admin | August 28, 2021
JNS.org An organization representing more than 10,000 alumni around the United States has denounced a recent antisemitic and anti-Israel statement by Rutgers Universitys Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the group Rutgers Mutual Aid, a group of Rutgers students and alumni. Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) sent aletter to Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway via email on Tuesday denouncing the statement and SJPs history of making Jewish and pro-Israel students feel unsafe through intimidation, violence and veiled antisemitism. We see the purpose of this recent statement is to isolate Rutgers Hillel for embracing Zionism as a central part of Jewish identity, ACF wrote in the letter
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admin | August 28, 2021
Hundreds flocked to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron Thursday night to say the Slichot prayers, thanks to the initiative of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The trip to Hebron could be seen by many as controversial, as the city is located in the West Bank and has a large number of Palestinian residents. In particular, the Cave of the Patriarchs has been an issue of some contention recently, notably with Israel's plans to add an elevator and make it wheelchair accessible.
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admin | August 28, 2021
Forest industry numbers stand up to scrutiny Re: Move B.C.s forestry jobs into other sectors, commentary, Aug. 25.
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admin | August 28, 2021
A UK-based American pharmaceutical firm has had positive results so far in the late-stage trials for its treatment of Tay-Sachs disease, in what could be a major breakthrough for a condition disproportionately affecting Ashkenazi Jews. So far, the drug, which is taken orally dissolved in water, was tolerated by the child and adult patients, and no serious drug-related side effects were observed. cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); }); Tay-Sachs is a rare inherited condition that impacts an estimated one out of every 200,000-320,000 live births.
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admin | August 28, 2021
With everything going on in the world this summer, from COVID-19 to climate crises, the idea of starting fresh with a new year in September is exceptionally appealing.
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admin | August 28, 2021
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leading Ashkenazi non-hassidic ultra-Orthodox rabbi, has told school principals in the sector that if school teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19, they should not teach. Kanievskys comments were made amid an increasing rate of coronavirus infection in the haredi community resulting largely from the reopening of ultra-Orthodox educational institutions at the start of the Jewish month of Elul on August 8.
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admin | August 28, 2021
Beth A. Lee, a food blogger who digs deep into family recipes (her own and others), has organized some of them into The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook, an easygoing but detailed book of sweets and savories for holidays and every day
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admin | August 28, 2021
MK Miri Regev has been making waves in recent days after calling on her Likud party to jettison its white DNA and elect a Mizrahi politician preferably herself as its next party leader. I think the Mizrahim the Likudniks have long chosen white people to lead them
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admin | August 28, 2021
Sun, Aug 29, 2021 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Tickets ($18) here.
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admin | August 28, 2021
Construction is moving forward on a $32.5 million educational complex housing the early childhood and boys elementary school at Hebrew Academy with completion expected in time for the school to open its doors Aug. 26
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