simmons | August 22, 2017
Literary criticAdam Kirschis readinga page of Talmuda day, along with Jews around the world. For readers who are following the Daf Yomi cycle, this month marks a major anniversary
richards | August 22, 2017
Today, from 9:05 a.m.
simmons | August 22, 2017
Teresa Manning, a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, praised Joseph Sobran, who had a long history of negative statements about Jews and their alleged influence in the U.S
richards | August 22, 2017
C-SPAN A pro-life activist whom President Trump appointed to run the Department of Health and Human Services family planning programs once praised a controversial writer who repeatedly defended Holocaust deniers and was once fired for writing columns that his own editor called anti-Semitic. Teresa Manning, a new deputy assistant secretary at HHS, edited a book of pro-life essays in 2003, and moderated a panel discussion in Washington that year to promote it, Mother Jones magazine recounted on Monday. In her remarks, she praised Joseph Sobran, who was also speaking and had contributed to the book, saying that Sobran has been called the finest columnist of his generation as well as a national treasure.
admin | August 22, 2017
Donors have shown greater interest in supporting the Anti-Defamation League since the August 12 violence at a neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesvile, Virginia (AFP Photo/CHIP SOMODEVILLA) New York (AFP) - Donations to the Anti-Defamation League, one of the oldest anti-discrimination, anti-Semitic organizations in the United States, have spiked sharply since the violence in Charlottesville, the group said Monday. ADL spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara said donations like the one from James Murdoch -- head of Fox News, who last week announced a million-dollar donation -- as well as those from corporations like Apple, Uber and MGM Resorts yielded a rise of "1,000%" last week, compared to the weekly average donations since the beginning of the year. The ADL, headquartered in New York, did not specify to which dollar amount this surge had led.
richards | August 21, 2017
This previous Thursday, white nationalist leader Richard Spencer went on Israel's Channel 2 and told Israelis that his movement is just another form of Zionism, but for white people. "You could say that Im a white Zionist in the sense that I care about my people.
admin | August 21, 2017
Judaism's central rabbinic text says today's solar eclipse is nothing to celebrate CHARLESTON - Across the United States, Jews are gathering in anticipation of the historic Great American Eclipse, particularly in cities known as ideal spots to experience the phenomenon. But at the downtown Brith Shalom Beth Israel synagogue Sunday evening, nestled in the historic southern city perfectly positioned for the Monday event, Dr.
richards | August 21, 2017
A Torah scroll.
admin | August 21, 2017
Count me among the thousands of people who enjoy visiting southern Florida. On my first trip to Boca Raton, about an hour's drive north of Miami, I remember walking along the reef of South Inlet Park, waves crashing on the rocks, as local fishermen hailed me with friendly smiles and hellos. The city residents were welcoming overall, but I was there to expose how, for a decade, a vocal few have fought to keep the Chabad of East Boca Raton from building a synagogue.
admin | August 21, 2017
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