admin | June 2, 2022
In recent years, antisemitic incidents, including the decision by Ben & Jerrys to boycott Israel, resulted in kosher supermarkets pulling the ice cream brand off its shelves. In 2020, a spike in antisemitic attacks provided the catalyst for the No Hate, No Fear rally, which drew crowds of protestors to New York City.
admin | June 2, 2022
First and foremost, the Jewish Federation leadership expresses our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those murdered in Buffalo, NY. Our hearts are also with those injured and we wish them a refuah shlemaha full and speedy recovery. We praise local, state and federal law enforcement professionals who responded to the incident and are pursuing justice in what has been identified as a hate crime.
admin | June 2, 2022
Rabbi Linda Holtzman By Rabbi Linda Holtzman Parshat Bmidbar It sometimes feels as if we are all bmidbar, in the wilderness, uncertain as to what to do next. In the wake of the horrific shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, I am feeling that way. Are we really living in a country that we can be proud of one that is moving toward greater peace and justice?
admin | June 2, 2022
Who are you beneath the surface? All of us have a part of ourselves we cover up - a part of our bodies, our personalities, or our very identity.
admin | June 2, 2022
Fred Cook, by his own admission, is a man in search of an identity. From his teenage years through his early 30s, he filled that void with neo-Nazism.
admin | June 2, 2022
South Jersey Jewish Cultural Alliance members (from left) are Elaine Somerson, Natalie Sykes, Annette Decker, and Naomi Scher. In 2005, after years of attending the Jewish Childrens Folkshul in Philadelphia (a secular, humanist Jewish community) with her two children, Naomi Scher founded a similar organization back in her hometown of Cherry Hill: The South Jersey Jewish Cultural Alliance (formerly known as the South Jersey Secular Jews)
admin | June 2, 2022
Post-pandemic, The Foreign Policy Supper Club renews its activities in-person at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 North Terrace, in June. Open to everyone in the community, the FPSC socializes at dinner, discusses topical readings and videos created by the Great Decisions program of the Foreign Policy Association
admin | June 2, 2022
How did a Vermonter who grew up atheist come to weave Jewish prayer shawls sold to customers as far away as San Francisco, Denmark and Australia? The multifaceted answer includes falling in love with an observant Jew, said weaver Nelly Wolf, owner of Black Cat Judaica. On a recent afternoon, Wolf, 29, chatted with Seven Days in the upper floor of a historic Peacham barn where she works on her two large 18th-century wooden looms.
admin | June 2, 2022
The Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg envisions a lap pool and convertible gymatorium for Duncan Hall on its new Grass Campus. It takes one second to walk on the campus and be inspired by whats happening here, and a lot of people felt that immediately. Abby Smith, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg, is giving TheBurg a tour of the Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life
admin | June 2, 2022
Recent Congressional proposals seek to prohibit Israels use of American funds or military equipment to maintain control of the West Bank. Such proposals reflect a (by no means uncommon) belief that Israeli insensitivity to Palestinian aspirations is the main reason peace has never been achieved.
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