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Daily Archives: August 22, 2022

Sandy Scheller, curator of Project Ruth, interviews Lothian Skelton, widow of comedian Red Skelton, at the Chula Vista Public Library.

Curator Vows Holocaust Exhibit Will Find a Permanent Home

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Project RUTH – “Remember Us: The Holocaust” – which was on exhibit for two years at the Chula Vista Public Library is in the process of closing, but even though it soon will be...

‘The Mechanicals’ Features Summer Camp Nostalgia

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Who doesn’t wax nostalgic for those halcyon days of summer camp? Even if there are snakes in the lake or bug juice or pit toilets, there is nothing that connotes summer vacation like a...

Students Engage With Art to Understand the Holocaust, Discrimination, and Hatred

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“The David Labkovski Project creates a bridge from the lessons of the Holocaust to the realities of today’s world. The rise in antisemitism, bigotry, and hatred makes Holocaust education even more crucial,” shares Leora...
“CNN” chief political correspondent Dana Bash on the set of a “Special Report” series called “Rising Hate,” devoted to the threat of anti-Semitism, Aug. 22, 2022. Credit: CNN.com.

‘CNN’ gets it partially right about anti-Semitism

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Can a documentary on a low-rated network broadcast at a time when few were watching make much of a difference? Maybe not. That’s especially true when you consider that the program aired directly opposite...

Six Anthropological Fonts of Corruption

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The ensuing anthropological depictions of moral corruption, I hope, will be useful for those propagandists who are working on behalf of justice. This brief text is the result of my observations in the spheres...
Ben & Jerry's products on the shelf of a grocery store. Credit: Arne Beruldsen/Shutterstock.

Federal judge denies Ben & Jerry’s bid to stop sales in Judea and Samaria

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The attempt by ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to stop sales of its products in Judea and Samaria was rejected Monday by a federal judge, reported Reuters. Ben & Jerry’s brought the lawsuit on July 5 against its...
The Ramon International Airport, named in memory of Ilan and Asaf Ramon, near Eilat in southern Israel, Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Palestinians fly to Cyprus via Eilat as part of pilot program

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Several dozen Palestinians traveled to Cyprus from a southern Israeli airport on Monday as part of a pilot program allowing Palestinians from Judea and Samaria to fly abroad. According to Amir Assi, a strategic consultant...
The Arrow 3 missile-defense system is tested in Alaska on July 28, 2019. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.

Lapid to visit Germany to discuss procurement of Israel’s Arrow-3 missile-defense system

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Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is expected to travel to Germany in the coming weeks to discuss, among other things, Berlin’s request to procure a missile-defense system from either Israel or the United States,...
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) director Ronen Bar outside his home in Rishpon, central Israel, Oct. 11, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Shin Bet chief meets Egyptian spymaster amid row over Israeli raid

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Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Ronen Bar traveled to Egypt on Sunday amid an apparent row with Cairo over an Israeli counter-terrorism raid in Judea and Samaria that came less than 48 hours...
Likud parliamentary candidate Dan Illouz placed 33rd on the party's electoral list for national elections slated for Nov. 1, 2022. Photo by Maayan Hoffman.

Meet the Likud’s new advocate for Anglo immigrants

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In 1949, shortly after the founding of the State of Israel, Montreal-born Dov Yosef, a graduate of McGill University law school, became Israel’s first Canadian Knesset member and minister. Seventy-three years later, Montreal-born Dan Illouz...