Blowing the Whistle on FIFA’s Systemic Antisemitism

By Jordan Cope (JNS) The FIFA World Cup in Qatar has arguably become the most controversial to date, raising widespread indignation over myriad issues concerning its host, including Qatar’s decision to ban beer from stadiums and its mistreatment of the press, the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers, 6,500 of whom have died since Qatar was […]

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Sports & Competitions

Making Cards for Jewish Holidays — Hanukkah Cards a la Carte

By Oliver B. Pollak, Ph.D. RICHMOND, California — Hanukkah is virtually here. You have no cards. Oy vey. Think creatively. Repurpose and recycle those New Year and Passover greeting cards you got as donation inducements from the myriad of worthy Jewish charities. Hanukkah is after all a holiday when you make do with what you

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Jewish Religion, Oliver Pollak

Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBTQ Club, New York Appeals Court Rules

Published by Reuters By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A New York appeals court on Thursday ruled that Yeshiva University must formally recognize an LGBTQ student group, rejecting the Jewish school’s claims that doing so would violate its religious rights and values. The ruling by the Appellate Division in Manhattan marked the latest setback for the

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Stanford Fields New Questions About Internship Program Named for Nazi War Criminal

Published by The Mercury News New attention shined on a decades old program at Stanford University this week, when a political writer raised questions about an internship named for a long-dead industrialist who used slave labor to support the Nazi regime and was convicted of war crimes. The Krupp Internship Program at Stanford University allows

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California

Postwar Encounters with the Holocaust

My friend Susan Ferraro, who lives in a rural part of Northern California. tells me that since about the age of 7, she had fantasized about becoming a Jew. It started, she said, when she read Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. As children often do, she imagined herself invulnerable; death being something that unfortunately happened to other people. If she had been born Jewish, and living at that time, she could have prevented those Nazis from hurting Anne and her family and those hidden with them in the secret annex. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Holocaust, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Sesame Place San Diego to Host Hanukkah Celebration with Menorah Lighting, Storytime, Games, Kosher Food

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Sesame Place San Diego, the only theme park on the West Coast based entirely on the award-winning show Sesame Street, is hosting a Hanukkah Celebration on Monday, December 19. The holiday daytime fun includes a menorah candle lighting ceremony led by local Rabbi Daniel Reich, a festive dance party with

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

To Save a Species, Persian Leopard Moves to Israel

(JNS) After arriving from France, 2-year-old Mademoiselle is acclimating to her new home before meeting her planned mate, Coresh. Staff at the Ramat Gan Safari, near Tel Aviv, had asked the public for suggestions for a name for the 2-year-old Persian leopard. She was previously in the Beauval Zoo in France’s Loire Valley, Ynet reported.

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Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Office of Civil Rights Opens Investigation Into UC Berkeley Law for Anti-Zionism

(JNS) The Office of Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education (OCR) has launched a formal investigation into UC Berkeley Law School over a controversial anti-Zionist bylaw adopted by some of its student groups in August. The investigation comes in response to a Nov. 18 complaint filed by Gabriel Groisman, a Florida-based attorney and

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California, Israel, USA

‘Death To The Nazis’: Vladimir Putin’s Troops Scrawl Propaganda In Ukraine As War Approaches 10-Month Mark

Published by Radar Online Vladimir Putin’s troops were caught scrawling propaganda echoing the Russian leader’s false claims he is freeing Ukraine from Nazis, RadarOnline.com has learned. The shocking development was found this week when a Ukrainian satellite recorded images left behind by Putin’s forces in a recently liberated air base. “Death to the Nazis” read

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International

Daily Life, Obituaries and Last Rites in the Age of COVID

By Oliver B. Pollak, Ph.D. RICHMOND, California — COVID has changed how we mourn. Attending funerals in temples, synagogues, and decamping to the cemetery were often followed by a meal of consolation and sitting shiva. Out of town family labored to attend. Minyan and yahrzeit mark the calendar. COVID made zooming and streaming funerals commonplace

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Lifestyles, Oliver Pollak

Outreach or ‘Pod Squads?’ Breaking Down Bias on the Left and the Right

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Top federal officials and Jewish leaders spoke to each other, and together they spoke to the public at large, the public that reads newspapers, watches television news programs and listens to those who run our government. But they did not speak to the people that count. This is the

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA