admin | May 8, 2021
A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed at least 44 people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. (April 30) AP Domestic A funeral held Sunday for Donny Morris, the 18-year-old Bergenfield man killed during a deadly religious event in Israel, drew tens of thousands of viewers still reeling from the Middle Eastern tragedy last week. In a nighttime ceremony livestreamed from Israel, speakers paid homage to Morris in a mix of Hebrew and English, remembering the Bergenfield teen as an angelic, pure soul who dedicated his last days to studying his faith abroad
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admin | May 7, 2021
Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal ideologies and metrics reinforce and promote such research. We invited collective reimagining of a more just and creative field. Thus, were bemused by a letter written shortly thereafter by former presidents of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)the fields scholarly organization in the USdecrying the presidents resignation (after meeting with a sexual harasser the organization expelled).
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admin | May 7, 2021
SABRA AS hero: Eight on the Track of One by Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Keter Publishing)Its been 90 years since journalist Uri Kesari published the essay We Are the Leaves of the Sabra! in the Doar HaYom newspaper, in which he called for changing the use of the derogatory nickname Sabra into a positive term.This moniker, which was commonly used to refer to people born in Israel, had a negative connotation and brought with it a feeling of derision, contempt and pity, the essay read.
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admin | May 7, 2021
When Michal Oshman walked into Facebooks London offices on her first day of work at the social media giant, she encountered a question emblazoned on the wall at the entrance: What would you do if you werent afraid? The question struck a deep chord with Oshman, 45, who felt that she had lived much of her life controlled by deep-seated fears and anxieties.
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admin | May 7, 2021
CHESTER A federal judge approved an agreement on Friday between the state Attorney General's Office and Town of Chester that resolves another piece of the 2019 discrimination lawsuit by the developers of the 431-home Greens at Chester project. The developers, who claimed the town obstructed their fully approved plans to try to prevent an influx of Hasidic families, already settled their case against the town in February and have been building homes since last year, with 22 now under construction. But still pending before U.S.
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admin | May 7, 2021
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel attracts as many as half a million visitors every year.
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admin | May 7, 2021
Rabbi Shragi Gestetner was born to make music.
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admin | May 7, 2021
Aron Wieder talks about Israel stampede deaths Aron Wieder talks about Israel stampede deaths Peter Carr, Times Herald-Record Two men from Rockland County and one from Kiryas Joel were among at least 45 people crushed or trampled to death early Friday while leavingan annual religious gathering in Israel. The victims included ShragyGestetner, a 33-year-old father of five from Airmont who was a Skverer Hasidic rabbinical scholar and singer who used to perform at large events
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