admin | May 1, 2017
Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, visited a Holocaust memorial in Marseille days after news that her choice for interim party head had denied aspects of the Holocaust. Le Pen on Sunday laid a wreath at a memorial in Marseille to French victims of the Holocaust
simmons | May 1, 2017
Your Daily Spiel is The CJNs daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world. Play for peace
simmons | May 1, 2017
May Day! Monday is the first day of May. (If that leaves you wondering where the first four months of the year went, you're not alone.) Still, the fifth month brings with it a myriad of reasons to celebrate. Among them, May is: Asthma Awareness Month, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Gardening for Wildlife Month, Haitian Heritage Month, International Victorious Woman Month, Jewish-American Heritage Month, Mystery Month, National Barbecue Month, Older Americans Month, Strike Out Strokes Month, Ultraviolet Awareness Month and Young Achievers/Leaders of Tomorrow Month.
simmons | April 29, 2017
Donald Trump wearing a Jewish prayer shawl.. (photo credit:CARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS) President Donald Trump declared May to be Jewish American Heritage Month in a press release Friday.
simmons | April 29, 2017
Public cynicism towards Trump is growing in a new Gallup poll, 36% declared him honest and trustworthy, down from 42% in February. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA On his 100th day in office on Saturday, facing historically low popularity ratings, a succession of intractable foreign crises and multiple investigations of his links with Moscow, Donald Trump reminded the nation that 1 May was Loyalty Day. The day is a US tradition dating back to the cold war, when it was a bolster to stop May Day becoming a rallying point for socialists and unionised workers, but for an embattled president learning politics on the job it has an added resonance.
simmons | April 28, 2017
Three South Florida events in celebration of Holocaust survivors, Jews who participated in the Civil Rights Movement and Jews in medicine mark the month of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. U.S. Rep.
simmons | April 28, 2017
Welcome to the first edition of Soul Searching, a new series about how the most secular generation in history is changing the face of religion.
simmons | April 28, 2017
By Cassie Miller January 20 Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th president.
admin | April 28, 2017
Drew Petersen recently awarded the 2017 American Pianists Award is coming back to Temple Avodat Shalom. The last time he visited, in 2014, the now 23-year-old highlighted the River Edge synagogues Selichot program.
simmons | April 25, 2017
Students played an integral role in seeing that the Texas House passed a bill last week barring the state from engaging in business with companies involved with the anti-Israel BDS movement. HB 89, sponsored by Representative Phil King, passed unanimously, 131-0.
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