By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Prayers answered,” tweeted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “All hostages are out alive and safe.” What a relief that pro-gun advocates routinely offer prayers whenever innocent people are threatened with or harmed by firearms. Abbott maintained the pattern as we worried what would become of the four hostages at Congregation […]
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Bruce Ticker, USA
By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) Following the Jan. 15 hostage situation at a Texas synagogue, Jewish organizations in the United States have reignited their push for Congress to double the funding of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), ensuring that more targeted nonprofit institutions such as synagogues get federal funding to invest in protection. While none
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – Dianne Lob, Chair, William Daroff, CEO, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chair, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, issued the following statement: “We are pleased by the United Nations General Assembly vote today to approve the historic resolution promoting Holocaust education and combating antisemitism at this critical
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International, USA
Published by Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Thursday arrested two men as part of an investigation into a hostage taking at a synagogue in Texas. “Two men have been arrested this morning in Birmingham and Manchester,” counter terrorism police said. The daylong siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, about 16
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USA
By Lizzie Rubin SAN DIEGO — As Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have stepped into parenthood, we’ve all gathered online to learn and laugh about the trials and tribulations of raising the next generation of Jews. Want to join the fun? See below for social media pages, and connect with other Jewish parents. Instagram
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Lifestyles
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — In his Guide for the Perplexed, book 3, chapter 51, in the easy to read translation by M. Friedlander, Maimonides (1138-1204) tells readers: “The present chapter does not contain any additional matter that has not been treated in the [previous] chapters of this treatise. It is
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Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion
This is an academic work, yet a very personal one for Bernice Lerner of Boston University’s Center for Character and Social Responsibility. The Jewish girl referred to in the subtitle was author Lerner’s mother, Rachel Genuth. Her Romanian hometown of Seghet was annexed by Hungary, then an ally of Nazi Germany. Teenaged Genuth and the town’s other Jews were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
For the Jewish angle on Willie O’Ree, click here. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation (S. 452) to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O’Ree of La Mesa, in recognition for his historic contributions to hockey, inclusion, and recreation, and education for young people. The bill
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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions
By Faygie Holt (JNS) Online restaurant reviews are the latest battleground for anti-Israel activists who have recently targeted a kosher eatery in New Jersey with a barrage of antisemitic comments, including claiming that the food was “stolen.” Located on what is referred to as a relatively small “kosher restaurant row” in Teaneck, N.J., Yalla is
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Travel and Food, USA
By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. In this week’s parasha, Yitro, one of the six portions termed for an individual, we discover the Ten Commandments, the Aseret HaDib’rot, being revealed to Moses and to the Israelites in the wilderness. We see from this pinnacle experience that the Torah can be learned anywhere, even in a wilderness,
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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell
Published by DPA Israeli police completed clearing out a group of houses in a contested Jerusalem neighbourhood on Wednesday, paving the way for a construction project that has been condemned by Palestinian groups as a land grab. The buildings, home to seven families, have been contested for years. They have also been the site of
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Middle East
(JNS) Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has won this year’s Genesis Prize, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced Wednesday morning. The prize, referred to as the “Jewish Nobel Prize” by Time magazine, will be presented on June 29 by Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a ceremony in Jerusalem. More than 200,000 people from 71 countries voted in
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Hershey Felder created another hit with Mozart and Figaro in Vienna, streamed January 9 from Florence, Italy. In this musical film, Felder portrayed Mozart’s librettist, the remarkable Emmanuele Conegliano, better known as Lorenzo Da Ponte, the name given him when his father converted the family from Judaism to
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
Their story starts off as a tale of conflict between two towns, one of which grows apples, and the other which raises honey bees. When the residents of Dvash stripped an apple tree in the town of Tapuchim, the first reaction of the adult residents of Tapuchin was to retaliate against Dvash. But a little girl suggested that before they do anything, they should seek the advice of their rabbi. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food