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Oct. 13, 2022TORONTO A number of Jamaican organizations have made an agreement with Bnai Brith Canada to publicize a little-known chapter of Jewish history in Jamaica. TheJamaican Canadian Association, theJamaicaAssociation of Montreal,theJamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, and the Jamaican Canadian Association of Alberta and Bnai Brith Canada will alert their members and communities to the work of York University historian Diana Cooper-Clark to inform the public about howJamaicasaved Jews fleeing the Holocaust
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The New York Times took the rare step of translating its investigation of Hasidic yeshivas into Yiddish by The New York Times By Rukhl SchaechterSeptember 12, 2022 Sundays groundbreaking New York Times article about the dismal state of secular education in the Hasidic yeshivas in Brooklyn and the lower Hudson Valley elicited much heated discussion on social media.
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A Sukkot fair in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Oct.
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DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The menu at Yalla is as Middle Eastern as it gets: hummus, falafel, shawarma in a pita, a bowl or on a plate. This food truck on a concrete patch beside a grassy lawn, a close walk from the Duke University dining hall, is the campuss latest interfaith venture
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One of the most spiritually meaningful journeys of my life involved the quest for a desperately needed cup of coffee.
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National Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15th, and the month-long celebration is a powerful time to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to our culture and everyday lives whether through books, movies, recipes, artwork, or political and academic achievements. We asked our Thrive community to share with us the creative and powerful ways theyre celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month. Which of these ideas will you try?
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Comedian Sam Morril at the moment when his set in Omaha, Nebraska is interrupted by a heckler shouting Free Palestine, October 2, 2022. Photo by Screenshot Contributing ColumnistAlex ZeldinOctober 13, 2022 In a comedy club in Omaha, Nebraska, the American Jewish comedian Sam Morril made a joke about Jeffrey Epstein and Jewish heritage month
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Russia continues 'massive, forced deportations', says think tank Russia continues to conduct massive, forced deportations of Ukrainians that likely amount to a deliberate ethnic cleansing campaign, according to a US-based think tank.
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When Lee Liberman first viewed testimonies from USC Shoah Foundations Visual History Archive (VHA) almost 25 years ago, she was immediately moved to action. We have a commitment and duty to humanity to combat hate, and we must work diligently to bring these testimonies to communities around the globe, she said.
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of Abdallah Abu al-Teen during the slain doctors funeral in Jenin refugee camp on 14 October. Events in the occupied West Bank over the past week indicate that the Palestinian liberation struggle, and Israels efforts to repress it with with brutal violence, have entered a new phase. In this looming scenario, the formerly extremist fringe settlers see themselves represented at the top levels of Israeli government, emboldened and beyond the restraint of the army.
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