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Story Transcript Earlier this year, on a spring day in France, Barbara Belmont was finally able to honour her late father a man she never knew. Belmont, 80, was just three years old when her father, Pvt. Albert Belmont, was killed in the Second World War.
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As we recoil from the vicious hate crime in which ten innocent African Americans were murdered, we commit our communities to uniting to fight ideologies of hatred that threaten all of us and threaten the very fabric of the diversity of the United States of America. Those who would want us to disappear would like nothing more than for us to be divided and at war with each other.Instead, as Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Christians, and African Americans we declare that we are proud of who we are, and along with the majority of Americans of any color and ethnicity, we will not let Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave be replaced by a xenophobic, racist, Islamophobic, antisemitic and Hinduphobic paranoid subset who do not understand what America is all about. We stand together; we have each others backs; We are committed to examine and eliminate the racism dwelling in people and institutions and societies and we will strive to uplift one another.
admin | May 29, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio Members of the Jewish community spoke out Thursday against an abortion ban in the Ohio House, citing that this legislation infringes on their religious freedom. As abortion continues to be a hot topic across the state and the country, House Bill 598 had its third hearing. The Human Life Protection Act is a total abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest.
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Toronto Police have charged a man who allegedly showed up to a North York Jewish school with a weapon, yelled at students, assaulted a staff member and said I want to kill Jews. Community members said while these types of antisemitic incidents are always alarming, this one was especially scary in light of a mass shooting that occurred at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., the day before, where 21 people were killed. An incident like this, especially on the heels of the horror that happened at a U.S
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There are many hundreds of small textual differences between the Jewish and Samaritan Pentateuchs, the most important of them being a long addition in Exodus 20:17 mentioning Mount Gerizim, and the wording in Deuteronomy 27:2-8 (God had already chosen this place, Mt. Gerizim).
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DJERBA, Tunisia Jewish pilgrims from around the world flocked to the Tunisian island of Djerba in mid-May to visit El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, sharing festivities with an ancient Jewish community there that has stood the test of time. Thousands of Jewish worshippers, many from France, Israel and the United States, made their way to the holy site May 19-20 for the annual pilgrimage, part of the Lag BOmer Festival that marks 33 days after the start of the Jewish Passover. Outside of Israel, El Ghriba is one of the most sacred Lag BOmer destinations, said to have been built more than 2 millennia ago when the first Jews arrived to Djerba with a stone from the Temple of Jerusalem
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LeBron James likely draws attention at most weddings he attends. After all, the basketball superstar turned entertainment mogul is 6-foot-9 and one of the most recognizable sports figures of all time. But he made an especially eye-catching entrance at a Jewish wedding last Sunday, holding hands with a well-known kabbalist rabbi who served a year in an Israeli prison
admin | May 29, 2022
Over the course of this week, weve been making the centerpiece of the Jewish Currents Soviet Issuea section comprehensively reconsidering the history of the Soviet Jewry movementavailable online. The seven articles that make up the section can now be found here
admin | May 29, 2022
A new online concert series will launch on June 1 highlighting celebrated Jewish musicians from around the world. The Secret Chord Concerts is being co-developed by the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the Herb Alpert School of Music, part of the University of California, Los Angeles. The free on-demand video series will feature 15- to 25-minute performances from Jewish musicians who showcase a range of styles, heritages and histories, said the Alpert School of Music in a press release.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams honors Inspector Richie Taylor, the highest-ranking Orthodox NYPD officer, at the Jewish American Heritage Month reception at Gracie Mansion on May 24, 2022 Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office By Jacob KornbluhMay 25, 2022 New York City Mayor Eric Adams reassured American Jews on Tuesday that he has their back as antisemitic incidents rise and gun violence continues to attract attention in the city. But he had one request: Speak out publicly and forcefully in support of police officers under attack. I need you to raise your voice, Adams urged the crowd of several hundred at a Jewish American Heritage Month reception in the garden of Gracie Mansion, the mayors residence on the Upper East Side
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