Daily Archives: January 24, 2020
World Zionist Congress elections presents ‘rare opportunity’ to strengthen global Jewish community
Jews in the United States are voting online for slates that represent diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions vying for a seat in the 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC), set to convene in October 2020 in...
Germany returns Nazi-looted art to descendants of French Jewish collector
The German government on Wednesday returned three works of art stolen from a Jewish lawyer and collector during the Nazi occupation of France to descendants of their original owner, reported France 24.
The two paintings—Dame en...
UCLA to host its first-ever American Jewish Music Festival
UCLA will host its first American Jewish Music Festival on March 1 under the banner “Music Crossing Boundaries.”
The all-day event is funded by the Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music at the UCLA...
There are tools for fighting the anti-Semites
A time span of 70 years or so: For my father it was Passover, for Nicholas Bogan, it is Rosh Hashanah.
A few years after my father served in the army during World War II,...
Time to end states’ bias against funding of religious schools
The majority of American Jews who identify as politically liberal and are largely secular may not think they have much in common with the parents who send their children to the Stillwater Christian School...
A Polish-Russian row over commemoration of the Holocaust
A profound and bitter battle between Israel and Poland has been brought to crisis point by the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, which is being commemorated by world leaders this week at...
Senior Saudi religious leader leads Muslim delegation on visit to Auschwitz
A senior Saudi religious leader led a delegation of Muslim leaders on a visit of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on Thursday timed to the 75th anniversary of its liberation.
Sheikh Mohammed al-Issa,...
Anti-Semitic hate crimes in LA increased by 60 percent
Reported anti-Semitic hate crimes in Los Angeles increased by a little more than 60 percent between 2018 and 2019—the highest total for hate crimes on the basis of religion, according to data released on Wednesday by...
Buttigieg pledges to allocate $1 billion to combat anti-Semitism, violent extremism
Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has pledged that, if elected president, his administration would allocate $1 billion to combat anti-Semitism and violent extremism.
The Democratic candidate told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that his “administration will devote $1 billion to...
Netanyahu, Gantz to visit White House amid reports of Trump revealing Mideast peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party and opposition leader Benny Gantz are scheduled to visit the White House next week for a development on the highly anticipated Mideast peace plan,...