Team Israel prepares for World Baseball Classic, Part Two – Minor League Ball (blog)
richards | February 27, 2017
(This is Part Two of Clinton Riddles profile of Team Israel. For Part One, click here) This isn't Jerry Weinstein's first rodeo.
Beyond Oscars' glare, a glimpse of women on the rise – Christian Science Monitor
richards | February 27, 2017
February 26, 2017 Sujata Days Hollywood career was transformed by a tweet. It was 2011 Twitters early years and she had spotted a call online for auditions for a new web series. Ms
Texas Pre-School Teacher Fired Over 'Kill Some Jews' Social Media … – Algemeiner
richards | February 27, 2017
Email a copy of "Texas Pre-School Teacher Fired Over Kill Some Jews Social Media Post Apologizes for Pain Caused, Particularly to Jews; Says Racist, Antisemitic Rhetoric Does Not Reflect Her Current Beliefs, Upbringing" to a friend Nancy Salem.
Anti-Semitic Vandals Target Hasidic Village of New Square With Swastikas, Hate Messages – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
richards | February 26, 2017
Photo Credit: courtesy, Ramapo Police Department Residents of the Hasidic village of New Square were horrified Tuesday night to find the words GET OUT and large Nazi swastikas were painted in black on a fence that borders the community on Polnoya Road. The six-foot fence separates a school in the village from a rehabilitation facility in New City, on the other side
'Menashe' at Berlinale: Behind the Veil of New York's Hasidic Community – Huffington Post
richards | February 26, 2017
Menashe is part of a community where not being strict about the rules gets your kids thrown out of school, being unmarried is frowned upon and the religious leader decides the fate of the people. Menashe is a Hasidic Jew living in New York, a man who wants to retain custody of his young son at all costs, despite being single, not particularly well-employed and an outcast.
Near San Francisco, Karaite Jews keep an ancient movement alive – The Times of Israel
richards | February 26, 2017
DALY CITY, California (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) Show up on a Shabbat morning at Congregation Bnai Israel in this Northern California suburb and, if youre a typical American Jew, you will see plenty thats familiar. At the front of the sanctuary is an ark, and inside the ark are several Torah scrolls.
History shows that anti-Semitism and pro-Zionism have never been mutually exclusive – Mondoweiss
simmons | February 25, 2017
Theodor Herzl, Basel, Switzerland, 1901. Is it possible to be anti-Semitic and pro-Israel at the same time? Your answer depends on how you define the terms
National Headquarters Of Anti-Defamation League Receives Bomb Threat – CBS Local
admin | February 25, 2017
February 22, 2017 5:07 PM NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -A bomb threat was phoned in to the national headquarters of the Anti-defamation League in Manhattan on Wednesday. Authorities have deemed the threat not credible
Reform movement, ADL slam Trump rollback of protections for transgender students – The Times of Israel
simmons | February 25, 2017
The Reform movement, the Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups denounced the decision by President Donald Trump to rescind regulations allowing transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity. Trump on Wednesday rejected the Obama administrations order that public schools allow transgender students to choose which bathrooms to use
ADL: Presidential Aide Must Disavow Anti-Semitism of Hungarian Hate Groups – Forward
admin | February 25, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League has called on Sebastian Gorka, a senior aide to President Donald Trump, to clearly disavow the message and outlook of anti-Semitic organizations such as those he worked with while living in Hungary. Gorka, whose political activities with veterans of Hungarys far-right Jobbik party and other anti-Semitic organizations and activists were detailed in a Forward investigation Friday, is one of President Trumps key advisors on countering jihadist violence. Through television appearances he has also emerged as one of Trumps most visible defenders on issues both foreign and domestic.
