richards | June 29, 2017
PALERMO This is the first step on a long path, Archbishop of Palermo Corrado Lorefice said Thursday upon receiving the Raoul Wallenberg Medal for having transferred to the Jewish community a churchowned facility built atop the ruins of the Great Synagogue of Palermo. Addressing the audience at a celebratory event at his residence, Lorefice was moved to tears as a he delivered a heartfelt speech.
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simmons | June 29, 2017
Women who read aloud from the Torah at a synagogue in Marseille were subjected to threats and insults by congregants after local rabbis condemned the event. The dozens of threats and insults, made on social networks and in emails, started coming in Saturday night after the group of half a dozen women read the Torah at the Fleg Jewish Center that morning, the French community centers president,Raymond Arouch, and director, Martine Yana, wrote in a statement Monday.
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simmons | June 29, 2017
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the iconic Manhattan LGBTQ synagogue, instructed marchers joining it June 25 in the New York Pride Parade to avoid wearing clothing or carrying signs relating to the Jewish state or the Palestinians, the Forward has learned. A CBST rabbi asked in an email for the groups to ensure that their marchers focus on resistance to President Trump and not bring messaging comprising words, symbols and signage about Israel/Palestine. We were trying to say the debate about Israel and Palestine is not located in this event, said Sharon Kleinbaum, the senior rabbi of CBST.
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richards | June 29, 2017
The Villager Push to save some pieces of destroyed Norfolk St. synagogue The Villager BY BILL WEINBERG | The fate of the forlorn remains of the landmarked Beth HaMidrash HaGadol synagogue on Norfolk St.
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admin | June 29, 2017
Earlier this month, the Sephardic Congregation of Paramus (SCOP), located on 140 Arnot Place, welcomed a new rabbi, David Pardo, and family into their community. SCOP, which started off as a small Sephardic minyan in Congregation Beth Tefillah, branched off last year to grow as its own shul, having purchased the building that used to house Khal Adath Jeshuruns minyanim. A Los Angeles native, Rabbi Pardo attended UCLA and later moved to New York City to pursue semicha at Yeshiva Universitys Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
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richards | June 29, 2017
In 1913, when anti-Semitism in Canada and around the world was rife and unabashed, and Jewish doctors were banned from practising in established hospitals, a group, including four Jewish women, set out to fund a hospital in the city of Toronto.
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simmons | June 29, 2017
Israel Pushing For Secret Ballot As part of its efforts to garner international support for an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, Palestinians have appealed to the UNs Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to protect the Old City of Hebron from Israel by making it a Palestinian world heritage site. UNESCO is due to vote on the issue next week, and Israel, which sharply opposes the move, is pushing for a secret ballot. Earlier this month, Israel blocked a UNESCO team from visiting the city, where about 800 Jewish settlers live among 100,000 Palestinians.
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richards | June 29, 2017
Among other objects, police found medical devices marked with swastikas. (Photos by Leonardo Kremenchuzky/DAIA) The objects, discovered earlier this month in a hidden room of a house in the northern part of the city, included equipment used for Nazi medical experiments during the Holocaust. They were analyzed a week ago at Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, Federal Police Commissioner Marcelo El Haibe said on June 19
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richards | June 29, 2017
San Diego Symphony The San Diego Symphony kicked off its Bayside Summer Nights season with Star Spangled Pops Concert, a tribute to the music of America including Broadway tunes and patriotic favorites. This first concert under the stars will complete its weekend run onJuly 2. Wynonna Judd returns to Bayside Summer Nights onJuly 4with a celebration of the nations birthday, featuring her new band
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simmons | June 29, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Summer of song and dance Jewish Chronicle The summer school, held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) centres on Ashkenazi culture, with intensive Yiddish classes, a dance school named Tants Tants Tants and courses on Yiddish song and klezmer. This year, for the first time, ..
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