4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (562+ words) By Donald H. Harrison in San Diego The author was raised in the South African port city of Durban during South Africa's repressive apartheid era. Jo-Anne Berelowitz's father, Morris, told her that the family had no future in South Africa, yet…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (312+ words) The California Legislative Jewish Caucus forcefully pushed back on Tuesday against the decision to allow antisemitic conspiracy theories to be included in the Official Voter Information Guide for the California Primary. [Press Release] SACRAMENTO, California (Press Release) " The California Legislative…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago  (391+ words) By Daniel Shasha in Jerusalem, Israel It was a time of great darkness in a Jewish town in Eastern Europe. On Lag Ba Omer, the Jews walked the streets not with joy, but with sorrow and exhaustion. The Cossacks had…...

9+ hour, 48+ min ago  (550+ words) By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California The La Mesa Arts Academy library hosted the Master Arts Fireside Gallery's Welcome to Flight exhibit on Thursday, April 23. "Flight" explored the many ways of flying'from airplanes and kites to birds. The first…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago  (68+ words) Emily Sunstein (April 28, 1924 " April 21, 2007) was an American campaigner, political activist, and biographer. [Wikipedia] Born Emily Weisberg'in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from high school there. She married stockbroker Leon Sunstein, Jr. in 1943 a year before earning a bachelor's degree in Art…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (165+ words) The student council at San Diego State University on April 22 adopted a resolution labeling Israel's war against Hamas as "genocide," and calling on the university administration to divest from Israel. (SDSU staff) SAN DIEGO (SDJW)" The student council at San…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (310+ words) B'nai B'rith stands with its Christian friends and condemns this hurtful act of disdain and defilement in the strongest terms. B'nai B'rith repudiates this and any act of hostility against religious symbols, institutions, clergy and communities, in Israel or abroad....

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (45+ words) San Diego Jewish World Best known for his writing and musical reference work, he wrote the Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns and the Lexicon of Musical Invective, and edited Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Tomorrow, April 28: Emily W...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (731+ words) By Eileen Wingard in La Jolla, California With a seasoned soloist, violinist Martin Chalifour, retired concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and an attractive program, the Jewish Community Symphony drew a large audience to their April 19th concert at the Lawrence…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (235+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin in Pikesville, Maryland In Exodus: The Genesis of God's People, Grumet examines the narratives. Rather than presenting a verse-by-verse commentary, he focuses on major themes and evolving events in the narrative. He shows how a…...