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Sorry, Rabbis: Gay Men can’t be happy with women
As some in the Sephardi world stand in an uproar as one rabbi opens a dialog around homosexuality, I am grief stricken. Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Chief Rabbi of the Spanish Portuguese community in London,...
Trump won’t alter status of current Dreamers
President Donald Trump's administration has issued its most explicit promise to date that so-called Dreamers can keep their permission to work legally in the U.S.
"No work permits will be terminated prior to their current...
Lest we forget
The Museum of Fine Arts presented “Memory Unearthed: Music from the Lodz Ghetto” Sunday in conjunction with the stunning exhibition of photographs by Henryk Ross. Confined to the Lodz Ghetto during World War II,...
This 136-year-old Jewish agency for refugees has a new mission in the Trump era:...
On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump made Mark Hetfield’s job impossible.
Hetfield is the president and CEO of HIAS, an organization that resettles refugees in the United States. A week into his presidency, Trump issued...
World jewish congress urges US government to deport former Nazi guard living in New...
The World Jewish Congress, North America has called on the United States government to deport an accused Nazi war criminal living in New York City.
Jakiw Palij, 92, is alleged to have guarded the Trawinki...
Top american jewish leader: Time has come to stop making excuses for Abbas on...
The time has come to stop making excuses for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the issue of incitement, a top American Jewish leader told The Algemeiner this week.
Malcolm Hoenlein — the executive vice chairman...
Jewish leader forced to step down after saying same-sex love is ‘fantastic’ for society
A prominent religious leader who said homosexuality becoming more accepted was “a fantastic development for humanity” has stepped down after facing fierce criticism.
Rabbi Joseph Dweck, the head of the Sephardi movement – one of...
International Jewish athletes ‘return’ to Jerusalem for 20th Maccabiah Games
During the 20th Maccabiah Games next month, about 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries will descend upon the Holy Land to join 2,500 Israeli athletes in the Olympic-style competition.
Held every four years, the Jewish...
Israel-India diplomatic relations celebrated
American Jews and Indian Americans from South Florida recently joined together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and India at the Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables.
This reception marking the 25th...
“Di shisl un dos tepl” (The Platter and the Pot), song based on...
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
The Platter and the Pot - Both kitchen objects quarrel all the time to try to suggest who is the better one or the more...