admin | May 3, 2019
About Jewish Heritage MonthOn Feb. 23, 2012, the Ontariolegislature unanimously declared May as Jewish Heritage Month and on March 28,2018 the House of Commons passed a bill that designated May as Canadian JewishHeritage Month. Jewish Heritage Month is commemorated through various eventsthat acknowledge the many remarkable achievements and contributions made bymembers of the Jewish community
admin | May 3, 2019
President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) April 30, 2019 JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2019 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As we observe Jewish American Heritage Month, our Nation celebrates nearly 4,000 years of Jewish history and honors the numerous contributions of Jewish Americans to our country and the world. Rabbi Akiva, a great Jewish scholar, declared that a central principle of the Torah is to love thy neighbor as thyself
admin | April 2, 2019
2019 NATIONAL JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Date Signed: 4/1/2019 MARADMINS Number: 207/19 R 011545Z APR 19MARADMIN 207/19MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//SUBJ/2019 NATIONAL JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH//REF/A/PUBLIC LAW 96-237/24APR80/JEWISH HERITAGE WEEK//REF/B/SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 73/16DEC05/AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY MONTH//REF/C/HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 315/14FEB06/AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY MONTH//REF/D/JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH/JEWISHHERITAGEMONTH.GOV//REF/E/JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH/JAHM.US//REF/F/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH MILITARY HISTORY/NMAJMH.ORG//POC/T. M
admin | April 2, 2019
Jewish American Heritage Month is observed in May 2019. Jewish American Heritage Month is an annual recognition and celebration of Jewish American achievements in and contributions to the United States of America
admin | April 2, 2019
Jewish American Heritage Month, 2017 - - - - - - - By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation During Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate our Nation's strong American Jewish heritage, rooted in the ancient faith and traditions of the Jewish people. The small band of Dutch Jews who first immigrated in 1654, seeking refuge and religious liberty, brought with them their families, their religion, and their cherished customs, which they have passed on from generation to generation
admin | March 30, 2019
Donald Trump wearing a Jewish prayer shawl.. (photo credit: CARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS) Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before
admin | May 26, 2018
It began as an outrageous mockery of Canadas first Jewish Heritage Month. And ended with Jewish students learning the importance of fighting back. When Noa Elfassy and her friends from Forest Hill Collegiate recently returned from March of the Living an emotional two-week trip that takes Jewish high school students to Poland to examine the horrors of the Holocaust and then to Israel to learn about the birth of the Jewish state they were told their schools annual Holocaust Remembrance assembly wasnt being held this year.
simmons | May 17, 2018
MAY IS JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH IN CANADA Since its unanimous passing in the Provincial Legislature on 23 February 2012 -- and more recently in the House of Commons on 28 March 2018 --Jewish Heritage Month provides us with the unique opportunity to learn, share and celebrate the history and culture of Jewish Canadians. FIND OUT WHAT EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE DURING JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH HERE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! The OJA will be featuring stories of #MyJewishHeritage all month long on our Facebook page and Twitter feed
simmons | March 26, 2018
The Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is New Yorks contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. As a place of memory, the Museum enables Holocaust survivors to speak through recorded testimony and draws on rich collections to illuminate Jewish history and experience. As a public history institution, it offers intellectually rigorous and engaging exhibitions, programs, and educational resources.
simmons | August 25, 2017
Even if you dont follow pop music, you may have heard pianist and songwriter Regina Spektor singing the catchy Orange Is the New Black theme song, Youve Got Time, covering The Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps in the animated feature Kubo and the Two Strings, or in numerous other films and TV shows that have featured her music. But you might never have heard the Russian Jewish immigrant at all had the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society not helped her family settle in New York. At age 9, Spektor entered the United States as a refugee when her parents fled Soviet persecution in 1989
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