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The Porter takes a rare look at the injustices, triumphs of Canada’s Black Diaspora in the 1920s – Calgary Herald

| February 24, 2022

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The Diasporic New Wave: How South Asians are reclaiming their identity in Hollywood – Happy Mag

| February 24, 2022

Hollywoods problem with inclusive representation is no secret. Historically rife with stereotypes, portrayals of minorities have been consistently reductive.

Ukraine, Anatevka, and the waters edge – The Jewish Standard

| February 24, 2022

Vladimir Putin is beginning his invasion of Ukraine right now. Hes been threatening for weeks, hes doing it, at least right now, with what he seems to intend to be plausible deniability, and it is terrifying. When we read about Ukraine not to mention when we see images from that huge besieged country its hard for many of us Ashkenazi Jews not to think of it as a place from which some of relatives escaped and others did not.

Woman horrified to discover gynaecologist helping her to conceive was really her father – JOE.co.uk

| February 24, 2022

A woman has spoken of her horror after discovering that her obstetrician-gynaecologist (OB-GYN) of almost a decade was her biological father.

Beyond ‘tash, Purim tables laden with diversity – The Jewish Star

| February 24, 2022

By Sarah Ogince, JNS Megillat Esther describes the Jewish peoples escape from annihilation in Persia in the fifth century BCE. But really, its a quintessential story of Jewish life in the Diaspora, where absent splitting seas and falling manna Jews must rely on their wits and influence to preserve themselves and their way of life. Purim, celebrated this year on March 16 and 17, have one thing in common with other Jewish holidays: It revolves around food.

‘Shababnikim’ offers a fresh, funny picture of Israeli Orthodox life J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| February 24, 2022

Having obsessively watched every episode of Srugim, a Friends-like series about Modern Orthodox singles in Jerusalem; Shtisel, about a perpetually lovelorn haredi man and his family; and Mekimi, which focuses on a secular woman who becomes haredi after her boyfriend does, I was primed to watch the latest Israeli series about religious life. But it turns out that all the dramatic predecessors I watched left me completely unprepared for Shababnikim a wacky, stylized comedy with an excellent soundtrack and a whole new way of depicting the world of the yeshiva.

Iran: Believers To Begin Prison Sentences For spreading …

| February 24, 2022

Monday, February 14, 2022 | Tag Cloud Tags: Christian, Christian Persecution, church, house church, Iran, Islam, Muslim, News, religion, Security, Worthy News by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) Three Christians convicted of spreading Zionist Christianity in Iran have been ordered to begin serving their prison sentences of between two and five years at the end of this month, Christian Persecution reports. Members of the non-Trinitarian Church of Iran, Ramin Hassanpour, his wife Saeede, and another woman, Sakine (Mehri) Behjati, were first arrested in 2020, Christian Persecution reports.

New Historians – Wikipedia

| February 24, 2022

Israeli historians who have challenged traditional versions of Israeli history The New Historians (Hebrew: , HaHistoryonim HaChadashim) are a loosely defined group of Israeli historians who have challenged traditional versions of Israeli history, including Israel's role in the 1948 Palestinian exodus and Arab willingness to discuss peace. The term was coined in 1988 by Benny Morris, one of the leading New Historians. According to Ethan Bronner of The New York Times, the New Historians have sought to advance the peace process in the region.[1] Much of the primary source material used by the group comes from Israeli government papers that were newly available as a result of being declassified thirty years after the founding of Israel.[2] The perception of a new historiographical current emerged with the publications of four scholars in the 1980s: Benny Morris, Ilan Papp, Avi Shlaim and Simha Flapan.

‘We Can’t Shut Off One of Our Identities’: Jewish SUNY Students Decry ‘Exclusion’ From Sexual Assault Awareness Group Over Zionism – Algemeiner

| February 24, 2022

Jewish students at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz have called for the administration to take action after Jewish members of a sexual assault awareness group were excluded for supporting Israel, decrying it as a pure and simple act of antisemitism. Earlier this month, third-year student Cassandra Blotner was told to leave New Paltz Accountability (NPA), a group she co-founded, over a pro-Israel social media post, the New Paltz Oracle first reported.


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