What’s Happened to the Anti-Defamation League? – Algemeiner
richards | June 6, 2017
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. Photo: ADL.
ADL Admonishes UN Secretary-General Over ‘Misleading’ Six-Day War Statement – Algemeiner
richards | June 6, 2017
Email a copy of "ADL Admonishes UN Secretary-General Over Misleading Six-Day War Statement" to a friend UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: UN. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has rebuked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for what the Jewish civil rights organizationdescribed as anincomplete and misleadingstatement marking the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the 1967 Six-Day War.
The Responsibility of Non-Zionist Jews During the ‘Year of Zionist Anniversaries’ – LA Progressive (press release) (subscription) (blog)
admin | June 6, 2017
By Abba Solomon American Jewish activists blocking Damascus Gate during protest of March of the Flags As Palestinians prepared to observe Nakba day, the American Zionist Movement (AZM), the American component of the World Zionist Organization (WZO), in early May sent an announcement to its mailing list celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Biltmore Conference, launching the observance of what it calls a Year of Zionist Anniversaries. From May 2017 until May 2018 AZM will mark a series of important milestones in Zionism and help inform Jewish communities and the general public about the history, relevance and importance of Zionism and its connection to the independence and vibrant democracy of the State of Israel.
Hindutva And Zionism: Differing In Symbols, Allied In Thought – Swarajya
admin | June 6, 2017
Hindutva and Zionism. Few wordsideashave been as misunderstood or reviled as these two have been.
I’m a Zionist. I think CUNY should let Linda Sarsour speak. – The … – Washington Post
admin | June 6, 2017
By Emily Shire By Emily Shire May 31 Emily Shire is the politics editor for Bustle. She has written for Slate, Salon, the Atlantic, the Guardian US and the Jewish Daily Forward. Its not unusual during this time of year for commencement speakers to make national headlines and not always for their gleaming pearls of wisdom.
Should We Act Like Sports Fans In The Synagogue? – Forward
simmons | June 6, 2017
Jewish Communal Prayer: to what might we compare it? To a symphony performance.Are we spectators in the music hall, or players in the orchestra? To what might we compare it
Synagogue vandalism gives insight into mosque arson – Victoria Advocate
admin | June 6, 2017
Victoria Advocate Synagogue vandalism gives insight into mosque arson Victoria Advocate Walid Taha, mosque member, walks through a destroyed hallway heading toward a prayer room in the Victoria Islamic Center on Jan. 30. This was the first time Taha and other members were able to walk through the building since the fire.
Blitzer to speak at Buckhead synagogue’s lecture – MDJOnline.com
simmons | June 6, 2017
Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Buckhead will host its annual Fran Eizenstat and Eizenstat Family Lecture featuring CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer June 11 at 7 p.m. This years event will be a conversation between Blitzer and Stuart Eizenstat, former ambassador to the European Union, addressing current issues and events. This event is free and open to the public
Sephardic Jews to convene at global summit in Mexico – Cleveland Jewish News
admin | June 6, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO Sephardic Jews from more than 20 countries will gather at a biennial summit in Mexico City. Coordinated by the Latin American Sephardic Federation, the Cumbre Erensya summit will bring together delegates from the Americas, Europe and Australia onJune 5-7
Idra Novey’s Award-Winning Novel’s Sephardic Influence – Forward
admin | June 6, 2017
Getty Images Book fair in Brazil A poet, translator and fiction writer, Idra Novey honors all those genres in her first novel, Ways to Disappear. This novel, she told me in a recent conversation, is a stewing pot in which I threw in poetry and translation in the same book. I put a lid on it and turned up the heat, hoping it would cook into something
