By Pamela Pollack-Fremd SAN DIEGO — RBG, the documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, directed and produced by Betsy West and Julie Cohen, exposes a quiet, ladylike, and very persistent revolutionary. She was a strong advocate for gender equality and women’s rights, meaning she would represent men who were discriminated against as well as women. Besides […]
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
AMHERST, Massachusetts (Press Release) – The visiting exhibit Through the Yiddish Looking Glass: The Art of Yiddish Children’s Literature is on view at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts. The exhibit will be at the Center’s Brechner Gallery through Fall 2018. Through the Yiddish Looking Glass features Yiddish children’s book illustrations, created by artists who
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Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, on Wednesday condemned a speech by Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestine Authority, about the Holocaust. Following is the statement from Yad Vashem: In his address on Monday, 30 April 2018, to the Palestinian National Council, the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas,
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Gilles Pargneaux, Alon Ben-Meir, and Arbana Xharra NEW YORK — The summit held in Ankara on April 4 among Putin, Erdogan, and Rouhani provides an eye-opening depiction of the rapidly changing discourse of 2018’s geostrategic international rivalry. The Syrian conflict, the center of global attention for more than seven years, is now in the
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — People in the know tell us that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech the other day about Iran’s nuclear ambitions was more of a performance than an evidence-based argument. Though the coup of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency that brought the data to Israel is a remarkable achievement, some experts aren’t
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Middle East
Story, video, and photos by James Allina TEL AVIV, Isael — When Rosalyn and I planned our trip to Austria and Israel, I had no idea that this would be a lifetime experience for either of us. I only know that I wanted to visit my grandmother’s brother who at 86 lived in a
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International, Middle East
First of two articles By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Lately, it seems as though Natalie Portman has transformed herself into a human lightning rod. She created a storm of controversy and gave the Palestinians in Gaza far more respectability than they deserved by canceling plans to receive a prestigious Genesis Award
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
By Kenneth Bob NEW YORK — As a student at the University of California at Berkeley in the post-Six Day War period, our Radical Jewish Union supported much of the left’s US domestic and foreign policy agenda. On the Israeli-Palestinian situation we diverged from both the New Left and the organized Jewish community, stating in our
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International, Middle East, USA
By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — This story is based on The House of Twenty Thousand Books by Sasha Abramsky published in 2014. My wife Karen picked it up from the half price table at Powell’s Books in Portland last summer. Abramsky, an English born scholar lives in the Sacramento area. I read the book
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Oliver Pollak
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Ivy Schamis, from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida, has been named this year’s AFC “Teacher of the Year” in recognition of her guiding presence and the strengths of patience, justice, and empowerment that she has successfully shared with younger generations. The 22nd annual gala and awards program, to be held
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) – The 2018 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize has been awarded to five Olim for the impact they have had on their fields within Israel: Education, Science & Medicine; Community & Non-Profit; Culture, Art & Sports; and Israel Advocacy. Additionally, the Bonei Zion Award recognizes Olim for Young Leadership and Lifetime
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Middle East
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — The University of Haifa will give its Outstanding Leadership Award to Knesset Speaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein in recognition of his many years of public service; his contribution and actions to help immigrants; and his efforts to maintain Israel’s character as a Jewish, democratic, and law-abiding state. The award will be presented
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The United States State Department issued the following comment by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in response to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech outlining ways in which he said Iran has lied about its nuclear program. A transcript follows: SECRETARY POMPEO — For many years, the Iranian regime has
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — In a unanimous vote at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Arthur Stark, Chairman of the Board of Friends of the IDF, was elected to serve as Chairman effective June 1, 2018, announced Nominating Committee Chairman Robert Sugarman and outgoing Chairman, Stephen M. Greenberg.
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Middle East, USA