Cheshire synagogue prepared as threats against Jewish community continue – Meriden Record-Journal
richards | March 7, 2017
CHESHIRE Temple Beth David officials say they are prepared in the event a threat is made toward the synagogue.
Anti-Semitic message targets Mason City synagogue (with audio … – Mason City Globe Gazette
richards | March 7, 2017
MASON CITY | Alan Steckman, the president of the Jewish congregation in Mason City, received a startling message on his voice mail Sunday. The caller said, "We gonna spray your sh---y synagoguein pigs blood. Watch the f------ out." "It was unnerving to hear it," said Steckman.
A Woman’s Place | The Huffington Post – Huffington Post
richards | March 7, 2017
This is a very charming and quite a "feel good" film. It is about many things: a close-knit, earthy, easy-going, but pious Sephardic community in Jerusalem; delicious Sephardic foods that look so tasty the viewer wants to reach over and take something
Court strikes blow against discrimination of Sephardi haredi girls – Jerusalem Post Israel News
richards | March 7, 2017
A CLASSROOM awaits its pupils.. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The Jerusalem District Court ruled to impose regional registration for two haredi (ultra-Orthodox) high schools for girls in the city of Elad this week, striking a blow against the discrimination of Sephardi haredi girls in Ashkenazi haredi schools.
Sad, but not surprising – Jerusalem Post Israel News
richards | March 7, 2017
Rabbi Yona Metzger. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) On February 23, the Jerusalem District Court rejected former chief Ashkenazi rabbi Yonah Metzgers plea bargain and extended his prison sentence, for fraud and bribery, to four-and-a-half years. Also, he will pay a fine of NIS 5 million for tax evasion
A professor's view of Chabad on Campus – Heritage Florida Jewish News
richards | March 7, 2017
My time as a college student involved decision making.
Richard D. Heideman elected American Zionist Movement president – Jerusalem Post Israel News
simmons | March 7, 2017
Richard D. Heideman
I am a Zionist. – The Daily Princetonian
admin | March 7, 2017
Im afraid to say it out loud sometimes because its become a bad word of late. I believe in Israels right to exist and its necessity. I put great faith in the Jewish right to self-determination and have a deep love for the State of Israel
ADL: White Supremacists Recruiting More on Campuses – Newsmax
simmons | March 7, 2017
White supremacists have targeted more than 60 college campuses across the United States since last September, according to a new report. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published data Monday that showed campuses in 28 states have had some sort of recruitment presence by white supremacist groups, ranging from rallies and demonstrations to sending fliers with racist material via fax to machines across campuses.
‘Jewish Schindler’ to receive B’nai B’rith citation – Arutz Sheva
admin | March 7, 2017
The B'nai B'rith World Center and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jews who Rescued Fellow Jews During the Holocaust (JRJ) will confer their joint "Jewish Rescuer's Citation" upon Naftali Backenroth-Bronicki, who risked his life saving Jews from deportation and extermination during the Holocaust in Drohobych, Poland.
