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(JTA) The Lufthansa airline is creating a senior management role dedicated to preventing discrimination and antisemitism two months after it barred a large group of Orthodox Jewish passengers from boarding a flight. However, an independent investigation commissioned by the airline said there was no evidence of institutional antisemitism behind the incident, which the companys CEO deemed categorically inappropriate. In a letter to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Lufthansa Airlines CEO Jens Ritter said the airline had established an internal task force to investigate the May 4 incident in which more than 100 Hasidic passengers were kicked off a connecting flight from New York to Budapest because some of them had not worn masks and committed other flight violations, such as gathering in the aisles
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Uriel Weinreich, "Western Traits in Transcarpathian Yiddish," 1964 Image by the Language and Culture Archive of Ashkenazic Jewry By Leyzer BurkoJuly 26, 2022 This article originally appeared in Yiddish here. When you hear Yiddish on the streets of Brooklyn these days, the likelihood is its Hungarian Yiddish. Even Galician, Polish, and Lithuanian Hasidim use the Hungarian dialect today
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Arthur Allen No one studying polio knew more than Albert Sabin, the Polish-American scientist whose vaccine against the crippling disease has been used worldwide since 1959. Sabins oral vaccine provides lifelong immunity. It has one drawback, which Sabin, who died in 1993, fiercely disputed: In rare cases, the weakened live poliovirus in the vaccine can mutate, regain virulence, and cause polio
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In 2016, I travelled to Parliament House from Melbourne at the invitation of Canberras small Jewish community, stood in front of federal members from across the political spectrum and told them: If my grandparents were standing here now, theyd be crying tears of joy. StateDeputy Opposition Leader David Southwick,Imam Wadood Janud, Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman and Opposition LeaderMatthew Guy looking at the Torah scroll at St Kilda Synagogue.Credit:Paul Topol My speech coincided with the festival of Chanukah and culminated in a candle-lighting ceremony symbolising the triumph of light over darkness. For my grandparents, darkness carried a uniquely disturbing meaning.
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By Imen Boudali | Raseef22 | This article by Imen Boudali was first published by Raseef22, and is being republished as part of a content-sharing partnership with Global Voices. ( Globalvoices.org ) In May of each year, Tunisia hosts a unique and extraordinary event. The north African country, home to the oldest synagogue in Africa, celebrates and revives its Jewish roots through the pilgrimage of La Ghriba, an event bringing together different religions on the tranquil island of Djerba.
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Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The church holds a contemporary service at 5 p.m.
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Im a nice Jewish girl, but I lost my religious compass during my divorce. I knew I needed to rekindle my relationship with G-d before I could spark something new with a man
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Rabbis Rami Pavolotzky and Daniela Szuster {courtesy} By Agrippina Fadel Rabbis Rami Pavolotzky and Daniela Szuster will share a job - and bimah at Tamaracs Temple Beth Torah Shaaray Tzedek starting August 1. Jewish theological seminaries and rabbinical associations dont have an exact record of how many married rabbis share a synagogue but say the practice is rare. We had not even thought about a married couple, said Elise Leonard, TBTSTs rabbinical search committee co-chair
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When Rabbi Matondo sat down on the call with Ross Wilson, there was one question the Rangers sporting director had for the Wales winger.
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If there is one thing Zionism has been consistent about over the past century, it is its commitment to territorial expansion to achieve demographic supremacy in Palestine, whatever diversionary tactics may be used by politicians to confuse and mislead the unwary. When such expansion was impossible through military means, and ever since before 1948, Zionism adopted the gradualist approach, dubbed dunam after dunam. In that sense, Israels partaking in any of the subsequent peace plans with the Palestinians was always underwritten by the aim of controlling the entire country over the long duree
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