admin | September 4, 2022
The Anti-Defamation League is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a piece of legislation it says will help hold social media companies accountable for antisemitism and other forms of hate shared on their sites. Despite opposition from large social media platforms, which insist they are already taking pains to make their platforms safe, Assembly Bill 587 passed both houses of the Legislature on Aug.
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admin | September 2, 2022
Many years ago, I was asked to speak, on short notice, at a symposium in Geneva about the future of the global climate refugee crises. It was an important opportunity but attending meant I was going to miss my 11-year-old daughter Elianas choir concert, the one for which she had been rehearsing for months. I was crushed, but no compromise was possible Id be on the other side of the globe for every performance
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admin | September 2, 2022
The beginning of Bereshit teaches us a very powerful lesson: And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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admin | September 2, 2022
FENSTER: Frankly, I think the job of Judaism is to change the world. We've got to figure out how and who we will work with to do this.
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admin | September 2, 2022
Chabad of Ulster County held their annual Empowerment Breakfast on Sunday, August 28, with honors going to local Kingston elected officials, public servants and residents, including a 101-year-old who recently became a bar mitzvah. The Jewish Press was the only news outlet covering the event. When introducing the Town of Ulster supervisor, Chabad director Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Hecht provided his take on politics.
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admin | September 2, 2022
One of the best compliments you can give to anyone is that they show up. Think of that simple phrase showing up
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admin | September 2, 2022
(RNS) In the Trump years, white evangelical Christians deepened their association with political power and doubled down on their social conservatism, even as and some observers would say because of a precipitous drop in theiroverall numbers. Evangelicalisms 23% share of the American population in 2006 shrank to 14% in 2020
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admin | September 2, 2022
AHillel chapter that was formed at Stevens Institute of Technology in 2019 has come out strong on the other side of the pandemic. Despite the schools shift to remote learning during covid, Hillel board president Sabrina Benayoun and vice president Dennis Vink forged ahead to build a Jewish community on the Hoboken campus that is poised for more growth in the fall. Itll be a refreshing new fall semester with a bunch of students who are excited to be back on campus, Rachel Waldorf, the director of Hillel of Northern New Jersey, said
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admin | September 2, 2022
(September 1, 2022 / JNS) Though the majority of American Jews identify ideas about social justice as the essence of Judaism and vote accordingly, they nonetheless support policies that are both unjust and penalize the poor to help the better-off. JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin said that by backing both open borders and especially President Joe Bidens student loan bailout, Jews are prioritizing partisanship and personal interest over social justice.
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admin | September 2, 2022
Two and a half years ago, Gonzaga University's Foley Library applied to host the "Americans and the Holocaust" traveling exhibition.
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