Published by Al-Araby A US coalition of Muslim organisations has issued an appeal for President Joe Biden to institute a new role to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which they fear is on the rise around the globe. The US Council of Muslim Organisations (USCMO), an umbrella organisation that unites over 80 Muslim groups, called for […]
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Published by New York Daily News LaKeith Stanfield apologized Friday for participating in an anti-Semitic social media conversation. Stanfield, 29, did not say anything anti-Semitic himself, but was a moderator of a Clubhouse room in which other people spewed Jewish hatred Wednesday night, The Daily Beast reported. “At some point during the dialogue the discussion
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It is unsurprising that even two years after his death, Walter Munk, who is known as the “Einstein of the Oceans” is continuing to make waves. [Donald H. Harrison]
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It’s hard to believe that Lilyville is a first book given its accessibility and universal appeal. This memoir of four-time Tony, two-time Emmy nominee, Tovah Feldshuh delights and delivers! Broadway performer, and television star, Feldshuh has produced an honest, loving tribute to her tour de force mother, Lily Feldshuh. [Eva Trieger]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
The Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego has compiled a vetted list of organizations providing aid and support to the victims of the growing Covid-19 crisis in India. [Jewish Community Foundation news release]
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US Vice President Kamala Harris and Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged Friday to cooperate on resolving the roots of the long-running and politically sensitive issue of illegal migration into the United States. Harris, speaking with Lopez Obrador in a virtual meeting, said they should work together on helping
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One day in 1992, I received a phone call from a man who was representing Norwegian Cruise Lines after he had seen me on television. He said one of their ships was about to sail from Miami for a trip around South America; he invited me to be a lecturer on the cruise. The position was unpaid, but the offer included a free cruise for me and my husband in a luxury cabin, the plane trip to and from Miami in business class, and all of our expenses on board would be taken care of. [Natasha Josefowitz]
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Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal, Jeff Mason and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. Biden voiced his support for a waiver – a
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Published by Reuters By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The United States has begun rolling out a new system to identify and admit the most vulnerable migrants at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to three people briefed on the matter. The new system, which started at
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Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills) and Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the Chair and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, announced Thursday the Caucus’ 2021 legislative priorities. Selected by the membership, the legislative package includes four Jewish Caucus Priority Bills, which address key Jewish community priorities, as well as a slate of nine Tikkun Olam Bills, which speak to core Jewish values, including tzedek (justice) and ve’ahavta lere’acha kamocha (loving the stranger as yourself). [California Legislative Jewish Caucus]
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Nearly four decades have rushed by since the day that Sheri L. Bernstein served as a high school docent at the San Diego Museum of Art, during which she learned all she could about one of the paintings on exhibit and recited to visitors what she knew. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Published by The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A white supremacist who killed three people at Jewish sites in Overland Park, Kansas, in 2014 has died in prison, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. F. Glenn Miller Jr., convicted of capital murder in 2015, died Monday at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The former leader of a US neo-Nazi group was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Tuesday for waging a campaign to intimidate journalists and racial and religious minorities. John Cameron Denton, 27, of Montgomery, Texas, was convicted of carrying out dozens of “swatting” attacks across the United States
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Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asked Congress on Tuesday to provide more funding for investigating and prosecuting domestic terrorism, saying it poses an “accelerating” threat that keeps him up at night. Garland, who had served as a federal appellate judge and federal prosecutor before President Joe Biden nominated him
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