Following the killings of six Asian Americans in Georgia, Rep. Andy Kim flew to Atlanta to meet with a community already traumatized by the uptick in hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic. “One question kept coming, which is, ‘What are you going to do about this?’” Kim, D-3rd Dist., said Tuesday. “That is the demand […]
On the eve of Yom HaZikaron, April 13, a day of remembrance for Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror, Masa Israel Journey hosted its annual Yom HaZikaron Ceremony. In accordance with safety regulations set by the State of Israel and Israel’s Ministry of Health, the program was held virtually on Facebook Live through Masa’ Facebook page. [Masa Israel news release]
San Diegans prominent in global Yom Hazikaron ceremony Read More »
International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USA
A modest historical marker of memory and honor was added on Tuesday, April 13 without ceremony, to the Holocaust Rescuer’s Wall in Golder’s Green, London. The marker recognizes a forgotten woman who saved thousands of lives in the early years of the Holocaust. [Jerry Klinger]
Plaque Emplaced Honoring Rescuer Marie Schmolka Read More »
International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History
A lawsuit filed in a San Diego Superior Court has significant implications for churches, synagogues, mosques and temples across the country. [Stephen D. Bryen]
Suit Against Chabad of Poway Should Caution All Religious Institutions Read More »
Jewish Religion, Stephen D. Bryen, USA
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced bipartisan legislation today to restore the rights of Holocaust-era insurance beneficiaries in recovering billions in unclaimed payments that were left behind amid the chaos and destruction of World War II. [News release from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz]
Bill Would Restore Holocaust Families’ Right to Sue Insurance Companies Read More »
Business & Finance, International, Jewish History, USA
Los Angeles (AFP) – Will Smith’s slavery drama “Emancipation” will no longer be filmed in Georgia after the southern US state approved a voting rights law that critics say is intended to depress turnout in Black and other underrepresented communities. Georgia has become a major US movie industry production hub in recent years, but the “Emancipation”
Will Smith slavery film ‘Emancipation’ ditches Georgia over voting law Read More »
USA
A large eruption at the La Soufrière volcano in the eastern Caribbean early Monday is sending a rapidly moving avalanche of hot rocks and volcanic ash down the mountain, raising fears that some communities could be destroyed. Satellite imagery show the eruption produced dangerous pyroclastic flows traveling faster than a river down the mountain in
‘It was indeed terrible.’ Officials in St. Vincent get look at volcano destruction Read More »
International
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran on Monday accused arch-foe Israel of sabotaging its key Natanz nuclear site and vowed revenge for an attack that appeared to be latest episode in a long-running covert war. Iran said the person who caused an electricity outage in one of the production halls at the underground uranium enrichment
Iran blames Israel for Natanz nuclear plant outage, vows revenge Read More »
Middle East
An American living in retirement in Jerusalem, Chaya Passow has been described by her friends as a “pollyanna,” one who tries to see the best in everything and everybody. So when the coronavirus pandemic confined many people to their homes – except to go out for necessities or approved errands – she unsurprisingly decided to “glean from this unprecedented experience any lessons for better understanding the human condition, for self-improvement, for a closer connection to Hashem and others.” [Donald H. Harrison]
‘Planet Corona’ Is Everyone’s Current Residence Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East
Which of the following is true about Prince Philip and his family?
Jewish Trivia Quiz: Prince Philip, R.I.P. Read More »
International, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
To tune of ‘Oklahoma’
Fil-li-bus-ter, to prevent DEM laws from being passed.
You can troll, any gun control, who minds flags flying at half-mast? … {Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]
Satire: Fillibuster, OK Read More »
Trivia, Humor & Satire
Where are we? In a political muddle. President Rivlin said that he had no choice but to give the first opportunity to Bibi, in order to form a government. [Ira Sharkansky, PhD]
Israel Coalition Possibilities a Muddle Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the premier of the state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow, on Sunday led a ceremony commemorating the victims of the Holocaust at the Buchenwald concentration camp. It was the task of democracy not to let the Nazi crimes be forgotten, Ramelow said during the ceremony commemorating 76 years since the camps
German politicians commemorate Holocaust victims at Buchenwald camp Read More »
International
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s defence minister pledged on Sunday to cooperate with the United States on Iran, voicing hope that Israeli security would be safeguarded under any renewed Iranian nuclear deal that Washington reaches. “Israel views the United States as a full partner across all operational theatres, not the least Iran,” Benny Gantz
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Middle East