Daily Archives: November 10, 2017
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...
Keep nonprofits out of politics, Jewish groups urge Congress
A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, which is scheduled to discuss in the coming days comprehensive...
New Film “1945” Explores Post-Holocaust Hungary and Local Collaboration Against the Jews
A new Hungarian film depicting the post-WWII attitude toward Jews in the country premiered last week in New York.
The movie, “1945,” is set one year after the Jewish population of a small Hungarian village was deported...
“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...
Menorah stolen from Penn State Jewish center, recovered damaged
Administrators of the Chabad of Penn State, which serves the community’s Jewish population, reported the theft and subsequent damage of the large menorah that stands in front of the East Waring Avenue house.
The menorah...
Germans reminded to never forget at Kristallnacht events
On Thursday, November 9, Germans reflected on Kristallnacht, the 1938 pogrom against Jews that preceded the Holocaust, leaving more than 90 people dead, and reducing residences, synagogues and businesses to piles of ash and broken glass. Politicians across...
Turkish Jews open doors to confront antisemitism
Turkey’s small Jewish community got a rare chance to showcase its culture in Istanbul on Sunday during the European Days of Jewish Culture event.
“Our target is non-Jews who want to know more about us,”...
Why Communism sucked
I grew up in a home that was filled with books.
My favorite book was one that belonged to my mother — about the Russian revolution, the one hundredth anniversary of which we mark this week.
When I...
En direct sur Facebook, un combattant francophone en Syrie appelle les musulmans à rejoindre...
Le 29 octobre 2017, un combattant djihadiste francophone en Syrie a mis en ligne sur son compte Facebook un discours en direct. La vidéo de 3 minutes montre le combattant, affecté à ce qui...