admin | September 22, 2021
Now, however, thanks to a long-forgotten letter, Jurzyk, 35, has uncovered the truth about how her family rescued and hid two Jewish sisters from the Nazis. Having moved to Stockholm as a baby, Jurzyk grew up hearing from her grandparents about her great-grandfather's bravery -- though details were scant.
admin | September 22, 2021
Cincinnatis Jewish community launches its bicentennial celebration this weekend with the rededication of Chestnut Street Cemetery, the first Jewish cemetery west of the Allegheny Mountains. The fenced-in grave sitelocated at Chestnut Street and Central Avenue in West End wasestablished in 1821 to bury the first Jewish settlers in Cincinnati even before the citys first synagogue, what is now Rockdale Temple, was started. So, the cemetery anniversary is also the anniversary of the Jewish community.
admin | September 22, 2021
A groundbreaking medical procedure was celebrated Tuesday in Louisville.A Kentucky woman received the first of its kind artificial heart implant at Jewish Hospital.According to national data, about 6 million people in the U.S.
admin | September 22, 2021
Editors Note: Sukkot is the annual Jewish harvest festival that commemorates the 40 years the Israelites spent in the desert in the book of Exodus. As part of the holiday, branches from the palm (lulav), myrtle and willow trees and a citrus fruit called etrog are held together and shaken
admin | September 22, 2021
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will speak at the Jewish Federations of North Americas annual conference next month, as his government seeks to expand its engagement with Diaspora Jewry. Bennett will address the virtual General Assembly on October 3rd and is expected to speak about the the major challenges facing Israel, the rising tide of antisemitism and the relationship between the Jewish state and North American Jewry, in a conversation with Jewish Federations Chair Mark Wilf, JFNA said in a press release on Monday. Prominent US politicians from both parties will also attend the GA, which will include a performance by Israels Eurovision star Eden Alene, said the JFNA, which is an umbrella group representing 146 Jewish Federations and over 300 Network communities in North America.
admin | September 22, 2021
The Herald Michael Tome Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Investment Business Community (ZIBC), comprising prospective Zimbabwean investors based outside the country, will tomorrow host its pre-launch meeting to raise awareness to Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to consider investing back home. The meeting, to be held virtually, comes on the back of President Mnangagwas call for Zimbabweans living abroad to take up investment opportunities in several economic programmes taking place in the economy. ZIBC, a brainchild of Dr Ian Henney and other Zimbabweans in the Diaspora was set up in 2021 to encourage investment from Zimbabweans living outside the country.
admin | September 22, 2021
Santo Domingo. The Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development highlights in a report the contribution of the Dominican community in the United States and the measures proposed by the Government of Change to support the Dominican community abroad.
admin | September 22, 2021
One of the more welcome developments of recent times is the gradual fading away of what has been dubbed diaspora nationalism. This is the unpleasant phenomenon in which people living in foreign countries advocate, finance, and often arm nationalist movements in the countries they have left, often out of a nostalgic longing for an idealized homeland they have been forced to abandon
admin | September 22, 2021
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Embarking on the first step to enter the Colombian region for enabling cross-border digital payments, TerraPay,a global payments infrastructure company today announced a strategic partnership with MOVii, a leading mobile wallet service that allow both banked and unbanked Colombians to do financial transactions from their mobile phone, with ease, convenience and security
admin | September 22, 2021
Prez meets UN Secretary General in New YorkAssures swift action on missing persons, terror suspectsUN Secy. Gen. pledges support for inter-communal unity President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed the United Nations (UN) that the Tamil diaspora would be invited for discussions to resolve issues in Sri Lanka through an internal mechanism, and that he would not hesitate to grant a Presidential pardon to Tamil youths in prolonged detention upon the conclusion of the legal proceedings concerning them.
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