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Judith Butler and the Question of ‘Who is a Jew?’ – The Times of Israel

| March 13, 2024

I think its fair to say that a lot of Jews are pretty upset with philosopher Judith Butler right now. That Butler and other Jewish intellectuals who are highly critical of Israel receive a spotlight in the non-Jewish media is not surprising, but in this case, something else has occurred.

Documenting the experience of Jews of color in Jewish spaces – opinion – The Jerusalem Post

| March 13, 2024

In the last five years, amid the racial reckoning in the US, the pandemic, economic challenges, and the October 7 attacks on Israel, the Jews of Color Initiative (JoCI) has made steady progress toward our vision of a Jewish community that reflects racial equity and diversity and centers the leadership of Jews of Color (JoC). Now in our seventh year, we are beyond the start-up phase of an organization, those first few years of organizational infancy when a few easy wins are often to be had. We are increasingly aware that supporting serious research is strategically vital for advancement and growth in our field.

12 Remarkable Jewish Women – My Jewish Learning

| March 13, 2024

From biblical times to the present, Jewish women have given hope, meaning and strength to the Jewish community. These twelve remarkable Jewish women have shown extraordinary leadership, changed the course of Jewish practice, offered comfort and hope, and injected creativity into the Jewish world.

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who challenged neo-Nazis, dies at 102 – The Washington Post

| March 13, 2024

Ben Stern, a Holocaust survivor who endured years in Nazi concentration camps and two death marches before settling in Skokie, Ill., where he helped rally opposition to a planned neo-Nazi demonstration in the late 1970s that produced one of the most explosive cases in First Amendment law, died Feb. 28 at 102.

The Netherlands, home to the Nazis’ most famous victim, has never had a Holocaust museum until now – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| March 13, 2024

(JTA) The Anne Frank House in the heart of Amsterdam is one of the Netherlands most-visited tourist destinations. Outside of the city a memorial commemorates the Westerbork transit camp, where the Franks were sent on their way to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.

Thinking intensely about the holocaust, Israel and Gaza – Pearls and Irritations

| March 13, 2024

The vengeful, scheming, genocidal response unleashed since October last year in Gaza, by Israel, has prompted a profoundly intensified global review of the punishing history related to the establishment of the State of Israel and its colonial-settler expansion ever since 1948. An exceptional commentator, Pankaj Mishra, has now contributed an avidly argued, candid extended essay situated within this framework. Entitled, The Shoah after Gaza, it has recently been published in the London Review of Books

San Francisco leaders, thousands of others, rally in support of Israel – JNS.org

| March 5, 2024

(March 4, 2024 / JNS) Rain poured down as speakers addressed an estimated 10,000 people who had marched to counter antisemitism at San Franciscos city hall in an event called Unity March: Standing Together Against Anti-Semitism.

Kol Israel panel to discuss Holocaust, antisemitism with children – Cleveland Jewish News

| March 5, 2024

Kol Israel Foundation will host a panel discussion about Talking to Children About the Holocaust and Modern-Day Antisemitism at 7 p.m. March 14 at Bnai Jeshurun Congregation at 27501 Fairmount Blvd. in Pepper Pike.

Grandmother’s experience in Holocaust inspires ASU alum to help others | ASU News – ASU News Now

| March 5, 2024

Editor's note:Arizona State University alumni are making a difference in every corner and community of the world, positively changing the lives of those they encounter. ASU News traveled around the U.S.

Daughter of Holocaust survivor finds swastika daubed on her garden gate in sickening anti-Semitic act on the s – Daily Mail

| March 5, 2024

A jewish mother-of-four whose father fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport was 'devastated' to find a swastika on her garden gate on the sixth anniversary of his death. Aviva Kaufmann, 52, from north-west London, was horrified when her husband made the discovery as he went to retrieve his bike yesterday. Mrs Kaufmann, a maths teacher whose German-born grandparents, David and Ketty Goldschmidt, were murdered in Auschwitz, told the Mail: 'I am just so sad about it.


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