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Hackers threaten April 7 assault on Jewish websites

April 2, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)–International hackers are setting their sights on Jewish and Israeli targets as part of what has become an annual anti-Israel cyber-attack campaign. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which is tracking cyber campaigns against Jewish and Israeli targets around the world, issued a security advisory this week to Jewish institutions in the U.S. about […]

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Netanyahu sells Israel’s hametz

April 2, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon, April 2, participated in the ceremony to sell the State of Israel’s hametz, by virtue of his serving as Finance Minister. Chief Rabbis David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef, and Abu Ghosh resident Hussein Jabar, who purchased the country’s hametz, also attended the ceremony. Prime Minister

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Le Pen stands by his Holocaust comments

April 2, 2015

PARIS (WJC) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-right French National Front and father of its current leader Marine Le Pen, maintains his 1987 remarks calling the Nazis’ gas chambers “a detail in the history of World War II.” Le Pen, who is still honorary FN leader and a key figure in the

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International, Jewish History

Hidden children of Shoah tour Israel

April 2, 2015

JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Thirty Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust as children recently traveled from Kraków, Poland, to Israel for a special week-long visit to the Jewish state organized by Shavei Israel and funded by money raised from the inaugural Ride of the Living that was supported by members of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Passover recalls time when Jews were powerless

April 2, 2015

By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — Passover is my favorite holiday. Every year, we slow down, step back and commemorate what, in my opinion, is one of the greatest gifts the Jewish people have given to the world: the story of Exodus from Egypt, the ultimate narrative of hope, liberation, and possibility. This story, our

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Nazi looted Pissarro painting to be returned to owner

April 2, 2015

BERLIN (WJC)–The German government said Wednesday that a Camille Pissarro painting from the trove hoarded by the late collector Cornelius Gurlitt had been looted by the Nazis and would be returned to its rightful owner’s descendants. The taskforce entrusted with checking the provenance of the 1,500 works left by Gurlitt, who died in May 2014,

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International, Jewish History

Pre- Passover fete draws 550 in India

April 1, 2015

CHURACHANDPUR, Manipur, India (Press Release) – More than 550 members of the Bnei Menashe community from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur participated in a massive pre-Passover “Model Seder” Tuesday night, March 31, at the Shavei Israel Hebrew Center in Churachandpur to mark the upcoming holiday and learn about Passover practices and customs. The Bnei

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International, Jewish Religion

World needs the moral messages of Passover, Easter

April 1, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — A bittersweet irony it is that the freedom festival of Passover arrives on the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and one day before the rebirth of hope—Easter Sunday. We go to our April festivals this year with a thousand cuts on our soul—from

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

New Haggadah published by Open Orthodox movement

April 1, 2015

The Lieberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. Gefen Publisher Jerusalem & New York, 2015. 178pp By David Strom SAN DIEGO —The Lieberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld is a very welcome addition to the many different types of haggadahs that exists today. This is an Orthodox traditional haggadah, but with a twist.

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Jewish Religion

Passover wishes from Burma

April 1, 2015

Passover is a time to spend time with those we care most about and give thanks for the lives we have been allowed to live. Passover has always been a time that I reflect not only upon our people’s release from slavery, but also on those that are forced to live under repressive conditions today

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International, Jewish Religion

Stephen Greenberg urged for Conference presidency

April 1, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The 2015 Nominating Committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has recommended Stephen Greenberg, Chairman of NCSEJ – National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry– to serve as Chairman beginning June 1, 2015. Mr. Greenberg has a long history of Jewish communal involvement. Early on, he served as National

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Jewish Religion, USA

San Diego to remember Holocaust April 19

April 1, 2015

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family

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Jewish History, San Diego Calendar

Leon Bass, liberator

March 31, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the loss of Dr. Leon Bass, a true American hero who turned his personal and life-altering experience as a soldier during World War II into an opportunity to educate and inspire action in others. Dr. Bass, who lived outside Philadelphia, died on March 28 at the age

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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, USA

Pesach song explores seven symbolic foods

March 31, 2015

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As the calendar marches to Passover, we received today (March 31) from friends Abe and Bea Goldberg this YouTube video contemplating each of seven symbols of the holiday: Matzah, Four Cups of Wine, Charoseth, Maror, Karpas, Salt Water, and Roasted Egg. Wishing all of our readers a Hag

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Jewish Religion

Hackers threaten April 7 assault on Jewish websites

Netanyahu sells Israel’s hametz

Le Pen stands by his Holocaust comments

Hidden children of Shoah tour Israel

Passover recalls time when Jews were powerless

Nazi looted Pissarro painting to be returned to owner

Pre- Passover fete draws 550 in India

World needs the moral messages of Passover, Easter

New Haggadah published by Open Orthodox movement

Passover wishes from Burma

Stephen Greenberg urged for Conference presidency

San Diego to remember Holocaust April 19

Leon Bass, liberator

Pesach song explores seven symbolic foods

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