admin | November 28, 2020
After Joe Biden won the presidency, my liberal friends mostly Ashkenazi Jews with deep roots in America were aghast that over 70 million Americans voted for Trump. My Syrian, Persian, Bukharian and Hispanic friends and family members Jews with immigrant identities were shocked, too.
admin | November 28, 2020
As President-elect Joe Bidens transition is kicking into high gear after the Trump administrations General Services Administration on Monday finally agreed to acknowledge his victory, we can report that at least five Jews will serve in top positions in the new administration: Ronald A. Klain as White House Chief of Staff; Antony John Blinken as Secretary of State; Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury; Alejandro N.
admin | November 28, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden talks with Senator Kamala Harris after the conclusion of the 2020 Democratic US presidential debate in Houston, Texas, Sept.
admin | November 19, 2020
Edited by: Fern Sidman As the announcement of a vaccine that is 90% effective in preventing the novel coronavirus has dominated the headlines and given hope to people in every corner of the globe, we pause at this juncture to pay tribute to Albert Bourla, the chairman and CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Founded in 1849 in New York City by Charles Pfizer, the eponymously named pharmaceutical company is one of the worlds largest of its kind and it ranked 57 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Pfizer develops and produces medicines and vaccines for a wide range of medical disciplines, including immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology
admin | November 19, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Their 400-year journey started with expulsion from Spain, continuing through Mexico with persecution by the Spanish Inquisition, finally setting in the American Southwest.
admin | November 15, 2020
Family of Leon Levy Saadi a-Levi and his second wife, Esther, circa 1890s Salonica, the historic city on the Aegean Sea (now called Thessaloniki), was at the turn of the twentieth century probably as close to paradise as a European Jew was likely to get. The salon cultures of Berlin, Vienna, or Paris may have been more glittering, but there Jews sat uneasily on the edges of elite society and public life, warily eyeing growing anti-Semitism.
admin | November 15, 2020
On Dec. 8, 1596, Luis de Carvjal the Younger, his mother, Doa Francisca, and his sisters Leonor, Isabel, and Catalina, were burned at the stake in Mexico City after being tried in court by the Inquisition. Their crime was practicing Judaism in secret.
admin | November 15, 2020
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 2 to 3 pm Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) Register here. Jews immigrated to North America in the earliest days of the colonial era, long before American independence and before the great waves of immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries
admin | November 15, 2020
Aviv Alushas Yoav Mazuz andShahar Tavochas Avinoam Shapira in Valley of Tears. Photo: VERED ADIR / HBO MAX For a little more than six years, there was a widespread belief in Israel that the country had found something resembling peace.
admin | November 15, 2020
Smithsonian Associates Streaming offers plenty of ways for people to celebrate the holidays from the comfort of their own homes. Individual programs offer insights into holiday traditions, studio arts workshops add a touch of nature to participants holiday dcor and a guided wine tasting unlocks an award-winning sommeliers secrets to perfect seasonal food and wine pairings. Programs include: Non-Traditional Holiday Ornaments Saturday, Nov.
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