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Published on Friday, June 10, 2022 THREE important exhibitions that explore the themes of exile and emigration are now open at Leicesters Guildhall. A touring exhibition from the Wiener Holocaust Library tells the story of the Kindertransport scheme that brought thousands of Jewish children to Britain to escape Hitlers regime
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This project presents a map and includes names of many individuals and institutions integral to the Jewish community and identifies the institutions over which they supposedly have corrupt influence.
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Palestinians fly kites carrying the colors of the Palestinian flag to commemorate Naksa Day. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) By Ilan Pappe On this 55th anniversary of the June 1967 war, it is worthwhile to refute, once more, the fabrications and myths surrounding this war that helped to immunize Israel until today from any meaningful international rebuke and condemnation. One myth that quite a few liberal Zionists and even genuine supporters of the two-state solution believe in, is that the June 1967 war was the mother of all evils
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Whats the difference between Palestinians, who are regularly accused of being terrorists and terrorist supporters, and the early Zionists who used violence to fight the British and the Arabs before the founding of the State of Israel? This is an important question to answer, not because Zionists must defend themselves but because they need to understand whether their movement is a violent and immoral one by nature. If early Zionists, the founders of our state, and an Israeli prime minister were all violent and immoral terrorists, it should give Zionists pause concerning their movement and cause.
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May is the 3rd annual National Jewish Heritage Month in Canada. National Jewish Heritage Month is a great opportunity to learn about the impact of Jewish heritage in communities across the country, and to appreciate the significant contributions made by Jewish Canadians in the fields of medicine, law, politics, arts, business and philanthropy. Here are some ways you can celebrate National Jewish Heritage Month
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Read UC Berkeleys official announcement regarding the observance of Jewish American Heritage Month. This month-long celebration honors the generations of Jewish Americans who have greatly contributed to the history and culture of this country.
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(May 31, 2022 / JNS) I was ready for just about anything when I came to an Eric Adams party, but a Chassidic guy singing Billy Joel was not one of them. So quipped New York City Council Member Lincoln Restler, drawing the biggest laugh of the night at last weeks New York City Mayor Eric Adamss Jewish Heritage Month celebration
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When Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff sat down for a Zoom conversation with Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter on Wednesday, he opened by saying, I feel like I already know you! Though the two had never met, Emhoff did, to an extent, know Gutter. Just moments before the video call, Emhoff had engaged with Gutters interactive biography, asking him questions about his experience in concentration camps and even listening to Gutter sing Shir Hamaalot, the song that begins the blessing after meals. Emhoff was at the University of Southern Californias Shoah Foundation, where he visited to explore the centers Dimensions in Testimony project, a series of artificial intelligence bots that allow people to interact in real time with survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides.
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Ella Fitzgerald, wherever you are, I apologize in advance. Billy Crystal gave this years Tonys a jolt of Jewish shtick when hecoaxed the audience into a call-and-response Yiddish scat routine, as part of a live performance to promote his Broadway musical, Mr. Saturday Night
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Due to the war, Gerda Cole was forced to give up her daughter. The 98-year-old was reunited for the first time with her 80-year-old daughter. Gerda Cole left her family and world behind when she was just 15 years old
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