simmons | August 23, 2017
Alexa Goldstein UCF student Alexa Goldstein (Class of 2019) was chosen to be one of only 17 members of the second cohort of the Hillel International Student Cabinet. "We are so proud of Lexi for being selected for this honor," stated Aaron Weil, executive director and CEO of Central Florida Hillel. "Hillel International only selects 17 students from around the world and this is the first time a student from UCF has been selected for this honor.
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simmons | August 23, 2017
Imagine for a moment if after the Nazi holocaust, Germany passed segregation legislation, circumscribing where Jewish survivors could live, work, eat and play.
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richards | August 21, 2017
Getty Images (JTA) Following the death of a pedestrian in what appeared to be a vehicular terrorist attack in Marseille, a leader of the local Jewish community called for the immediate eradication of terrorism. Bruno Benjamin, the president of the local branch of the CRIF umbrella of Jewish communities, wrote the message on Twitter on Monday, shortly after police arrested a man they suspect is connected to the slaying of one woman and the serious injury of another woman in a car-ramming attack that morning.
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richards | August 19, 2017
If youve been paying attention to all of the increasingly bad news in the world lately, youve probably heard of the Proud Boys, a group of right-wing millennial hipsters who like to punch the shit out of each other.
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richards | August 18, 2017
October 7, 1944 In Cooperation with Yeshiva University Museum. This exhibition is the American attempt to respond to four women, and the revolt in Auschwitz that they helped make possible.
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richards | August 18, 2017
(JTA) A newly discovered blueprint of the destroyed great synagogue in Vilnius led ateam of archaeologists to unearth the remains of two ritual baths that were used by congregants of one of Europes largest and most prominent Jewish communities before its annihilation. The synagogue, which was at the heart of the large Jewish community in Vilnius for hundreds of years, was destroyed in the Holocaust.
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richards | August 18, 2017
Mr. Corker, a sober voice on foreign policy and a frequent ally of the Trump administration, bluntly questioned the presidents ability to perform the duties of his office.
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simmons | August 17, 2017
Dear UF President Kent Fuchs, I currently live and work as a global health specialist in Rwanda, a country that is all too familiar with how hate speech related to ethnicity can spark mass violence. In 1994, America stood by as one million Rwandans were murdered by violence sparked by genocide ideology. Together with my Rwandan colleagues, I have been watching the political situation in the U.S
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simmons | August 17, 2017
La Crescenta, California is a long way from Charlottesville, Virginia, but both communities have recently had to deal with controversies involving Nazis, white supremacy, and the removal of a public monument that symbolized bigotry.
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richards | August 16, 2017
Regina Spektor to play in concert on August 19 in Raanana Amphipark. (photo credit:Wikimedia Commons) Life would be a little more dreary without Regina Spektor
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