richards | March 2, 2017
Lent is a mystery to a lot of people. Many folks are generally aware that its a religious observance that happens every spring and somehow involves people getting ashes smeared on their forehead and/or giving up chocolate or booze or Facebook until Easter
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richards | March 2, 2017
presidential address By Lauren Markoe | February 28, 2017 President Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress, on Feb. 28, 2017
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richards | March 2, 2017
TWH Jewish facilities have been targeted with vandalism and bomb threats in recent weeks, and that has some of their Pagan neighbors on edge even as they stand ready to assist. Hundreds of headstones were damaged in two Jewish cemeteries this month, and 100 bomb threats have been reportedly called into Jewish community centers and temples in the United States and Canada in whats being called telephone terrorism. It was enough to get a mention by President Trump during his first speech before a joint session of Congress, although those remarks have been criticized for not outlining to plan to stop the attacks.
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admin | March 1, 2017
Email a copy of "New Israeli Initiative to Equip Jewish High School Students With Tools to Counter Campus Anti-Zionism Lauded by Advocacy Groups" to a friend The apartheid wall at Columbia University. Photo: Columbia SJP/Facebook.
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admin | March 1, 2017
A headstone, pushed off its base by vandals, lays on the ground near a smashed tomb in the Mount Carmel Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. February 27, 2017. (photo credit:REUTERS) NEW YORK The Anti-Defamation Leagues San Francisco Regional Office was evacuated late Monday afternoon after yet another bomb threat was called in to its San Francisco office.
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admin | March 1, 2017
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaking at the organizations Never is Now conference in New York City, Nov. 17, 2016. (Courtesy of the ADL) (JTA) The Anti-Defamation League offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia.
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simmons | March 1, 2017
The terror attacks against Jewish folks in America continue. No one seems to care. In what may be a land speed record for the number of Jewish Community Centers evacuated in a single year, 2017 is off to a bang with nearly 30 such incidents recorded before the end of February
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admin | March 1, 2017
Good Work Published on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 15:03 Joanne Wallenstein Scarsdale attorney John B. Harris is the principal author of an Amicus Brief to the U.S.
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admin | March 1, 2017
The desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and the St. Louis area have prompted an outcry from Jewish groups nationwide: The problem of antisemitism in the United States appears to be rapidly worsening.
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simmons | March 1, 2017
New York, NY, February 27, 2017 The Anti-Defamation Leagues San Francisco Regional Office was evacuated late this afternoon after a bomb threat was received by a staff person answering calls at the location.
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