Daily Archives: June 19, 2017
Prof. Jack Jacobs discusses “Jews and the Left”
JEWS AND THE LEFT RECONSIDERED
Thursday, June 22 | 7:00pm
Admission: Free
Lecture and Book Launch
In the last decades of the 19th century, and the first decades of the 20th, Jews held highly visible positions in a...
A rabbi, a reverend and an imam have a plan for peace in middle...
When most people think of Omaha, they imagine sizzling steaks, billionaire Warren Buffet or even former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning calling out before the snap. (Remember "Omaha-Omaha"?).
But if a group of clergymen have their...
Chilean Jews concerned over ‘imported’ Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A series of recent events in Chile have caused heightened tensions between the Jewish and Palestinian communities there, with the leader of the Jewish community warning that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being imported into...
Greek-Jews in Karditsa unveil monument to thank village that hid them from Nazis in...
Greek-Jews thanked the residents of the village of Amarantos in Karditsa on Sunday who protected them or their relatives from the Nazis during World War II, during the unveiling of a monument of “eternal...
Uzbekistan: A taste of the Silk Road
In Samarkand, the very name as mysterious and magical as the legends it evokes, I am surrounded by blue. From the twinkling peacock colour of the domes to the azure tiles and the turquoise...
Mexican envoy who walked out on anti-Israel UNESCO debate honored
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has honored former Mexican ambassador to UNESCO Andrés Roemer for his “tireless work in defense of human rights,” at a ceremony in Mexico City.
Roemer was fired in October 2016, after...
New Palestinian Attempt at UNESCO to Claim Hebron and the Patriarch’s Tomb as a...
From recent media reports, it is evident that the Palestinian campaign to delegitimize Israel, falsely adjust history, and abuse the international community by manipulating a respected international specialized agency is proceeding at an...
The need for tolerance in Judaism
I am returning to last week’s subject of homosexuality in Judaism and the personal attacks on Rabbi Joseph Dweck, because the ramifications are still very troubling.
The illogical, political and personal attacks on Rabbi Dweck...
Malpes Mit Tzeklapte Kep (Monkeys and head injuries), song based on “Five Little Monkeys...
A beautiful children’s song performed in Yiddish by Bobe Adina.
Monkeys and head injuries - Based on the famed rhythmic poem ' 5 little monkey's jumping on the bed... ', it makes for an arithmetical...
El orno de pan
Una mujer entro onde su vizina para amasar pan, i tenia tres dukados atados a su peshkir. Los tomo i los puzo sovre la savana, ke sovre eya uzavan amasar el pan. I se...