chabad Rabbi’s Car Read More »
Travel and Food
Published by Al-Araby A gathering in honour of the Jewish Lebanese community will be hosted by the Lebanese embassy in Paris on 1 November, local media reported on Sunday. The ceremony, presented as a “family reunion”, will bring together members of the Lebanese diaspora in France. Invitations were sent out to Lebanese diaspora members from
Lebanon’s Paris embassy honours Lebanese Jews Read More »
Middle East
Published by AFP Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli lawmakers flanked by former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law launched an initiative in Jerusalem on Monday to advance the Abraham Accords that saw Arab states normalise ties with Israel. Jared Kushner, a former White House adviser married to Ivanka Trump, was a major architect of the deals
Kushner, Ivanka Trump in Jerusalem for Abraham Accords initiative Read More »
Middle East
Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Hundreds of items that belonged to late Grammy-winning artist Amy Winehouse, including the dress she wore during her final concert, are going up for auction in the United States. Auction house Julien’s will put the more than 800 personal effects — which include shoes, shorts, bras, books and
Amy Winehouse belongings expected to reach $2 mn at auction Read More »
Jewish Celebrities, Travel and Food