An annual festival that features reenactments of historical events that occurred in Michigan turned nasty on Sunday when a group of men playing the parts of Nazis posed with a Nazi flag for a photo drew attention on Facebook. It was the third year that Nazi reenactors appeared at the River of Time festival, held […]
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USAFormer President Barack Obama recounted the emotional moment he dropped off his oldest daughter at college this fall, saying it was a “bit like open-heart surgery.” During an event for the Beau Biden Foundation on Monday, Obama talked about taking 19-year-old Malia to Harvard University earlier this month for her first semester. He said he
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USARuth Bader Ginsburg talks ‘Merchant of Venice’ at Montclair State Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participated in a roundtable discussion with Shakespearean scholars David Scott Kastan of Yale University, at right, and James Shapiro of Columbia University. Photos by Mike Peters Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Montclair State University on Sept. 23. Even distinguished Shakespearean scholars
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWeighing in on the simmering debate over football players kneeling during the national anthem, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slammed President Trump and those who have criticized high-paid players for their apparent lack of gratitude. “That’s pretty much what the British said about the leaders of the American Revolution — the wealthy were making money by colluding with
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Sports & Competitions, USAPresident Donald Trump has made it clear his administration isn’t planning to allow any additional outside aid to get into Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday afternoon, the president cited business interests as the reason for refusing calls from lawmakers and activists to allow international organizations and governments
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International, Travel and Food, USAMembers of a New York synagogue will visit the Arab country of Bahrain at the invitation of its monarch. The Hampton Synagogue on Long Island will stop in the Middle East island nation on the way to a congregational mission to Israel early next year, its rabbi, Marc Schneier, announced during High Holidays services. Get
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Middle East, USAA Jewish family near Charlotte, North Carolina, was the victim of three hate crimes beginning on Rosh Hashanah. In response, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has increased foot and bike patrols, alerted federal law enforcement and conducted “zone checks” around synagogues in the city, Police Major Gerald Smith said at a news conference Monday afternoon, the
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USANew York philanthropists Jack and Shirley Silver have donated $20 million to the UJA-Federation of New York to improve Jewish day camp facilities. The legacy commitment gift announced Monday was directed to the new Jewish Day Camp Centennial Signature Initiative, which was established to renovate the infrastructure of the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, the largest Jewish
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USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Divisions between Jews are wide, as are divisions between many other groups of people all over the globe. In Israel, among the Jews there are four basic groupings: secular, traditional, religious, haredi (ultra-Orthodox). There is friction among them, especially between the Reform and Conservative movements and the haredi political
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday condemned an attack against an Orthodox Jewish woman in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. ADL also announced it is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the assailant. According to police and media reports, a legally blind Orthodox Jewish woman was attacked at approximately 2:30
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israelis who don’t share the concerns about the rupture between their government and United States Jewry, indeed the Diaspora in general – and, therefore, aren’t upset about Netanyahu’s ignoring the order of Israel’s Supreme Court to provide equal access to the Kotel for all streams of Judaism – may tell you
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International, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — He flew bombing missions for the U.S. during World War II and then came back to America to study law. But the escalating conflict between the newly declared State of Israel and its Arab neighbors had already gotten under Mitchell Flint’s skin. “I’m Jewish, Israel desperately needed fighter pilots, so I thought
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Jewish History, Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused North Korea of brutally abusing an American student who had been held captive in North Korea, saying the young man had been “tortured beyond belief.” Otto Warmbier, 22, died in June a few days after he was sent home in a mysterious coma after more than
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International, USARabbi Joshua Haberman, rabbi emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and founder of the Foundation for Jewish Studies, died this week at 98. Haberman, who represented the Jewish community during the memorial service for the victims of 9/11 held at the National Cathedral, died Sunday at his home in Washington, DC, following a rabbinic career
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