admin | May 10, 2021
(RNS) If you ever doubted the remarkable appeal of the Netflix series Shtisel, consider this. There is now a Facebook group that has devoted itself to ongoing discussions of the series, of which I am a member
admin | May 10, 2021
The current situation in West Asia is deteriorating; even there is a new administration in the U.S., which many thought would be promising for the peace process between Israel and Palestine and the stability for peace in Syria, and Iraq. The renewal of the JCPOA agreement with Iran, or at least a new initiative, has been proven disillusioned
admin | May 10, 2021
The US, Canada, and Australia, three countries that emerged from white-settler colonialism, claim that the international conference on racism and xenophobia hosted by the UN 'unfairly' targets Israel.
admin | May 10, 2021
Abu Ali al-Ansari, a political analyst and Islamic scholar based in London, tells the Tehran Times that the ArabIsraeli normalization is a betrayal by Arab monarchies and it will not lead to the disappearance of the Palestinian cause.
admin | May 10, 2021
Hungary, India, Turkey and BeyondThursday, 13 May 202112:00 PM CDT Co-sponsored by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), the Chicago Center on Democracy, the University of Chicago's Department of Political Science, and the Arab Studies Institute Widespread democratic backsliding is raising alarm bells about the future of academic freedom in democratic and autocratic regimes. Such fears are not unwarranted.
admin | May 10, 2021
When I was very young, what motivated me to go to shul on Shabbat morning was the fire station two houses away from the synagogue.
admin | May 10, 2021
PITTSBURGH -- For more than two years the Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha synagogue, on a hilltop corner in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh -- has sat heavy with memory but empty of worshippers.
admin | May 10, 2021
Daniel Libeskindthe architect who designed the new World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 attackshas reportedly been chosen to refurbish the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where 11 people were killed in an antisemitic mass shooting in 2018. Libeskinds appointment was reported by The New York Times on Tuesday; it states that he has been tasked with making it a functioning place of worship again as well as a memorial site.
admin | May 10, 2021
This weekend, the New York Police Department arrested 29-year-old Jordan Burnette, accused of perpetrating a three-day spree of attacks against four synagogues in New York Citys Riverdale neighborhood. He was charged with 42 criminal counts including several hate crimes. For three straight days last month, Burnette is alleged to have smashed doors and windows at these houses of prayer and invaded their sacred spaces, leaving behind a wake of strewn prayer books
admin | May 10, 2021
A bipartisan group of elected officials in Congress introduced legislation on April 8 designed to help fight back against hate crimes across the country. Its not hard to understand why. Hate crimes are up in Washington state and around the country.
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