Galleries & Museums: December
admin | November 30, 2011
Editor’s note: Exhibit listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows.
Holocaust survivors speak to St. Vincent’s students
admin | November 30, 2011
It was a different type of lesson for the students at St. Vincent’s on Nov. 30, one that many students do not get to experience, hearing about the Holocaust from two people who lived through it.
10 Minute Topics: Modern Sects of Judaism – Video
admin | November 30, 2011
The next in a weekly series of 10 minute topics teaching about various topics within Judaism. This week’s topic is: Modern Sects of Judaism. Orthodox Judaism (also known as Traditional Judaism) is the oldest sect of Judaism – and in fact, was the only sect until Reform Judaism came into being in 19th century Germany.
Palestine … Israel … Chippewa?
admin | November 30, 2011
A central figure in a federal lawsuit against the Palestine Liberation Organization was served a subpoena last month in a Chippewa Township church, according to court documents.
Abraham H. Foxman: The Assault on Israel’s Vibrant Democracy
admin | November 30, 2011
There are many reasons why the recent spate of domestic legislation in Israel — regarding non-governmental organizations, the media, Israel as a Jewish State, the Supreme Court — is disturbing.
Beautiful And Imposing Mosques Of The World
admin | November 30, 2011
Europe’s great churches were built centuries ago and the great monuments of Judaism are almost invariably antique, but massive, eye-catching Mosques have bloomed all over the world during the last several decades thanks to funding provided by the oil rich and royal.
Looking Back: December 9, 2011
admin | November 30, 2011
One of the most important witnesses in the trial of Triangle Waist Company bosses Max Blanck and Isaac Harris is rag dealer Louis Levin, who would buy cloth scraps from the factory regularly. Levin informed the court that the last time he visited the factory was about two months before the fire, when he collected more than 2,0000 pounds of rags from the cutters’ floor.
Israel Warns Jews That America Will Turn Their Kids Into Christmas-Lovers [Video]
admin | November 30, 2011
# thejews The conservative Israeli government is pretty convinced at this point that the greatest threat to the Diaspora is not necessarily from Iran so much as it is from lazy American Jews, who have no discipline and are always spreading around liberal nonsense like “maybe we should try to make nice with the Palestinians” and so on. It has now gone so far as to create ads showing what terrors …
Peace in Palestine: Is Reconciliation Between Hamas and Fatah Just Around the Corner?
admin | November 30, 2011
The Nation — Everyone wants democracy in the Middle East except when it comes to Palestine, divided since 2007 between Fatah (nominally in charge in the West Bank), and Hamas (designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and many other countries, in charge of Gaza). The Arab Awakening and changing political alignments brought Egypt into the act last May, when it pressed Hamas and …
Jewish Businesses Vandalized in N.J.
admin | November 30, 2011
Police are investigating apparent incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism overnight in Highland Park, N.J. Someone threw rocks or bricks through the windows of several Raritan Avenue businesses owned by Jews.
