admin | July 19, 2024
Like other forms of predatory behavior, there are common motivations that link fundamentalist Islamist terrorists and fundamentalist Christian missionaries. Both actively pursue the Jewish people individually and as a nation. Jihadists aspire to physically eradicate the Jews and their progeny, and missionaries hope to absorb and consume them spiritually
admin | July 19, 2024
Listening as the Foundation for Repositioning Brand Judaism Fundamental to any repositioning of a brand is the need to do extensive research and listen to all constituencies and audiences. Often, it is most important to focus on the core usersin our case, us Jews. To successfully rebrand Judaism, we must embrace the principle of Shema: Listen
admin | July 19, 2024
This article was produced as part ofJTAs Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. This summer, I will be a counselor at the camp Ive attended for the last eight years. Its where I formed my Jewish identity and my love for the community that Jewish values foster
admin | July 19, 2024
Photograph Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy CC BY 2.0 One of the oddest arguments made by self-declared friends of Israel is that anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. That assertion is comprehensible if the person making it believes that God Himself gave the Jews property rights from the river to the sea butTheodore Herzl and the founders of modern Zionism embraced no such belief. On the contrary, that movements largely secularized leadership defined Zionism from the outset as a form of ethnic nationalism a claim to the same right of self-determination as that asserted, say, by the Irish or the Serbs
admin | July 19, 2024
The Rebbe Rayatz shared ideas for making order out of chaos on American shores After his imprisonment in the Soviet Union and his exile from his beloved chassidim behind the Iron Curtain, Rav Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the sixth Lubavitch Rebbe, didn't fall into despair. With indefatigable energy, he left for the United States, to help those left behind, and to galvanize Jews there to forge a Torah society in the New World
admin | July 19, 2024
In her groundbreaking book Off the Derech: Why Observant Jews Stop Practicing Judaism; How to Respond to the Challenge, Faranak Margolese observed that one of the primary reasons young people leave religious observance is that many of their serious questions about faith and belief remain unanswered. And for many, its not just that their teachers left them unanswered; they were mocked and shamed for asking them. For many students, asking challenging questions related to Talmud study is rewarded with praise.
admin | July 19, 2024
Remains of a synagogue destroyed by the Nazis in WWII were uncovered during building works in the Polish city of Otwock recently. The workers clearing the ground for a parking lot found the remains of the Goldberg Synagogue's walls and columns. The structure situated across from the town hall was built in 1927 and could accommodate 650 worshipers.
admin | July 19, 2024
DETROIT (AP) A jury on Thursday acquitted a man of first-degree premeditated murder in the killing of a Detroit synagogue leader but couldn't reach a verdict on a separate murder charge, setting up a possible retrial in the highly publicized case. Deliberations lasted five days and began anew this week when a juror was excused and an alternate was promoted
admin | July 19, 2024
(CNN) Jurors returned mixed verdicts Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll at her home. Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, faced four charges. Jurors deadlocked on the charges of felony murder and home invasion.
admin | July 19, 2024
The agonizing month-long trial for the man charged with murdering Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll has ended with a partial verdict on Thursday, after jurors failed to reach a consensus in two of the four charges against the defendant. Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, of Detroit, is accused of fatally stabbing Woll inside her Lafayette Park townhouse this past October. After five days of deliberations, the jury found Jackson-Bolanos not guilty of first-degree murder and guilty of lying to police, but could not come to a unanimous decision over the felony murder and home invasion charges
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