US jewish groups condemn Trump’s withdrawal from Paris agreement
Jewish groups joined Israeli environmentalists in slamming President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Soon after the decision was made, Director of the Religious...
Israel, jewish group provide emergency aid to flood-stricken Sri Lanka
The American Jewish Joint Distribution is providing emergency aid to victims of the devastating flooding and mudslides that killed hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands more in Sri Lanka this week.
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Al Jazeera tweets antisemitic meme
The following was tweeted from the Al Jizz English Twitter account – before being summarily deleted after the ensuing uproar.
.@AJEnglish appears to have taken down a heinously anti-Semitic tweet about climate change denial.
Cuz deleting...
Trump’s goals for peace in the Middle East
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Former Israeli ambassador to Japan wants Japan to oversee peace in the Middle East
The Founding Father of Israel awakened to Zionism while in Japan
The Japanese and Jews...
The moment that changed everything, captured on film
During the 1967 Six-Day War, against all odds, Israel fought for her life on all borders with Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Not only did the fledgling Jewish state survive the onslaught, but it also...
Lowey, holocaust survivor honored by Jewish identity group
Holocaust survivor Roman Kent, who has been a leading voice for the rights of Holocaust survivors, was honored last month in Westchester by an organization that promotes Jewish identity and education among young Jews...
Torah rescued during Kristallnacht read during Jewish holiday
A boy salvaged a Torah from a burn pile almost 80 years ago.
Now, the scroll is touring Jewish communities around the world, including Lynnwood.
In November 1938, synagogues in Germany were set ablaze and thousands...
‘You’re just there, trapped’: why one mexican woman decided to ‘self-deport,’ long before Trump
Any time a cop passed her on the road, she began shaking. When police set up checkpoints in her neighborhood, her phone buzzed with warning text messages.
She worried about getting carded at bars. Boarding...
Israeli life-changing technology – Orcam
This incredible Israeli invention is changing the lives of those who are blind and visually impaired. The OrCam, a small discreet camera that attaches to glasses, uses groundbreaking technology to help the visually impaired...
AMIA bombing investigator Alberto Nisman was murdered, new official argentine report concludes
A forthcoming report from one of Argentina’s top security agencies will confirm that Alberto Nisman — the special prosecutor who investigated the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, in...