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Mexican Jews welcome Netanyahu — Despite backing for Trump’s wall
Mexico’s Jewish community was caught in the cross-hairs this January when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the idea of the United States building a border wall along its southern frontier. But eight months...
Hurricane relief fund
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Jewish Federation quickly opened an emergency fund to support the Houston community and others devastated by the storm. Then Hurricane Irma hit, leaving a path of destruction...
Este es mi Dio
El kommentator de la Biblia Espaniola i del Talmud ke era “El Ramban o Nahmanides” se topo en perplexo delantre tantos mandamientos assosiados kon la kommemorasion del Exodo de Ejipto. Aparte de komer Matsah...
From Kidnapped Yemenite Children to renewed Yemenite Village In Jerusalem
Knesset Member Nurit Koren (Likud) is most famous for her efforts to expose the truth regarding the kidnapped Yemenite children in the early 1950s, but two weeks ago she had a chance to see...
Akron High Arts Festival 2017 opens Sept. 15, adds music and film
Starting next Friday, Akronites will have 23 days to check out and vote on visual art, music and film, as venues around the downtown showcase artists' entries during the High Arts Festival 2017.
Formerly known as...
2017 Mandel JCC Jewish FilmFest kicks off Thursday
The 11th annual Mandel Jewish Community Center FilmFest will run from Thursday, Sept. 7, to Sunday, Sept. 17. The international festival will feature 19 full-length features and five short films.
This year's films will have an...
Stanley Fischer, Fed’s No. 2 official, is stepping down
Stanley Fischer, the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, said Wednesday that he would resign in mid-October, an unexpected decision that gives President Trump greater leverage over central bank policy.
Mr. Fischer, 73, cited “personal...
SZMC’s program training the medical staff of Univerysity of Gondar Hospital in Ethiopia
As part of an ongoing program, Shaare Zedek recently welcomed two doctors from the University of Gondar Hospital in Ethiopia who have come to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for training.
For the past five years,...
Five Jewish refugees who changed the world /Watch
In honor of World Refugee Day, the WJC has launched a social media campaign dedicated to the millions of refugees displaced from their homes.
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All lives matter in Israel-Palestine conflict
Blaming Israel for everything is a convenient and lazy way out of accepting responsibility.
It is admirable for Marthie Momberg (“The plight of Palestine”, City Press, May 14, 2017) to conduct studies about how the...