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Rabbi Avi Hoffman (left) introduces the three Jewish Scout—from left: Gabriel and Joshua Greengas, and Coulton Perrmann—who each became a bar mitzvah at the 2023 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.V., on July 24, 2023. Photo by the National Boy Scouts of America (BSA).

Jewish Jamboree: Three Scouts celebrate bar mitzvahs among friends

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The 2023 National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America ended on July 28 after 10 activity-packed days at the high adventure Summit Brechtel Family Scout Reserve in Glen Jean, W.V. Contingents of more than 12,500...

With Heirs’ Permission, Rube Goldberg Reimagined as a Modern 6th Grader

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When I read on the back cover that this chapter book for middle schoolers had been published with the permission of the Heirs of Rube Goldberg, LLC, I was reassured that the name of...

Blending and Celebrating Diverse Cultures Downtown

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Intersections at UC San Diego Park and Market is a new multicultural concert series that showcases both local and non-local artists, curated by musician, performer, and filmmaker, Yale Strom. These events will take place...
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Sovereignty and Survival

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Special to Jewish Website Abstract: Core issues surrounding Iran's nuclear weapons program have generally been strategic or political rather than legal. Nonetheless, if Israel should sometime decide that it no longer has any reasonable alternative...

What Will Happen to the Refuge That is Israel?

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It is a cruel irony that Israelis are preparing to move to Germany or Poland where their parents or grandparents survived Hitler. “They’re willing to accept a drop in their standard of living because they’re...
A satellite view of Alderney, the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA via Wikimedia Commons.

UK government reviewing number of deaths at Nazi camps on British soil

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The British government announced a landmark review last week into Nazi camp deaths on the island of Alderney, which the Germans occupied between 1940 and 1945. Officially, 389 marked graves have been found, but some estimates...
Pennsylvania State Rep. Jared Solomon. Credit: www.pahouse.com.

Pennsylvania’s presidential primary conflicts with Passover

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Pennsylvania State Rep. Jared Solomon doesn’t want to have “to choose between celebrating Passover and going to the polls.” The Jewish Democrat, who represents Philadelphia in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, is one of many prominent voices in the...

Longtime Jewish journalist suggests ‘BBC’ may have exposed her to cancer

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Dame Esther Rantzen, a prominent Jewish British journalist, recently told the Daily Mirror that her cancer diagnosis may be connected to her time working for the BBC. The 83-year-old spent a significant part of her early career in the former...
Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the group's founding, Dec. 11, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

German minister defies Berlin on Israel’s terror listing of Palestinian NGOs

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Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior believes Israel provided sufficient evidence to justify its listing of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations as terrorist entities, Der Spiegel reported. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's position reportedly has put her at odds...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog (right) hosts his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema in Jerusalem, Aug. 1, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Herzog hosts Zambian counterpart in Jerusalem

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog hosted on Tuesday his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema in Jerusalem. The two discussed ways to deepen bilateral trade and cooperation, as well as the threats posed by Iran. “Economic success is anchored...