admin | February 5, 2022
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to mount, a chorus of male voices from the Soviet Jewish Diaspora, and an older generation of Jewish Ukrainian leaders, are telling us what to think about it. It is common to see panels of Jewish life in Ukraine with no women represented, hosting Ukrainian leaders who have been in the same post since the 1990s.
admin | February 5, 2022
While kosher eaters can sink their teeth into an Impossible Burger, that won't be happening anytime soon with Impossible Pork, which recently failed to secure an endorsement from the world's largest kosher certifier.
admin | February 5, 2022
Several dozen members of the Jewish ultra-orthodox Lev Tahor sect, accused of sex-related crimes across several countries, are reported to have migrated to Bosnia. According to local news site Klix.ba, immigration authorities have confirmed that 37 members of the cult from the United States, Canada and Guatemala are currently living near Sarajevo. They have taken up residence in a property owned by a local Bosnian-Serb lawmaker outside the capital.
admin | February 5, 2022
JTA Hummus is the glue that holds society together in Breaking Bread, a documentary being released in the US on Friday about Israeli and Arab chefs that strives to be as delicious as its dishes. Unfortunately, the film is missing a few key ingredients.
admin | February 5, 2022
Annually on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement for our sins, we ask the Almighty and one another to forgive us for or sins committed during the previous year. Perhaps this is why I was stunned when a senior Arab tourism minister in the Middle East once asked me at the end of a luxurious dinner held high atop a palatial hotel with a revolving restaurant: Why can you simply not forget about our mistakes in the past
admin | February 5, 2022
One of the first legal articles that I had published was entitled, Will a Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court? The history of the articles publication is somewhat curious.
admin | February 2, 2022
Whoopi Goldbergs Holocaust comments reflect how Jews dont fit into Western boxes By Yair Rosenberg This is an edition of Yair Rosenbergs newsletter, Deep Shtetl. Sign up here. Yesterday, celebrated actor and TV host Whoopi Goldberg caused a minor meltdown on ABCs The View when she asserted that the Holocaust isnt about race
admin | February 2, 2022
By Ron Kampeas Amnesty International is set to become the latest human rights organization to describe Israels activities in relation to Palestinians as apartheid when it releases a special report on Tuesday, prompting a strong rebuke from major U.S. Jewish groups that argue the report could inflame existing tensions and incite violence
admin | February 2, 2022
French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot stands next to Gustav Klimt's oil paintingRosebushes under the Trees (1905), as she announces the return of 15 Nazi-looted artworks to Jewish familiesat an event at Musee d'Orsa in Paris. Alain Jocard / Getty Images France is set to return 15 works of art sold under duress to or looted by the Nazis to their rightful Jewish owners, reports Tessa Solomon for ARTnews
admin | February 2, 2022
Opinion: If an academic group boycotts Israel, it could lead to increased antisemitism on campus. It's good to see that University of Arizona won't stand for that.
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