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Daily Archives: February 21, 2023

A Jewish boy hosts his Muslim friends for Shabbat dinner, as seen in a Moroccan school textbook. Courtesy of IMPACT-se.

Reformed Moroccan textbooks embrace Jewish life

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Peace and tolerance are central themes in the Moroccan curriculum and promoted in textbooks across multiple grades and subjects, a new report finds. “Students learn about practical conflict resolution, and Islamic scripture is used to...
Charles Goldberg. Credit: Courtesy.

Lubavitcher psychotherapist creates rap video to aid addicts in recovery

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Charles Goldberg, a Lubavitcher Chassid, refers to his latest project, “Recovery,” as “a video that can save lives.” “I’m a clinical psychotherapist, but in order to ensure my mom is proud of me, I’m also...

Film on Ethiopian Jewry’s ‘Yearning’ to be Screened in San Diego

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SAN DIEGO — “They love our work, but they do not love us” says an elderly man in the high mountains of Ethiopia. He is a Jew. His family has been Jewish as far...
A Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis. Credit: Andy Witchger via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden’s ‘equity’ policy is racializing America

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You may not have noticed it, but last week the federal government announced further plans to racialize America and to further enshrine toxic woke ideology as the guiding principle for its funding and hiring....
American and Israeli Millennials exhibit support for each other in a recent survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Creativa Images/Shutterstock.

5 ways US Jews can help Israel, by helping ourselves

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Many American Jewish leaders have recently delivered scathing—even hysterical—criticism of Israel, particularly targeting the Israeli government’s efforts to reform its judiciary and strengthen the country’s security. It’s understandable for American Jews to care about Israel’s...
Official portrait of Tom Tugendhat. Photo by Chris McAndrew.

UK security minister confirms Iran ‘mapped’ Jewish targets

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In a speech on Monday in Parliament, U.K. Security Minister Tom Tugendhat confirmed last week’s Jewish Chronicle report that the Iranian government was “mapping” Jewish leaders. “Between 2020 and 2022, Iran tried to collect intelligence on Israeli and U.K.-based...
U.S. President Joe Biden relaunches the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Feb. 15, 2021. Source: Twitter.

White House faith-based office turns 2 years old

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On the second anniversary of its Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the Biden-administration White House released a fact sheet lauding the “essential part” of the administration, whose mission is “to serve people in...
Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren at the Genesis (“Jewish Nobel”) prize ceremony in Jerusalem on June 23, 2016. Credit: Shutterstock.

Non-Jewish actress claims Golda Meir would disagree with Netanyahu government

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Non-Jewish, British actress Helen Mirren, who is playing Golda Meir in a new film, waded into hypothetical Israeli political history in an interview on Tuesday with international news agency Agence France-Presse. Mirren told AFP that the former Israeli prime...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the ministry in Jerusalem, Jan. 30, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

FM Cohen calls on US to present a ‘credible military threat’ to Iran

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday called on Washington to take steps to convince Tehran that the United States is not bluffing when it comes to the possibility of the use of force. “If...
MKs Yuli Edelstein (left) and Ze'ev Elkin (second from right) meet with Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy (center) in Kyiv, Feb. 20, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Israeli MKs meet Zelenskyy in Kyiv: ‘Let’s not sit on the fence any longer’

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Israeli lawmakers Yuli Edelstein of Likud and Ze’ev Elkin of the opposition National Unity Party met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday night. They issued a strong statement in support of Ukraine in...