admin | July 4, 2017
As a graduate of the Toronto Jewish day school system, having attended both the Toronto Heschel School and the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, I like to think I have a solid Jewish education. So far, it has served me well. When Im in Israel, I can speak with Israelis.
richards | July 4, 2017
Arab News Israel's opposition Labour holds primary as influence wanes Arab News But at the same time, Peretz would risk alienating Ashkenazi voters of European origin, he added. Writing in Haaretz daily, political commentator Yossi Verter said the vote was Labour's last chance to rehabilitate itself, if only partially. Even if ...
simmons | July 3, 2017
Every Fourth of July, competitive eaters head to Coney Island in Brooklyn and stuff their faces to see how many hot dogs and buns they can consume. But did you know that the world of competitive eating has lesser known contests, including ones with kosher food
richards | July 1, 2017
Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. (photo credit:TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS) The United Kingdom's Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has been warned by a number of British rabbis that if he fails to remove a controversial rabbi from his position "he will be responsible for the splitting of Anglo-Orthodoxy." Mirvis reportedly received a letter from several Sephardi as well as Ashkenazi Rabbanim of London Friday morning urging him to sack Rabbi Joseph Dweck following controversial comments he made regarding homosexuality, according to The Jewish Chronicle. The letter stated that If Joseph Dweck is maintained in office as a rabbi, whether it is fully or even partially, in spite of all the letters received from highly respected Orthodox Rabbinical authorities in Gateshead and in Israel and worldwide, Chief Rabbi Mirvis should realize that he will be responsible for the splitting of Anglo-Orthodoxy and lose his credibility as a Chief Rabbi to a large consensus of Orthodox communities." Dweck, leading rabbi of the S&P (Spanish and Portuguese) Sephardi Community in London, found himself at the center of a communal tumult last month after delivering a lecture in which he argued that Judaism allows for two men to love each other despite its prohibition in the Torah
richards | June 30, 2017
European Jewish food developed along with the migration of the European Jewish community -- from West to East.
simmons | June 29, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Summer of song and dance Jewish Chronicle The summer school, held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) centres on Ashkenazi culture, with intensive Yiddish classes, a dance school named Tants Tants Tants and courses on Yiddish song and klezmer. This year, for the first time, ..
richards | June 29, 2017
With her infectious energy, you would never know Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is battling Cystic fibrosis. Kramer-Golinkoff will speak this fall at JUF's Norton & Elaine Sarnoff Center for Jewish Genetics' "Jean Therapy" event in Chicago.
richards | June 29, 2017
Published June 29, 2017 by Lee R Shareholders have approved relocation and restructuring to launch the new Amaya era. Amaya has a new look, and a new venue within its home country of Canada as it looks to the future.
richards | June 28, 2017
Rafi Ashkenazi, Amaya's CEO told reporters after an annual meeting in Montreal last Wednesday that the company intended to make waves in the Indian market, lured by the country's 1.2 billion mobile users. Ashkenazi said "We want to be there in time and we want to make sure that we are, as usual, the market leader when it comes to poker." By all accounts, Amaya will be aiming to pick up at least half of the Indian market which they believe could eventually be worth $150m per annum. Above: Amaya CEO Rafi Ashkenazi is determined for PokerStars to make their mark in the Indian smartphone gaming market Amaya will be hoping that revenues generated from new business in India could help offset some of the losses they will incur if, as planned, they exit the Australian market in order to comply with upcoming legal changes outlawing, among other things, online poker
admin | June 28, 2017
In the reams of articles marking the 50th anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, there has been little focus on Israels population of Jews from Arab lands.
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