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Daily Archives: October 27, 2021

A student writes “Hello, First Grade” greetings in Hebrew. Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.

Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers

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A Jewish day-school enrollment boost that began during last year’s COVID-19 school shutdowns is continuing, according to a new study from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. In the last two years, the report found...
Musician and composer Wynton Marsalis, who was presented the Albert Murray Award at the “Fighting Anti-Semitism and Racism Together” conference in New York, Oct. 24-25, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Jazz brings Jews and blacks together against anti-Semitism and racism

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A two-day cultural event in New York this week brought together members of the Jewish and black communities in an effort to take a stand against anti-Semitism and racism in the United States, organizers...
American singer and songwriter Johnny Cash at a lavish meal in Jerusalem held in his honor on his third visit to Israel, November 1971. Credit: The Dan Hadani Archive, Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem/IPPA staff.

National Library of Israel releases photos from Johnny Cash’s ‘Holy Land’ visit

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The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem has released rare photographs from a November 1971 visit by legendary musician Johnny Cash to Israel. It took place during a professional and spiritual resurgence for the star after years...
Anti-Semitic graffiti. Credit: Yonderboy/Wikimedia Commons.

American Jews are mostly secure, scared and deeply partisan

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If ever there was a time for an opinion survey that would measure “The State of Anti-Semitism in America,” this is just such a moment. Concerns about a rising tide of Jew-hatred seem to...
Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pa. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

American Jewish identity, three years after the Tree of Life shooting

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Three years ago today, we awoke to a world of our ancestors. In the breadth of Jewish history, the names Odessa, Warsaw, Kishinev, Kiev and Hebron represent the unspeakable barbarism many thought to have...
Entrance to the German Foreign Office building in Berlin. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Germany censures Israel’s linking of NGOs to terrorism

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The German government criticized Israel’s decision on Oct. 22 to name six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist groups. “We are very concerned by the Israeli decision,” said a spokeswoman from the German foreign ministry on Wednesday, reported AFP. “We...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock.

Virginia Tech graduate senate OKs BDS resolution, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’

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The Graduate and Professional Student Senate at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Va., passed a resolution on Oct. 21 endorsing BDS. It calls for the boycott of “all Israeli academic institutions...
San Diego Board of Education. Source: Screenshot/Google Maps.

San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel

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The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the approved...
Miss World 2016 Stephanie del Valle, Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar and the winners of Miss World Continental Queens 2017, along with Miss Indonesia 2017 Achintya Holte Nilsen, visited the National Museum of Indonesia in February 2018. From left: Miss Caribbean Solange Sinclair; Miss Americas Andrea Meza, who would earn the crown in May 2021; Miss Ocenia Annie Evans; Miss Indonesia 2017 and Miss Asia Achintya Holte Nilsen; Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar; Miss World 2016 Stephanie Del Valle; Miss Europe Stephanie Hill; Deputy of Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia Angela Tanoesoedibjo; Miss Africa Magline Jeruto; Dedah R. Sri Handari; unknown. Credit: The National Museum of Indonesia via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel to host ‘Miss Universe’ competition for first time

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The 70th “Miss Universe” annual competition is slated to take place in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat on Dec. 12, the first time the Jewish state has hosted the contest. “The choice of...
Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (second row, second from right) at an Iftar dinner at the U.S. embassy in Istanbul. Source: Twitter.

Alliance strengthens rabbis across Muslim states, as it also uplifts Jewish residents, tourists

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The first rabbinic association in the Muslim world started in 2019—pre-dating the Abraham Accords by a year. Many people may be surprised to hear that the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS) serves...