richards | June 29, 2017
In 1913, when anti-Semitism in Canada and around the world was rife and unabashed, and Jewish doctors were banned from practising in established hospitals, a group, including four Jewish women, set out to fund a hospital in the city of Toronto.
simmons | June 29, 2017
Israel Pushing For Secret Ballot As part of its efforts to garner international support for an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, Palestinians have appealed to the UNs Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to protect the Old City of Hebron from Israel by making it a Palestinian world heritage site. UNESCO is due to vote on the issue next week, and Israel, which sharply opposes the move, is pushing for a secret ballot. Earlier this month, Israel blocked a UNESCO team from visiting the city, where about 800 Jewish settlers live among 100,000 Palestinians.
richards | June 29, 2017
Among other objects, police found medical devices marked with swastikas. (Photos by Leonardo Kremenchuzky/DAIA) The objects, discovered earlier this month in a hidden room of a house in the northern part of the city, included equipment used for Nazi medical experiments during the Holocaust. They were analyzed a week ago at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, Federal Police Commissioner Marcelo El Haibe said on June 19
richards | June 29, 2017
San Diego Symphony The San Diego Symphony kicked off its Bayside Summer Nights season with Star Spangled Pops Concert, a tribute to the music of America including Broadway tunes and patriotic favorites. This first concert under the stars will complete its weekend run onJuly 2. Wynonna Judd returns to Bayside Summer Nights onJuly 4with a celebration of the nations birthday, featuring her new band
simmons | June 29, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Summer of song and dance Jewish Chronicle The summer school, held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) centres on Ashkenazi culture, with intensive Yiddish classes, a dance school named Tants Tants Tants and courses on Yiddish song and klezmer. This year, for the first time, ..
richards | June 29, 2017
With her infectious energy, you would never know Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is battling Cystic fibrosis. Kramer-Golinkoff will speak this fall at JUF's Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics' "Jean Therapy" event in Chicago.
richards | June 29, 2017
Published June 29, 2017 by Lee R Shareholders have approved relocation and restructuring to launch the new Amaya era. Amaya has a new look, and a new venue within its home country of Canada as it looks to the future.
admin | June 29, 2017
Its extraordinary, when you think about it, this country of ours. Thats always a loaded statement to make these days; tempers are so high, political divisions are so deep, mistrust is so pervasive.
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