Mission: Volunteer 52 Times in 52 Weeks – Jewish Exponent
admin | June 21, 2021
Jaret Lyons. Photo by Wendi Lyons By David Statman Like the rest of the world, Jaret Lyons went through a lot of change in the last year and a half
Google criticized by Jewish organization for ‘allowing’ antisemitism – The Jerusalem Post
admin | June 21, 2021
The SimonWiesenthal Center,an international Jewish human rights organization, has launched a campaign to hold Google accountable for "tolerating" antisemitism in its workplace, the organization announced on Thursday.The Center has around 400,000 members worldwide and has consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, and other notable international organizations. The controversy began in 2007 when Kamau Bobb, known for being Google's head of diversity, wrote a post where he wrote that Jews have "an appetite for war and killing."This directly contradicts to Bobb's original job, which is to ensure that the workplace would be free of bigotry
YC4KF Thanks Jewish Community Foundation for $8,000 Grant – Signals AZ
admin | June 21, 2021
By Staff | on June 20, 2021 Yavapai CASA for Kids Foundation (YC4KF) sincerely thanks the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Prescott for their generous $8,000 grant. These funds will be used to complete the final stages of constructing an outside play area at the Family Visitation Center. When families are separated during difficult times and children are placed under the care of the Department of Child Safety (DCS), the shared goal of DCS and YC4KF is family reunification
What is an egg cream and why is it so Jewish? – The Jerusalem Post
admin | June 21, 2021
An egg cream was my fathers kitchen claim to fame. He assembled them with great flourish Foxs U-Bet chocolate syrup, cold milk from a glass bottle, and a long, hard shpritz of seltzer followed by a vigorous stir
JCF awards more than $140000 in scholarships for Jewish campers – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
admin | June 21, 2021
The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Phoenix awarded $141,000 in scholarships for children hoping to attend Jewish day and sleep-away camps this summer.
Jewish Federation Expands Outreach and Education to Counter Increased Antisemitism Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
admin | June 16, 2021
The recent violent conflict in Israel and Gaza has resulted in a dramatic increase in antisemitic acts in the United States. In some cities, Jewish individuals have been assaulted and seriously injured; others have been subjected to insults in person or on social media. In a communication to the Detroit area Jewish community last week, Federations leadership stated, An alarming statistic was shared recently by the Secure Community Network, the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America: Over the past month, in the wake of Israels 11-day conflict with Hamas, antisemitic acts in the U.S
Here are the top candidates to one of the most prestigious jobs in the Jewish world – Haaretz
admin | June 16, 2021
After 12 years, Israel finally has a new prime minister in Naftali Bennett. Next month, it will also get a new president when Isaac Herzog replaces Reuven Rivlin.
John Rathbun of East Longmeadow convicted of attempting to burn Jewish elder care campus after 2nd trial – MassLive.com
admin | June 16, 2021
SPRINGFIELD An East Longmeadow man was convicted of two federal criminal counts linked to an attempted arson of a Jewish elder care complex in 2020. John Rathbun began standing trial for the second time in U.S
‘George Soros was an easy target: hes Jewish, wealthy and secretive’ – Haaretz
admin | June 16, 2021
Nazi collaborator, the worlds biggest drug dealer, a traitor to the United States, one of the most evil people in the world, even Satans seed. To judge by some of the epithets hurled at him over the years, Jewish-American billionaire George Soros may certainly be one of the most hated people in the world
Jewish groups in the US and South Africa among recipients of MacKenzie Scott’s latest $2.74B in grants – Cleveland Jewish News
admin | June 16, 2021
(JTA) Three Jewish nonprofit organizations will receive a slice of the latest $2.74 billion in grants handed out by MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott and her husband Dan Jewett announced Tuesday that they were distributing new funds to 286 different organizations, bringingScotts total charitable giving since July 2020 to $8.5 billion. The latest grants include Scotts first to Jewish groups.The three Jewish grantees are Maryland-based HIAS, which advocates for and gives aid to immigrants and refugees; Repair the World, a community service and social justice organization based in New York; and Afrika Tikkun, an aid organization founded by the chief rabbi of South Africa after the end of apartheid there.
