Young Adult Novel Deals With Miscegenation, Dysgraphia, Antisemitism

This is a story for Young Adults set in the turbulent 1960s, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states via its decision in Loving v. Virginia.   Leah, a recent high school graduate, has fallen in love with Raj, whose family immigrated from India.  Raj, a business major at New York University, faces the same problem that the Jewish Leah does; his parents want him to marry within his own religion, which is Hindu. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Iranian Americans Motivated to Build New Bridges with Israelis

By Karmel Melamed (JNS) After a visit to Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in late July, Khosrow Beitollahi, a former Iranian air force pilot and activist against Iran’s current regime, said he was devastated to learn of the magnitude of the Nazi genocide also but inspired by the spirit of the Jewish people to rebuild

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Middle East, USA

Israeli Navy, US Navy’s Fifth Fleet Hold ‘Historic’ Exercise in Red Sea

(JNS) The Israeli Navy and the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet held a joint exercise for the first time on Tuesday in the Red Sea, in an event the IDF Spokesperson described as “historic.” “During the exercise, the two navies practiced a variety of scenarios including defense and rescue operations,” the IDF said. “The exercise saw

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Middle East, USA

RFK Assassin Calls Himself a ‘Peacemaker,’ But Does He Deserve Parole?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — During his 1968 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy proposed sending 50 military planes to Israel. Two decades later, Sirhan B. Sirhan revealed that RFK’s support of Israel motivated him to fatally shoot RFK in the pantry of a Los Angeles hotel on June 5, 1968. Five months from now,

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Gene Simmons Tests Positive For COVID-19, KISS Tour Dates Postponed

Published by Radar Online Gene Simmons has tested positive for COVID-19. According to TMZ, KISS announced Tuesday that the band is choosing to postpone their next 4 tour dates as Simmons recovers. The band and rest of the crew will reportedly remain at home and isolate for the next 10 days. “Doctors have indicated the

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‘Western States Jewish History’ Now Semi-Annual and Peer-Reviewed

After a year’s absence, Western States Jewish History, a half-century-old journal, has made its reappearance in a new format.  No longer a quarterly, the journal will be published semi-annually by Texas Tech University Press, under the editorship of Jonathan L. Friedmann, professor of Jewish Music History at the Academy for Jewish Religion-California in Los Angeles. [Donald H. Harrison]

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