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Daily Archives: June 14, 2022

Distant Cousins: (From left) Duvid Swirsky, Dov Rosenblatt and Ami Kozak. Credit: Courtesy.

Back in blue: Hit Jewish rock group of decades ago is reuniting

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It’s not quite New Kids on the Block getting back together, but it’s still meaningful. When Blue Fringe released “My Awakening” in 2003, frontman Dov Rosenblatt had no idea that it would sell more than...

The Complex Legacy of German Chemist Fritz Haber

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In 1919, the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to German scientist Fritz Haber “for the synthesis of ammonia from its constituent elements.” Ekstrand, president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said...
The new 10,000-square-foot Toronto Holocaust Museum is slated to open in the spring of 2023. Credit: UJA Federation’s Toronto Holocaust Museum.

Canadian government makes ‘significant’ investment in Toronto Holocaust Museum

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The Canadian government announced an investment of $2.5 million in the UJA Federation’s Toronto Holocaust Museum, a decision lauded by Toronto’s Jewish community. “We are grateful for this exceptional investment from the Government of Canada,...
Cancel culture and free speech. Credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.

Cancel culture isn’t just for academics anymore

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For a lot of people, the phrase “cancel culture” is still a theoretical concept. They know it refers to people being punished in various ways for saying things others don’t want to hear, but...

Reactionary ‘progressives’ strike again

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A few ignoramuses with rainbow flags gathered on Sunday at New York City’s Chelsea Piers to protest the participation of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Jewish Leadership Conference, held annually by the conservative Tikvah...
National flags at the entrance of U.N European headquarters in Switzerland. The U.N. office was established in Geneva in 1947 and is home to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Credit: Giorgio Caracciolo/Shutterstock.

21 countries defend Israel against UN Commission of Inquiry, scathing first report

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While an official U.N. Commission of Inquiry seeks Israel’s diplomatic isolation, 21 nations came out in support of the Jewish state on Monday, expressing concern about the commission’s uncommonly broad mandate and the U.N....
Baby formula. Credit: National Institute of Korean Language via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli-based company seeks approval to ease US shortage of baby formula

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An Israeli-based company hopes to fill the void as the baby-formula shortage in the United States continues with parents continuing to find store shelves bare, particularly for those seeking specialty formulas. Three weeks ago, the...
Ben & Jerry's mobile ice-cream truck. Credit: Pixabay.

Ben & Jerry’s new employees required to watch ‘videos on Israeli-Palestinian conflict’

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Newly hired employees joining the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream company are required to watch four video lectures, each an hour in length, featuring activists discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of their job orientation, Jewish...
The Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem a few days before Yom Hazikaron, April 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims

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Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside...
A group photo outside of the Ohel Jakob Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre in Munich, Germany, in June 2022. Credit: The Conference of European Rabbis.

Conference of European Rabbis to support leaders in Americas, Asia, Africa

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The Conference of European Rabbis (CER) is launching a ground-breaking initiative through the creation of a new international division. Over the last few years, rabbis from outside Europe—notably from Latin America and Muslim-majority countries in the Middle...