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Jewish and other minority groups denounce California’s narrow focus on ‘people of color’ in...

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Several Jewish and other ethnic minority organizations are urging California’s leaders to reconsider narrowing the state’s proposed ethnic-studies curriculum, which focuses solely on “people of color” at the expense of other minority groups in...
Al Pacino starring in the Amazon Prime series “Hunters." Credit: IMDB.

Creator of Amazon series ‘Hunters’ defends show from Auschwitz Memorial criticism

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David Weil, creator and executive producer of the new Amazon Prime series “Hunters,” defended the show on Sunday following criticism by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial over its untrue depictions of the Holocaust. The drama,...

Lifelong friendship between college football players kicks off at Maryland

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In a 1961 game, Jerry Fishman, the only Jewish player on the University of Maryland (UMD) football team, told Darryl Hill, the first black player on the United States Naval Academy football squad, “I’m...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with other senior Israeli officials, toured Magen David Adom's national operations center on Feb. 27, 2020. Credit: Magen David Adom.

MDA operations heightened as first non-quarantined Israeli gets COVID-19

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 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Magen David Adom’s national operations center on Thursday along with other senior Israeli officials and ministers as the first Israeli outside of quarantine was diagnosed with COVID-19, the...

Le journaliste saoudien Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed : Macron a raison de lutter contre l’extrémisme...

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Introduction Le 18 février 2020, le président français Emmanuel Macron s’est rendu dans la ville de Mulhouse, riche d’une importante communauté musulmane et dans laquelle une grande mosquée est en construction, la mosquée Al-Nour,...
Christina Chaverria, program coordinator for education initiatives for the United States. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, leads a teacher training during the Conference of Holocaust Centers in 2018. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

How to teach the lessons of the Holocaust in the school classroom

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Imagine a teacher assigning a Holocaust-related project to a high school student in the United States, such as the creation of the “ideal concentration camp” or a Nazi cereal box. Or maybe the class...

We can all relate to Making God Laugh

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There’s an old Yiddish proverb: If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. We all make plans for our futures. Some work out, but many don’t. We’re encouraged to reach for...
A view of a parade float at the Carnival of Aalst in March 2019, featuring two Orthodox Jewish caricatures that were widely condemned as anti-Semitic. Source: Screenshot.

From Aalst to America: The post-modern, anti-Jewish reconfiguration of the West

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The annual parade in Aalst, Belgium, last Sunday turned into a carnival of monstrous Jew-hatred. Participants portrayed Jews as insects topped with fur shtreimel hats and peyot (sidelocks). Others were dressed in Nazi uniforms, among other vicious Jewish caricatures,...
Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern-day Zionism, leans over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois (Three King's Hotel/Hotel drei Könige) in Basel, Switzerland, possibly during the sixth Zionist conference there. Credit: The Bettman Archive.

Apathy towards the World Zionist Congress election is unacceptable

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The State of Israel came into being because of the World Zionist Congress. This is where Theodor Herzl made his mark and major contribution. The first Zionist Congress, which he chaired, was held in...
Two Brooklyn College students kneeling during a rendition of Israel's national anthem at a match against Yeshiva University on Feb. 23, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

YU president slams decision by Brooklyn College athletes to kneel during Israeli anthem

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Yeshiva University president Ari Berman slammed the “disrespectful” decision by two Brooklyn College volleyball players to kneel during the playing of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s national anthem, at a recent match hosted by the university. “It is...