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Sarkozy’s security crackdown roils France, but Jews more circumspect
This Roma camp in Pantin, north of Paris, received an eviction notice at the end of July as part of the french presidents crackdown on illegal Gypsy shantytowns Devorah Lauter). This Roma camp in ...
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Both sides agree, Irvine verdict sends message to campus activists
A member of the Muslim Student Union disrupts a February 2010 speech by Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine. (StandWithUs) (JTA) — The misdemeanor convictions of 10 California college ...
Arizona Jewish Post2d
Mitzvah Magic seeks volunteers for gift basket program
Mitzvah Magic, a joint program of the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Women’s Philanthropy and Jewish Family & Children’s Services, is seeking new volunteers. “As a staple program for local ...
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JFSA NW center reaches out to young families
On Friday, Sept. 13, 12 children and their families joined Rabbi Batsheva Appel of Temple Emanu-El and PJ Library at the Ruth & Irving Olson Center for Jewish Life for the Northwest Family Shabbat ...
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That’s what friends are for: A broad-based pro-Israel coalition is the best antidote to the Mearsheimers and Sullivans
Like the radicals aboard the Mavi Marmara, critics of the “Israel Lobby” are leading American-Jewish organizations into a trap. And unlike the Israeli commandos who boarded the ship, Jewish leaders ...
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In opposing conversion bill, U.S. Jews practice hypocrisy and hurt Israel
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Shlomo Amar (Miriam Alster/Flash90) The media has reported the vehement opposition of the American Conservative and Reform movements and Jewish Federations of North ...
Arizona Jewish Post3d
Here’s how Jewish schools found creative ways to maintain community during COVID lockdown
As soon as it became clear in March that COVID-19 would force school closures around the country, Jewish day school administrators faced a conundrum that went beyond the question of how to continue ...
Arizona Jewish Post3d
Furious Schumer rejects Trump’s personal criticism after NYC terror attack
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. accused President Donald Trump of “politicizing” the deadly attack in New York after Trump blamed Schumer for the immigration program that purportedly ...
Arizona Jewish Post3d
Brisket Tacos Recipe with Pickled Red Onions
(The Nosher via JTA) — “Leftover brisket” is something of an oxymoron, since traditional braised Ashkenazi brisket is usually the first thing to run out on most dinner tables. But at my little table ...
Arizona Jewish Post3d
In Manuel Valls, French Jews get a presidential candidate they can trust
PARIS (JTA) — Although his country is entering one of the most dramatic election campaigns in recent memory, Isy Morgensztern had no intention of exercising his right to vote. A left-wing Ashkenazi ...
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For ‘Jewish Valentine’s Day,’ meet 5 couples who found love on Israel trips
(JTA) — In the two-part finale of the third season of “Broad City,” the show’s main characters, Abbi and Ilana, embark on a “Birthmark” trip — a thinly veiled allusion to the famed Birthright Israel ...
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PunkTorah announces fundraising launch of OneShul, the first completely online synagogue
ATLANTA — PunkTorah has announced the fundraising launch for OneShul.org, the world’s first web-based, community ran synagogue. OneShul was inspired by group of PunkTorah volunteers who began meeting ...