Mourning the Loss of Rabbi Baruch Pollack; 1st Grade Rebbe for 60 Years – The Jewish Voice
admin | April 22, 2020
Klal Yisroel has lost one of its most experienced Rebbeim.
Empathy and Survival in a Time of Plague – JURIST
admin | April 22, 2020
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis Ren Beres, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Purdue, advises America to adopt empathy and openness to the world community in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the halt on funding for the WHO. . . The earth from which the first man was made was gathered in all the four corners of the world.
Covid-19 Might Just Kick Us into the Jewish Future – Jewish Week
admin | April 22, 2020
Before 70 CE, Jerusalem was the physical and spiritual center of the Jewish commonwealth. After the Romans destroyed the Temple, Judaism emerged as something different: a religion and people without a temple, sacrifices or even a state. What happened between Before and After?
Commentary: Regents must be accountable to all New York students – Times Union
admin | April 22, 2020
New York's schools are adapting to meet the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, with millions of students now logging on for virtual lectures and remote learning. Unfortunately, reports indicate that students of most ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas are not following suit.
Christians And Jews: What Binds Us Together? – Patheos
admin | April 22, 2020
By guest writer Gregory Eran Gronbacher Ive repeated this wry aphorism so many times and youve likely heard it, too Get three Jews together and youll have at least six opinions. The humor reflects something of the enduring nature of Judaism its an ongoing conversation. For the past few thousand years, Jews have been talking, writing, even arguing about the core aspects of our tradition, our values, and our practices.
More than half of American Jews have seen or experienced anti-Semitism in recent years, ADL finds – JTA News
admin | April 22, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) More than half of American Jews have either witnessed or directly experienced anti-Semitism during the past five years, according to an Anti-Defamation League survey published Tuesday. The ADL also found that 63% of American Jews say they are less safe than they were a decade ago. The survey was conducted in January, just before the new coronavirus pandemic led to a shutdown of much of American public life, and after a fatal shooting at a Jersey City kosher supermarket and a fatal stabbing at a Hanukkah party, both in December, as well as a spate of attacks in Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn
Taking action to protect online Jewish events from ‘zoombombing’ – The Jewish News of Northern California
admin | April 22, 2020
The JFCS Holocaust Center in San Francisco was hosting its first public online Zoom event, a lecture with a member of its survivors speakers bureau on April 13, when center director Morgan Blum Schneider became aware of something. About 15 minutes before the end of the program, we noticed a few people who were trying to come in, she said.
White supremacist web searches grow in pandemic, but groups try to counter the message – The Bakersfield Californian
admin | April 22, 2020
As Americans are staying home to stem the spread of the coronavirus, online searches for white supremacist content have increased, according to a London-based company that uses technology to disrupt violent extremism. In states that have had local stay-at-home orders in place for 10 or more days, there has been a 21% average increase in engagement with violent extremist content, Moonshot CVE said in a report released last week.
Got a Zoom-bombing problem? Zoom will soon let you report attacks in real time. – Mashable
admin | April 22, 2020
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The ADL wants to fight hate in video games, but ham-fisted CENSORSHIP is the last thing we gamers need – RT
admin | April 22, 2020
The Anti-Defamation League, which previously sought to outlaw the OK sign and Pepe the Frog, is now setting its sights on hate speech in video games. The gaming community can be toxic, but ADL-level censorship is not the answer.
