The Jewish community is once again confronted by an assault on its people at an alarming rate. Most recently, we witnessed the horrific stabbing attack at a Chanukah party in Monsey, NY, just days after a murderous rampage at a kosher supermarket in Brooklyn, one of 10 incidents of anti-Semitic violence in two weeks alone. [Michael Jeser]
Confronting anti-Semitism Read More »
Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County
One is supposed to “get away from it all” on a vacation, but, given the fact that this online newspaper’s slogan is “There’s a Jewish story everywhere,” I couldn’t resist photographing evidence of Jewish influences wherever we set foot. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish influences abound in Caribbean, Central America Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Travel and Food
Along with my wife and co-publisher Nancy E. Harrison, I wanted to re-notify our readers that our editor and staff of San Diego Jewish World will be on hiatus until January 8, 2020. At that point, refreshed from vacations and stay-cations, we’ll resume publishing our daily online news and feature website. [Donald H. Harrison]
SD Jewish World on vacation Dec. 19 – Jan. 8 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USATitle VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects people from discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance – but it left a loophole by not mentioning religion. As such, Jews and supporters of Israel were not protected. On December 11, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order which includes Jews under existing Title VI protections against increasingly rampant campus aggression. [Steve Kramer]
On those reactions critical of Trump’s Executive Order Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve Kramer, USA
At an exhibit entitled ’Fateful Choices: Art from the Gurlitt Trove,’ the Israel Museum’s Curator of European Art, Shlomit Steinberg, gave a fascinating talk about the history, geography, sociology and provenance of the huge collection of paintings, drawings, prints and lithographs found in 2012 in an apartment belonging to Cornelius Gurlitt, an elderly recluse living in Munich and virtually unknown to the German authorities. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
Bought, borrowed or stolen? Art from the Gurlitt trove Read More »
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Jewish History, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts
You’ve heard it many times, “Man plans, G-d laughs.” Or perhaps, like me, you’ve heard this version, “Mentsch tracht, Gott lacht.” I like “Man thinks, G-d Winks.” Regardless, like all of us who prefer to live without being mutchet or tcheppeht, (pressured or bothered), Jacob found that life has its challenges and disappointments. Just when we think all is well in our family, in our career, in our lives, G-d shows us He has another lesson for us to learn. It seems the only thing predictable about life is how unpredictable it can be. [Michael Mantell, PhD]
Setbacks may be G-d’s way to prepare your success Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
License plate maven Melanie Rubin has done it again. Here is an abbreviation for the Hebrew phrase “Ahavat olam” — love of the world. And, doesn’t the world need love, especially now?
Jewish-interest license plate: Ahvt Olm Read More »
Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The Jewish Historical Society of San Diego, which maintains archives of our community’s history at San Diego State University, has acquired several more collections that will help researchers understand how our local Jewish community developed. [Donald H. Harrison]
Jewish Historical Society obtains new collections Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Middle East, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Moroccan youth today, whether urban or rural based, face enormous obstacles in achieving their self-development and in creating the improvements they seek for their families, communities, country, and even for the world. [Yossef Ben-Meir, PhD}
Moroccan youth must work together to effect change Read More »
International, Yossef Ben-Meir
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a serious challenger, not from the Opposition but from his own Likud party. Gideon Sa’ar, a man in his early fifties, with a very credible history in Likud, as a Member of Knesset for many years and as a minister of education and interior, aspires to be the new star on Israel’s political firmament. He’s a candidate for party leader at the Likud primaries to be held later this month and daring to challenge “King Bibi.” [Rabbi Dow Marmur]
Sa’ar mounts serious challenge to Netanyahu Read More »
Middle East
Another election. This one on Monday, March 2. Why? It depends on who is analyzing. [Ira Sharkansky, PhD]
Fingers point as Israel fails to form a government Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
The Orthodox Union, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, on Monday welcomed an agreement by Congressional leaders to increase to $90 million the funding for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) that will help keep America’s synagogues, other houses of worship, parochial day schools, and nonprofits such as hospitals, libraries and museums safe against terror attacks. The new funding level, which comes as part of Congress’s Appropriations package, represents a 50 percent increase compared to last year’s $60 million funding. [Orthodox Union news release]
On Sunday, Hillcrest Indivisible hosted an “Impeach Trump” rally at Waterfront Park on Harbor Drive. Honestly, the turnout was less than huge. Jodie, one of the organizers from Hillcrest Indivisible, said that more than two thousand people had responded, but it looked like only a few hundred showed up. But a Trump-Baby Blimp –one of eight in the world- was there and quite a hit. [Eric George Tauber]
Getting politically active on a Sunday afternoon Read More »
Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, USATom and Debbie Farley have behind their home in neighboring Poway a 78-foot high pole that during the Christmas season becomes the trunk of a Christmas display of lights. This year, the lights are blue, teal, and white – the colors of Chanukah in tribute to Poway of Chabad, which last Passover suffered a gunman’s murderous attack that took the life of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, and wounded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Noya Dahan, 8, and her uncle Almog Peretz. [Donald H. Harrison]
Holiday display honors Chabad shooting victims Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA