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Jewish Political Briefing: Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025

December 10, 2025

Rachel Goldberg-Polin: “We’re in a real Chanukah moment, because today, like in the story of Chanukah, asking ourselves who we are, who we want to be, what we want to project to the world, and our why, are the most important questions…” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Oded Schramm

December 10, 2025

Oded Schramm (December 10, 1961 – September 1, 2008) was an Israeli-American mathematician known for the invention of the Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE) and for working at the intersection of conformal field theory and probability theory. [Wikipedia]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Our Shtetl: Alternative Latke Recipes

December 9, 2025

I make a latke variation with just potatoes, onions, and garlic. I shred potatoes, zucchinis, and carrots. I use powdered onion and garlic powder, faux cheese, and fry in olive oil. It probably still makes the same mess of oil splatters as the traditional latkes. [Cailin Acosta]

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Cailin Acosta, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Obituaries & memorials, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food

Jewish Political Briefing: Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025

December 9, 2025

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country’s failure to deliver an agreed amount of water to Texas is not because of ill will, but because of “the amount of water there is and the amount of water that can be taken by pipeline.” [Donald H. Harrison]

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Antisemitism, California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Jewish Celebrities, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Hate Groups Using Emojis Online to Demonize Jews

December 9, 2025

Across English and Arabic content, CyberWell found that the majority of emojis and code words categorize Jews into four dehumanizing archetypes: animals, devils, proxies and classic tropes. [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, Business & Finance, International, Judaism, Press Release, Technology, USA

Conference About Jewish Future Under-Attended by Young Jews

December 9, 2025

A concern that has been sitting quietly in the back of my mind about Jewish communal continuity came into sharper focus at the Z3 conference at the Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla. It was not the content that troubled me. [Karen Klein]

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Israel, Judaism, Lifestyles, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Joshua Bell

December 9, 2025

Joshua Bell (December 9, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He is the music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. {Wikipedia]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Musicians of Diverse Ethnic Backgrounds Perform Superbly at SDSO Concert

December 8, 2025

The San Diego Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Singapore-born guest conductor,  Kahchun Wong, opened the December 7 concert with a work, subito con forza (suddenly with force), by the Chinese composer,  Unsuk Chin, inspired by Beethoven’s 250 Birthday. [Eileen Wingard]

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Eileen Wingard, International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Jewish Political Briefing: Monday, Dec. 8, 2025

December 8, 2025

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Since I’ve been a member of Congress, we’ve had several resolutions that constantly denounce antisemitism. I’ve already voted denouncing antisemitism many times before. It becomes an exercise that they force on Congress, and I simply got tired of it. [Answering Lesley Stahl on ’60 Minutes.’

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Antisemitism, California, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Seven Stations on a Path to Jewish Wisdom

December 8, 2025

Rabbi Shira Milgrom has served as spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains, New York, for 37 years and edited the widely used Reform prayerbook Mishkan T’filah. She is also the daughter of Jacob Milgrom, the towering 20th-century biblical scholar and author of the monumental Anchor Bible commentary on Leviticus—a man I was privileged to know personally and whose rigorous, humane scholarship continues to shape Jewish thought. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Staff and Bylined Contributors

Israel’s President Sharply Criticizes New York’s Mayor-Elect

December 8, 2025

Noting that New York is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel, President Herzog said that there is now “a mayor-elect who shows utter contempt to the nation state of the Jewish people.” [Press Release]

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Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Press Release, USA

Jewish Trivia Quiz: Frank Gehry, z”l

December 8, 2025

‍While Gehry’s Judaism was not a primary part of his identity, what is one creative design that he noted was inspired by his religious background? [Mark D. Zimmerman]

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Business & Finance, California, International, Jewish History, Mark D. Zimmerman, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Today’s Jewish Birthday: Lucian Freud

December 8, 2025

Lucian Freud (December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, who is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. [Wikipedia]

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Today's Jewish Birthday, Wikipedia

Jewish Fiction: A Paris Adventure

December 8, 2025

Yakov enjoyed listening to the speeches of the leaders of the future revolution. The speakers were brilliant and competed with each other. One day he was listening to Trotsky and was struck by his speech. According to Trotsky, everything was clear – who was to blame, what to do, and how. [Alex Gordon]

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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish Fiction, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
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