Daily Archives: January 8, 2018
Yiddish on the Main: Sheila Witt loves the language too much to stop teaching
After singing a Yiddish lullaby familiar to generations of Jewish children, Sheila Witt looked out onto the Main and reminded her students that there is no better place in Montreal to learn the language.
“Out...
Poll: Muslims to overtake Jews as 2nd largest religion in U.S. by 2040
A new poll released on January 3rd by the Pew Research Center found that Muslims will soon overtake Jews as the second-largest religious group in the United States, after Christians.
Pew estimated that there are...
Florida Jews to go to Guatemala to give thanks for Jerusalem embassy stance
Two Florida congregations are planning a joint “mission of gratitude” to Guatemala later this month to thank the Central American country for its declared intention to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv...
The 10 Best Jewish Jokes in ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, has gifted us with the Jewish feminist show we need right now. The protagonist is Miriam (Midge) Maisel, a 26-year-old Jewish housewife living on the Upper West Side...
Marvelous Mrs Maisel triumphs at Golden Globes
A comedy about a 1950s Jewish housewife in New York has won Best Television Series at the 2018 Golden Globe awards.
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel was honoured at Sunday’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly...
Kissinger describes atmosphere within the Trump White House as a war between Jews and...
Henry Kissinger described the relationship between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump’s Jewish family members as a “war between the Jews and the non-Jews”.
The former Secretary of State to presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford...
UNICEF using biased information to blacklist Israel military, critics say
EXCLUSIVE – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is being accused of allowing biased information, supplied by radical anti-Israeli groups, to include Israel’s military in a report by the U.N. secretary-general on children and armed...
‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis
“I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 by three...
Yiddish Classes for Everybody at JCC San Diego
We are pleased to announce that, starting in mid-January, YAAANA will offer a Tuesday class series exploring Yiddish language and culture through literature, music, theater, and film! The class is suitable for people of...
La « Journée du Fatah » à l’université de Bir Zeit : des jeunes activistes portent...
Dans le contexte des tensions avec les Etats-Unis suite à la déclaration par le président Trump de la reconnaissance de Jérusalem comme capitale d’Israël, le mouvement du Fatah – tant ses dirigeants que ses...