admin | April 28, 2017
Ken Livingstone refused to apologise for his original comments, which he reasserted as historical facts in an interview with LBC. Photograph: PA Ken Livingstone persists in mangling facts to suit his argument in his continued attempt to defend his comments on Hitler and Zionism. He took swipes at both old Blairites and the media on Saturday, and cited comments made by Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, at the World Zionist Congress, seeming to suggest the comments had been made in recent days and had gone unnoticed by the media
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Alan Dershowitz Discusses Defending Israel on Campus at YUHSB Centennial / Straus Center Lecture On April 25, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, and Alan Dershowitz 55YUHS took the stage in Lamport Auditorium at Yeshiva Universitys Wilf Campus to discuss Anti-Zionism in the Academy: Israel and the Future of American Education.The lively discussion drew several hundred people and was part of the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy / Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) Centennial Lecture Series and was co-sponsored by the Straus Center
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admin | April 28, 2017
The Spirit of Camp in the Heart of the City! Join us at Castawayin NW Portland on April 22nd! The Bash is a gala like no other! Come prepared to schmooze the night away with friends old and new. Expect a silent auction, games, fun, and lots of Campy-ness
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Three South Florida events in celebration of Holocaust survivors, Jews who participated in the Civil Rights Movement and Jews in medicine mark the month of May as Jewish American Heritage Month. U.S. Rep.
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Welcome to the first edition of Soul Searching, a new series about how the most secular generation in history is changing the face of religion.
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simmons | April 28, 2017
By Cassie Miller January 20 Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th president.
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admin | April 28, 2017
Drew Petersen recently awarded the 2017 American Pianists Award is coming back to Temple Avodat Shalom. The last time he visited, in 2014, the now 23-year-old highlighted the River Edge synagogues Selichot program.
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admin | April 28, 2017
February 27, 2017 file photo showstoppled and damaged headstones on ground at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia; the Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism in 2016, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election Jacqueline Larma, AP NEW YORK -- The Anti-Defamation League found an increase in cases of anti-Semitic intimidation and vandalism last year, evidence that anti-Jewish bias intensified during the election. The Jewish civil rights group found 1,266 cases of anti-Semitic harassment last year, compared to 941 in 2015 and 912 in 2014. The increase continued into the first three months of this year, with reports of 541 incidents compared to 291 in the same period the year before, according to the ADL data released Monday
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simmons | April 28, 2017
The Anti-Defamation League will host its inaugural WALK Against Hate, an event designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the Las Vegas Valley, from 9 to 11 a.m.
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simmons | April 28, 2017
Its officialthe election of Donald Trump to the White House has precipitated a marked increase in anti-Semitism in the United States. A new report published by the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based civil-rights organization that monitors anti-Semitic activity across the country, finds that such incidents (vandalism, harassment, or assault) were up one-third in 2016, and have spiked 86% in the first quarter of 2017the fledgling months of the Trump administration. Of the 1,266 acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in 2016, nearly 30% occurred after Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in November.
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