Monthly Archives: July 2017
Communist Jews, communist youth league
In my family, we’ve lived without God for a hundred years. It’s had its ups and downs.
The family romance with Communism began with my great-grandfather Solomon. He was a gardener from Warsaw. In 1914...
FJCC welcomes multifaith couples
The Flemington Jewish Community Center (FJCC) has formed an Interfaith Committee in response to the multi-faith families that are a growing component of America’s Jewish community. The FJCC’s goal is to find ways to...
The Western Wall prayer controversy: separating fact from fiction
Before an Arab terror attack that killed two Israeli policemen ignited the latest wave of tension over the Temple Mount, much of the Jewish world’s attention had focused on an internal Jewish controversy surrounding...
Jews once fought — and died — for voting rights. Here’s why some are...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are about the closest American Jews have to secular saints. The two Jewish civil rights workers traveled south for the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964, joining the African-American...
Sunday Times editor apologizes to Jewish leader over ‘antisemitic’ article
The editor of The Sunday Times, Martin Ivens, apologized to a British Jewish community leader in a phone call after an opinion column sparked accusations of antisemitism and a horrified backlash from readers.
The column by...
California imam apologizes to Jewish community for ‘hurtful’ sermon
A California imam has apologized to the Jewish community for giving a “hurtful” sermon that many interpreted as anti-Semitic.
“To the Jewish community here in Davis and beyond, I say this deeply: I am deeply...
Hungary emissary presents Netanyahu with translated Talmud
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
Last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met the heads of Hungary’s...
Western Wall must not become symbol of Jewish divisiveness, says Rivlin
The Western Wall, the only remnant of the holy sanctuary on the Temple Mount, cannot be permitted to become a symbol of Jewish divisiveness, President Reuven Rivlin declared on Monday.
Rivlin addressed an audience of...
El kamino de los djustos
Deskalsos pizaremos
esta tierra santa
no asemeja este kamino
a los otros
Aki es el santuario
de los Djustos
de todas las nasiones del mundo
Aki es el santuario
de la derechedad
de la verdad
de la djustisia
Kada arvol simboliza
el koraje
la ermandad
la esperansa
Aki no...
Situation alarmante en Turquie après l’attaque d’une Synagogue
Après la manifestation menée par des ultra-nationalistes turcs jeudi dernier devant la Synagogue Neve Shalom, une deuxième protestation s'est organisée devant la Synagogue Ahrida.
Publié dans Ynet le 30 juillet 2017
As Jews come under attack in Turkey over...