Daily Archives: January 20, 2018
Italian who survived Auschwitz as a child given top honor
A Jewish woman who was one of the few Italian children to survive deportation to a Nazi death camp has been made a senator-for-life in Italy.
President Sergio Mattarella's office said Friday that he chose...
Montreal athletes encouraged to try out for first Maccabi International Youth Games
Athletic Montreal Jewish teens are being encouraged to try out for the first Maccabi International Youth Games taking place in Israel from July 22-Aug. 1.
Daniel Smajovits, Quebec co-chair of Maccabi Canada, is spreading the...
Men’s soccer’s Cuperman selected to Jewish Sports Review All-America First Team
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Averett University junior David Cuperman named to the 2017 Jewish Sports Review Men's Soccer All-America First Team for Division II and III, the publication announced in its January/February issue.
Cuperman, a...
In Search of Justice in France
In one of his, essays Henry James remarked that "ife is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong ... goodness very apt to be weak." Recognizing that this is not illusion, it is heartening that...
Sundance film festival debuts dark tale of Jewish triplets split at birth
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) — If it were a conspiracy thriller it would be dismissed as far-fetched, but Tim Wardell’s astonishing story of Jewish triplets separated at birth and reunited by pure chance is...
Chelsea Football Club Joins World Jewish Congress #WeRemember Campaign to Combat anti-Semitism
NEW YORK – The Chelsea Football Club on Thursday joined the World Jewish Congress’ #WeRemember campaign, as part of its own long-term educational initiative to raise awareness of the persisting phenomenon of anti-Semitism in...
Israeli embassy to collect stories of Kazakh citizens who helped Jews
The Israeli embassy in Kazakhstan recently launched the Alghys (Gratitude) project, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Independence of Israel and the Day of Gratitude in Kazakhstan. The aim of the initiative is to...
The Competition That Humans Are Creating For Themselves
There have been a lot of articles in the media lately about the achievements of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In particular, about all the human champions of different kinds of games that AI is beating. ...