Daily Archives: January 29, 2018
Germany is now the third largest funder of UNRWA
Germany is now the third largest funder of UNRWA, whose schools now indoctrinates every UNRWA student to liberate all of Palestine in the name of the so-called “right of return”, a code word for...
Israeli Survivors Respond to Polish Legislation: ‘No Law Can Wipe Out the Memory of...
Israeli Holocaust survivors from Poland expressed outrage on Sunday over the passage of Polish legislation that seeks to outlaw any mention of the country’s complicity in atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany against the Jews.
The controversial bill, which...
Scandal Erupts After Moscow University Doesn’t Allow Jewish Student to Wear Yarmulke
On Tuesday, January 23, a scandal broke out at Moscow State University, the oldest and most distinguished university in Russia. Professor Vyacheslav Babourin, head of the Department of Economic and Social Geography, refused to accept...
German Jewish swing star, camp survivor dies at 93
German Jewish guitarist Coco Schumann, who had a more than seven-decade-long career in swing and jazz music and survived several Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 93, his music label said Monday.
“Not only his...
Pope Francis: Indifference to Anti-Semitism Is ‘The Root of Death’
Speaking before participants in a conference on the responsibility of States, institutions and individuals in the struggle against anti-Semitism and crimes associated with anti-Semitic hatred, the pope underscored the wider complicity of a society that sometimes...
Ukrainian Jewish leaders challenge report on rising anti-Semitism
Ukraine has joined the unenviable list of countries that saw a dramatic increase in anti-Semitism in 2017, according to the annual report on anti-Semitism in the world, presented on Jan. 22 by Israel’s Diaspora...
Greece, Israel call for steps towards peace, security
Greek leaders and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who started a three-day visit to Greece on Monday, called for steps to promote peace and security in the wider region.
"We seek to restore peace in the...
Limmud NY explores difficult conversations and diverse choices
When Jenna Citron’s family moved from Manalapan to Florida, she found herself one of six Jews in a high school of 3,500 students. “I think that was the moment of my life when I...
Eritrea, Sudan, Israel and my personal conscience
The disgraceful attempt by President Trump to expel 200,000 legal Salvadoran residents from our country as well as Haitians and others from "s…hole" countries has received extensive media coverage. It warrants no additional comments...
When it comes to inclusion, there’s consensus in the Jewish community
Consensus-building can be difficult, as getting disparate groups to agree on a common goal does not come easily. When the organized Jewish community is part of the equation, the process can be laborious, and...