A Not-To-Be-Missed Opportunity: ArtScroll’s Talmud and Mishnah Sale – Yeshiva World News
richards | February 9, 2017
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] The ArtScroll editions of Talmud and Mishnah.
$150K bail for Chicago man charged with hate crime in Loop synagogue vandalism – Chicago Tribune
richards | February 9, 2017
A Chicago accountant identified by a tipster as a "white supremacist" was charged with a felony hate crime after his fingerprints were found on swastika stickers placed outside a Loop synagogue last weekend, prosecutors said Thursday. Police executing a search warrant later found racist literature in the Pilsen home of Stuart Wright, 31, who has a swastika tattooed on his back, prosecutors said.
'Gefilte Manifesto' seeks to make classic Jewish food great again – thejewishchronicle.net
richards | February 9, 2017
Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern, authors of The Gefilte Manifesto Photo by Lauren Volo The millennial duos mission starts with their book, The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, which was released in September.
Thursday February 9, 2017 – Israel Hayom
richards | February 9, 2017
Israel Hayom Thursday February 9, 2017 Israel Hayom Yair Lapid says he's reached out to former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and former Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi about joining Yesh Atid Lapid says if his party wins, he will reach out to Likud and Labor: "We need a national unity government.". and more »
Have You Got a Story for Us? Sweepstakes Winners – Forward
richards | February 9, 2017
On a brisk December night, a crowd gathered into the Center for Jewish History anticipating the launch of an exciting new book. Have I Got a Story for You translated 42 astonishing Yiddish stories into English for the first time. The touching collection of Yiddish stories intertwined the old world and the new, traditional and modern, to give a sense of what it was, and is, like to be a Jewish Ashkenazi immigrant
American Jewish players set to unite for Israel in the World Baseball Classic – Jerusalem Post Israel News
richards | February 9, 2017
They call it Team Israel, but really, its Team Jew. And theres never been anything like it. Next month in South Korea, 16 countries will play in the quadrennial baseball tournament known as the World Baseball Classic (WBC), a World Cup for baseball
To oppose Trump, Jews must join the fight against fascism and Zionism – Mondoweiss
admin | February 9, 2017
In potentially the biggest con ever executed, Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV show celebrity, ascended to the most powerful position in the world the Presidency of the United States of America. Throughout his election campaign and since his inauguration, Trump has displayed authoritarian rhetoric and tendencies that have begged the question is the new Republican regime a form of fascism?
Outpost-Zionism – The Times of Israel
admin | February 9, 2017
After weeks of hype and coverage from every angle and then some, the controversial bill legalizing outposts built unknowingly on private Palestinian land made it into law late Monday, and papers are already chomping at the bit to preview the next fights over the law Tuesday morning, as well as mop up Monday nights remaining donnybrooks. Now to the High Court, screams a headline on the front page of Yedioth Ahronoth. Unfortunately, the paper offers little on what the court battle will entail, writing only that one assumes that Palestinians whose land is slated to be expropriated from them will petition the High Court against the law and thus will begin another battle between the Knesset and the Supreme Court.
ADL Criticizes Israel, Fails to Criticize Terror Murder of Jews – FrontPage Magazine
simmons | February 9, 2017
ADL Criticizes Israel, Fails to Criticize Terror Murder of Jews FrontPage Magazine The left-wing group attacked Israel for its efforts to secure the legal rights of Jews living in Israel through the Regulation Law. The ADL offers an extensive press release with quotes from Greenblatt. Meanwhile the group's press releases don't appear ...
Jewish National Fund: Jewish National Fund | Plant Trees …
admin | February 9, 2017
Read the Winter 2017 B'Yachad Billion Dollar Roadmap Driven by a deep sense of purpose, JNF has undertaken an unprecedented $1 billion campaign over the next decade. Read about the transformative social impact we are having on Israeli society and on American Jews connected to Israel here.
