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UC San Diego associate Vice Chancellor Mary Walshok presented longtime civic leader Malin Burnham with the National Conflict Resolution Center’s 2019 “Philanthropy in Peacemaking” award. Applauded as a visionary, Burnham has been involved with the national group based in San Diego for more than a dozen years.(Courtesy photo)

Who can argue with a $5 million donation to promote civility?

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Remember the anguished plea of Rodney King: “Can we all just get along?” The L.A. victim of police brutality spoke those words 27 years ago and they still plead from his grave marker in...

El papagayo judyo

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Un diya ke Albert estava tornando a su kaza estava rogando ke una koza maraviyoza le afite para salir de la monotonia de kada diya ! Estava pasando delantre de un magazen de animalitos de kompanyia kuando a...
View of South Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Bridge. Credit: Jaspermaz/Wikimedia Commons.

New York City to yeshivahs: Vaccinate or face closure

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Amid a measles outbreak that first began when an unvaccinated child got the disease while visiting Israel, New York City has told yeshivahs in the Brooklyn section of Williamsburg that students must be vaccinated or else face...
A first-ever national study of Jewish grandparents, released in April 2019, has shown that most of them are committed to transmitting family values. Credit: Pixabay.

Findings from first national study on Jewish grandparents show depth of involvement

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The first-ever national study of Jewish grandparents—commissioned by the Jewish Grandparents Network (JGN), in partnership with 17 national organizations and Jewish Federations—provides detailed information about the demographics, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors and needs of this...
The main entrance to the ghetto of Vilnius in Lithuania during World War II. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Lithuania Jewish community slams state center for faulty details of Holocaust

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The state-funded Center for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of Residents of Lithuania has been under fire for publishing last month that “the Lithuanians operated against the will of the Germans” during...

WATCH: 2019 Israel Election Broadcast

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“Israeli elections are a time to celebrate the only democracy in the Middle East,” said Traiman, who is hosting the program. “It is also a time when individuals all around the world will take...
An Israeli family during the Passover seder on the first night of the holiday in Tzur Hadassah. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Bubbe’s Passover, circa 2019: Feeding the soul while keeping the body healthy

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Sweet gefilte fish with a dollop of eye-watering horseradish. Fluffy matzah balls floating in golden chicken soup, raisin-dotted matzah kugel, tangy stuffed cabbage, crunchy charoset, mile-high sponge cake. This time of year (Passover—or Pesach in Hebrew—begins...
Participants in BBYO's annual International Day of Jewish Teen Service, or J-Serve. Credit: BBYO/Twitter.

BBYO hosts annual service day in 150 communities in more than 25 countries

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The Jewish youth group BBYO hosted its 15th annual International Day of Jewish Teen Service, or J-Serve, on Sunday with a record 15,000-plus teens in 150 communities in more than 25 countries. This year featured...

Strom to present Songs of Home and Exile April 9 in San Diego

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“Songs of Home and Exile” is the title of the program Yale Strom will present at Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, Tuesday evening, April 9 at 7 p.m. The multi-talented artist-in-residence at San Diego State...
Isaak Hayik. Credit: Facebook

Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age

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An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match. Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...