admin | March 19, 2019
Still recovering from a mass shooting at their temple in which 11 worshippers were killed, members of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have launched an effort to raise money for the victims of a rampage at two mosques in New Zealand that left 50 people dead. Synagogue members started a GoFundMe campaign on Sunday, with a goal of raising $100,000 for the families of those killed and the victims wounded in Friday's attacks at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch.
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admin | March 16, 2019
Clothing has long played a significant role in Judaism,reflecting religious identification, social status, emotional state and even the Jews relation with the outside world. The ancient rabbis taught that maintaining their distinctive dress in Egypt was one of the reasons the Jews were worthy of being rescued from servitude. During synagogue services, Jewish men traditionally don prayer shawls and cover their heads with kippot, practices that some liberal Jewishwomen have adopted as well
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admin | March 14, 2019
Each May, EDSITEment celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month by pointing to the rich array of educational resources on the history of the Jewish people in America. Many of the programs and websites highlighted have been funded in part by grants from theNational Endowment for the Humanitiesover the past decades
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admin | March 14, 2019
In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, were giving the spotlight to one of our favorite Jewish American characters: The Thing! Benjamin Grimm is one of the most well-known and beloved Jewish characters in comic book history. Despite his creation occurring 41 years earlier, Marvel revealed only recently his heritage in 2002. However, co-creator Jack Kirby, a Jewish American, intended for The Thing to be Jewish
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admin | March 13, 2019
Updated: 9/5/18 Has the simple thumb-and-forefinger OK hand gesture become a common white supremacist hand sign? Not quite, but it has become a popular gesture used by people across several segments of the right and far rightincluding some actual white supremacistswho generally use it to trigger reactions, or what they would describe as trolling the libs
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admin | March 11, 2019
In a one-hour lecture followed by a Q&A session, Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro will l demonstrate how the state of Israel acts in ways that endanger world Jewry and the reasons it does so. Topics include how to prevent opposition to Zionism from being perceived as antisemitic, and what can be done to reduce antisemitism caused by Zionism and the state of Israel.
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admin | March 6, 2019
February, 2020 is National Black History Month 2020. NAACP Slavery History Learn about the NAACP's Fight Against Segregation. Get Info Here.
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admin | March 6, 2019
This article is about the American Holocaust denial organization.
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admin | March 6, 2019
In 1993, Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt wrote Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory to expose the lies, distortions, and political agendas that drive Holocaust denial.
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admin | March 6, 2019
CBST@40: Living NYCs LGBTQ Histories Book Celebration & Talk Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 6:00 pm Do you know the histories of LGBTQ Jews in NYC?
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