The Evolution of All-American Terrorism – Reveal
admin | June 28, 2020
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Extremist activity is growing in the pandemic. How worried should Jews be? – Forward
admin | June 28, 2020
On the last day of Passover last year, a young nursing student went into the Chabad of Poway synagogue and shot four people, killing 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye. The accused murderers manifesto was filled with anti-Semitic sentiments, but it also contained another element: The shooters wish that his actions would lead the government to start confiscating guns, and thus provoke a civil war between white nationalists and everyone else. If this revolution doesnt happen soon, we wont have the numbers to win it, the alleged murderer wrote
From Saudi Arabia, a welcome call for tolerance and moderation – The Boston Globe
admin | June 28, 2020
For years, Saudi Arabia worked tirelessly to export Wahhabism, its home-grown strain of intolerant Islam, to Muslim communities worldwide. It poured many billions of dollars into funding mosques, schools, and cultural organizations that promoted Islamist extremism an extremism capable of turning murderous, as Americans learned on Sept. 11, 2001, when 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists, 15 of them Saudi citizens, murdered thousands of people.
Places of worship allowed to reopen for prayer and wedding services from 4 July – Jewish News
admin | June 28, 2020
Synagogues across England will be permitted to reopen for prayer and to hold services from next month, Prime minister Boris Johnson said today. As of 4 July, places of worships in England will also be able to reopen for wedding services with a maximum of 30 guests, subject to social distancing, in the governments latest easing of lockdown rules. Mr Speaker, I know that many have mourned the closure of places of worship and this year Easter, Passover and Eid all occurred during the lockdown, Johnson told the House of Commons on Tuesday
Living with Covid-19 in Israel – Cleveland Jewish News
admin | June 28, 2020
It aint over till its over, legendary baseball player Yogi Berra once said, and indeed resurfacing in Israel these days are COVID-19 concerns. Following days of fewer new infections and critical cases, Israel began to open up last month, starting with small stores and businesses, then malls.
After 75 years, Baton Rouge’s Beth Shalom synagogue will have its first female rabbi – The Advocate
admin | June 26, 2020
When Beth Shalom Synagogue began 75 years ago in Baton Rouge, women could not be rabbis in North America.
Holding out hope: Sumner Weinbaum’s intriguing hand sculpture in Portsmouth – The Union Leader
admin | June 26, 2020
A handful of years ago, I was walking down a sidewalk on State Street in Portsmouth when I noticed a small tree-lined courtyard tucked to the side of Temple Israel. On a sun-drenched summer day, the partially shaded alcove looked inviting against the backdrop of the historic brick synagogue and its arched glass windows. The small trees lining the stone walkway threw flickering shadows on a walkway of square paving stones and green plantings outside the synagogues adjacent community center.
Two restored Torah scrolls help Beth Shalom celebrate 75 years, return of in-person services – The Advocate
admin | June 26, 2020
When Beth Shalom Synagogue resumed in-person services June 12, those who attended had extra cause for celebration two of the synagogues Torah scrolls had returned as well. The scrolls, each older than Beth Shalom itself, had been sent for restoration in January. By the time they were ready, the coronavirus had caused the suspension of public gatherings.
My mom is white and my dad is black. Don’t call me a ‘Jew of Color.’ – Jewish Post
admin | June 26, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) As a biracial Jew, there is an expectation that I must have something to say in this historic moment. Unlike at any other time in my life, people are treating my opinion as though it deserves a stage, or a glass case for passersby to take in as they walk through a new exhibition on the lives of various Jews of Color.
‘I fear I’ll be isolating for years’: What it’s like to be at high risk of Covid-19 – The Daily Briefing
admin | June 26, 2020
David Andelmanexecutive director of the Red Lines Project and a 75-year-old, lifelong asthma patientis at high risk for complications and death if he develops Covid-19. And although states have lifted stay-at-home orders and relaxed social distancing guidelines, Andelman fears that he and millions of Americans like him will be locked down for the rest of their lives, he writes in an opinion piece published by CNN. At 75 years old, Andelman's age puts him at high risk for developing a severe case of Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
