admin | August 31, 2021
Up until he was in middle school and even older, Jacob Churchbourne had never played lacrosse as a sport or knew his family had Jewish heritage. Now the two will take him halfway across the globe in a few weeks. Churchbourne never played lacrosse for his high school, and he had one limited year of club lacrosse at N.C.
admin | August 31, 2021
Bernardo Pulido spent over $29,000 on genealogical documentation, Jewish heritage certificates, attorney fees and trips to Spain to prove his Sephardic heritage. But last month, like so many others attempting to gain Spanish citizenship througha 2015 lawpromising to right the wrongs of the Spanish Inquisition that expelled Jews, Pulido received a rejection letter from the Spanish government. Pulido, a 61-year-old engineer from Caracas, Venezuela, drew a parallel between the decision and the Inquisition, which forced many of his ancestors to flee in 1492, fearing for their lives.
admin | August 31, 2021
BEACHWOOD, OH The annual Maltz Museum's Stop the Hate program launched this month. The program distributes approximately $100,000 to Northeast Ohio students in grades 6-12 and their schools.
admin | August 7, 2021
During her 13 years as a lay leader in the Jewish community, Paula Pretlow couldnt help but notice the obvious: When decisions were being made, she usually was the only Jew of color in the room. As a retired executive of an investment management firm, Pretlow was a catch for Jewish organizations.
admin | July 13, 2021
Jewish teens who were denied the opportunity to go on Israel tour this summer have instead travelled the length and breadth of the UK. BBYO UK arranged its Trek UK amid continued travel restrictions due to coronavirus, with 16-year-olds touring Britains natural and cultural sites as an alternative.
admin | July 13, 2021
Dear Tom, I will be endorsing you for election in 2022 to the US House of Representatives in New Jerseys 7th Congressional District, just as I did in 2020, against the incumbent Democratic Congressman, Tom Malinowski.
admin | July 13, 2021
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are finally happening, a full year after they were planned. And yes, theyre still being called the 2020 Olympics, even though theyre happening in 2021. The Jewish athletes competing this year andthere are many are the products of inspiring journeys.
admin | June 27, 2021
Honors & Awards Rabbi Camille Angel, the rabbi-in-residence at the University of San Francisco, has received the Excellence in Advising award from Student Leadership and Engagement, an umbrella organization for student groups at USF. The award recognizes her work with QMmunity, a student organization that actively affirms the LGBTQ+ community and religious and spiritual identities at USF, according to a community email from USFs Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice. Among the 26 teens chosen for the 35th annual prestigious Bronfman Fellowship are three from Northern California
admin | June 23, 2021
A billboard by Stop DiscriminAsian (@stopdiscriminasian) in Los Angeles, CA. Its an age-old question.
admin | June 7, 2021
TORONTO -- A Jewish-owned Kensington Market business is speaking out after it was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti referencing the Holocaust in an attack that was recorded on the stores surveillance cameras. Toronto Police have started an investigation into the attack, which occurred earlier this month, amid a marked rise in anti-Jewish attacks apparently driven by the pandemic and conflict in the Middle East echoing through Canadian streets
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