How one mans dream created a legacy – The Jewish Standard
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‘Holocaust was a scam’ projected on Swedish Shul during antisemitism conference – Jewish News
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Swedish police are investigating how the words the Holocaust was a scam were projected onto the main synagogue in Malm while that city was holding an international forum on combating antisemitism. The projection was seen on the Synagogue of Malm and on other buildings in cities across southern Sweden on Wednesday night, the day of the Malm International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism. Police are handling the case as a hate crime, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported
Rachel Levine is named an admiral, becoming the most senior transgender person in the uniformed services – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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WASHINGTON (JTA) Rachel Levine made history in March when she assumed the role of assistant secretary for health,becoming the first known transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate. Now Levine, who is Jewish, is the most senior transgender person in the uniformed services, after she was sworn in on Tuesday as the admiral of the U.S
‘Building Home’ talk explores options to address housing insecurity – Cleveland Jewish News
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Park Synagogue and Cory United Methodist Churchs Building Home: A Conversation on Housing Challenges & Neighborhood Partnerships explored topics of homelessness, home insecurity and poverty in a virtual talk on Oct. 17 featuring the Rev. Derrick Harkins, director of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the U.S.
Rabbis are fighting vaccine battles, pandemic fatigue and a new set of mental health challenges – Forward
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Rabbi Jason Weiner, the senior rabbi at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, found himself on the front lines of the COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles in January.
Last Jew of Kabul Making His Way to Israel, Rescuers Say
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JERUSALEM The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant his estranged wife a religious divorce in a Zoom call a precondition for smooth entry to the Holy Land. Zebulon Simentov, who fled Afghanistan last month after the Taliban takeover, landed Sunday in Turkey on what his rescuers say is a final stop before traveling to Israel, perhaps as soon as this week. It caps a weeks-long odyssey that included an escape from his homeland as well as a videoconference divorce procedure meant to ensure he will not run into trouble with Israeli authorities.
Rescuers: Last Jew of Kabul making his way to Israel – ABC News
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JERUSALEM -- The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant his estranged wife a religious divorce in a Zoom call a precondition for smooth entry to the Holy Land. Zebulon Simentov, who fled Afghanistan last month after the Taliban takeover, landed Sunday in Turkey on what his rescuers say is a final stop before traveling to Israel, perhaps as soon as this week. It caps a weekslong odyssey that included an escape from his homeland as well as a videoconference divorce procedure meant to ensure he will not run into trouble with Israeli authorities
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Rescuers: Last Jew of Kabul making his way to Israel
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JERUSALEM (AP) The man known as the last Jew of Kabul could soon be heading to Israel, after agreeing to grant his estranged wife a religious divorce in a Zoom call a precondition for smooth entry to the Holy Land. Zebulon Simentov, who fled Afghanistan last month after the Taliban takeover, landed Sunday in Turkey on what his rescuers say is a final stop before traveling to Israel, perhaps as soon as this week.
‘Jew in the City’ Founder Rips ‘My Unorthodox Life’ for …
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Allison Josephs has had it with Hollywood's portrayal of the Orthodox Jewish community, and believes "My Unorthodox Life" is the latest contributor to negative stereotypes she calls downright dangerous. We got the "Jew in the City" founder outside the Peninsula Hotel in NYC, and she had some stern reactions to the controversial new Netflix series about Julia Haart -- CEO of modeling agency Elite World Group -- who left her Haredi community in 2013
