Daily Archives: September 21, 2017
How to help the victims of Mexico Earthquake 9/19/17
CIAM 24/7 Call center: 1-855-4636-395 (24 horas)
Update: Mexico Customs (SAT) has announced flexibilization regarding donations from abroad to support the victims of the Earthquake. These donations will be authorized without the need to pay neither...
Jerusalem hospital, Russian Jews team up to treat disabled children
Russian Jewish leaders and an Israeli social services agency are teaming up to address the growing plight of disabled Jewish children in Russia.
The Sept. 14 signing of a cooperation agreement between Shalva and the...
Ben Shapiro blasts Keith Ellison for comparing ‘Dreamers’ to Jews who were persecuted by...
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro went after Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Wednesday for the lawmaker’s recent comparison of the “Dreamer” illegal immigrants to Jews hiding from the Nazis during World War II.
What did Keith Ellison say exactly?
During...
Trump, daughter Ivanka extend warm wishes in time for Jewish new year
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday evening to extend his warm wishes to Jews in the US, Israel and all over the world in time for Rosh Hashana. "On behalf of all Americans,...
Georgetown University President: Swastika found on campus on opening of Jewish celebration
The president of Georgetown University is speaking out after several swastikas were found on campus over the past week.
In a letter sent to students, the president reports that the third offensive image was found...
What this rabbi learned about climate change from the Torah
In the past, when Shoshana Meira Friedman thought about climate change, she felt helpless.
Friedman: “I got more and more overwhelmed seeing how terrible the environmental crisis really was, and it was actually when I...
How to help the victims of Mexico Earthquake
CIAM 24/7 Call center: 1-855-4636-395 (24 horas)
Update: Mexico Customs (SAT) has announced flexibilization regarding donations from abroad to support the victims of the Earthquake. These donations will be authorized without the need to pay neither...
Facebook is sending Jewish New Year messages to people who aren’t Jewish
As much as Facebook ostensibly wants to be your friend, it mostly just wants to be a growing, massive data cache of your life, filled with loads of information about you—some true, some false.
The...
Macy’s Taps former Yeshiva student for exclusive new line
As a boy, Kobi Halperin didn’t know what he wanted to do when he grew up, but he was pretty sure he wouldn’t end up devoting his life to Torah study. Hunched over his...
Rosh Hashanah Greetings, Yiddish-Style
We no longer send many Rosh Hashanah greeting cards to each other. Once, in the days leading up to the holiday, the mailboxes were clogged with them. Now, if we send them at all—and...