admin | April 7, 2022
(JTA) Ezra Furmans latest song title, Book Of Our Names, might sound familiar thats because the indie rockers newest song is inspired by the Hebrew title for the Bibles Book of Exodus.
admin | April 7, 2022
I always wanted for my family what I observe in so many other Jewish families: that feeling of deep connection that comes from being part of a Jewish community. To build bonds, I said yes when asked to teach a Yom Kippur study session at a local synagogue. I said yes when asked to provide feedback to rabbis on diversity initiatives
admin | April 7, 2022
'In the event of war with Israel, the mullahs will not hesitate to use them as bargaining chips' In 1979, shortly after the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the coming to power of the mullahs, notables from the country's Jewish community asked to meet Ayatollah Khomeini, the country's new strongman ruler. The Jewish leaders brought a tray filled with gold and silver in which they concealed a check for ten million dollars: the Jewish community of Iran had just bought its peace. The next day, Khomeini declared that anyone who attacked a Jew should be held accountable.
admin | April 7, 2022
Mostyska is a town that very few people had ever heard of before March. Its a small, very old city in the far west of Ukraine; it often changed hands, sometimes Ukrainian, sometimes Polish, always picturesque, often unsafe.
admin | April 7, 2022
Moments after being welcomed to Twitter by Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas), actor Elliot Levey (@ellevey) was receiving compliments about his pineapple.
admin | March 28, 2022
Some Ukrainian refugees are returning home despite Russia's invasion A growing number of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Moldova are deciding to go back to Ukraine despite attacks by Russia.This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Trevor Hughes and Michelle Hanks, USA TODAY This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
admin | March 28, 2022
BOCA RATON (VINnews) Antisemitism has become a crisis that is only increasing, and threatening our nation, the world, and universities.
admin | March 26, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 17, 2022.
admin | March 26, 2022
Through her organization Jew in the City (JITC), Allison Josephs has been advocating for accurate representations of the Jewish community in the media since 2007. Shes now opening an official Hollywood bureau to elevate JITCs efforts, something Josephs said she would have done earlier, but she had no idea such a thing even existed until last year. We had been using social media, op-eds and relationships with reporters, Josephs said, until she learned about other minority Hollywood bureaus created by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), NAACP and the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).
admin | March 26, 2022
The broad wooden trunk with floral engravings looks impossibly heavy. But in the early 1900s, Rachmiel Robert Shapiro carried it with him as he sneaked out of Russia and made his way to the United States.
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