Educators Answer Anti-Semitism
The Atlanta Initiative Against Anti-Semitism gathered more than 200 educators, administrators, parents and other community leaders Wednesday, Nov. 8, to respond to signs of increasing bullying and other anti-Jewish actions in public and private...
Popular Jewish Food Festival returns this weekend
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It is an event many in the Coastal Bend look forward to every year, and why not? The combination of food, music and entertainment make the annual Jewish Food Festival, presented by Congregation Beth...
“If you are Jewish, you are welcome”
During the Israeli-American Council (IAC) fourth annual National Conference prminent leaders from the Israeli, Israeli-American and Jewish American community explored the path to create a unified Jewish community that transcends national borders.
One of the...
Hillel director listed among 50 most influential American Jews
Rabbi Yonah Schiller, executive director of Tulane Hillel, received a mysterious email from a colleague wishing him congratulations last Friday, before the Jewish holiday of Shabbat began. Unable to use the Internet or electronics during the...
Learning to Live Together – La Ciudad de las Ideas 2017: Beyond X
At the occasion of World Philosophy Day 2017, UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme will also associate itself with the 2017 Ciudad de las Ideas, organized by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Andrés Roemer, in...
School Notes: Committee recommends schools remain closed on Jewish holidays, Fair Day
Unlike several other Maryland counties, Frederick County Public Schools is unlikely to consider opening schools on two major Jewish holidays.
Both options scheduled to be presented Wednesday to the Frederick County Board of Education keep...
Book to place history of Kansas Jews in regional context
LAWRENCE — The history of Midwest Jews is an area ripe for scholarship, and the University of Kansas is well-placed to be a center of such study, according to a researcher who has begun...
Rutgers Hillel hopes new art gallery will strengthen students’ Jewish identities
Peter Moshe Shamah bemoans the lack of ties between young Jews and the arts. “The modern Jewish experience is just not as attuned to the arts as it used to be,” said Shamah, who...
Santa Rosa synagogue becomes hub for Jewish aid, shelter for bereft evacuees
The devastating wildfires in Napa and Sonoma counties this week have caused death, injuries and destruction for miles around — but they have also brought out the best in people wanting to lend a...
Holocaust Survivors Get Gift of Good Hearing
Eighteen Holocaust survivors from Atlanta recently received free hearing aids, thanks to an initiative by Peachtree Hearing and Jewish Family & Career Services.
Two years ago audiologist Melissa Wikoff of Peachtree Hearing in East Cobb heard about a...