admin | June 3, 2021
President-elect Isaac Herzog will vacate the lucrative post of chairman of the Jewish Agency when he replaces Reuven Rivlin on July 9.A 10-member selection committee will soon be chosen by the Agencys Board of Governors. The support of nine of the 10 members would be needed for approval of a new chairman, followed by the confirmation of the full board.The selection committee will be led by World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel and will include four more WZO members, among them representatives of the Reform and Conservative movements. There would also be two representatives of Keren Hayesod and three from the Jewish Federations of North America, including Board of Governors chairman Michael Siegal.Siegal will be coming to Israel later this month to oversee the process.We at the Jewish Agency are all very proud and excited to witness our chairman of the executive being elected President of the State of Israel, Siegal said
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admin | June 3, 2021
Jason and Charlie Nuttall-Fiske, proprietors of Bubby's Jewish Soul Food, will bring a taste of Jewish fare to the Alamo City this fall via recipes from their family archives. Naturally, that will include some from their very own bubbies, or grandmothers.
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admin | May 25, 2021
Contents Judaism is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years. Followers of Judaism believe in one God who revealed himself through ancient prophets. The history of Judaism is essential to understanding the Jewish faith, which has a rich heritage of law, culture and tradition
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admin | May 25, 2021
Jew, Hebrew Yhdh or Yehudi, any person whose religion is Judaism. In the broader sense of the term, a Jew is any person belonging to the worldwide group that constitutes, through descent or conversion, a continuation of the ancient Jewish people, who were themselves descendants of the Hebrews of the Bible (Old Testament). In ancient times, a Yhdh was originally a member of Judahi.e., either of the tribe of Judah (one of the 12 tribes that took possession of the Promised Land) or of the subsequent Kingdom of Judah (in contrast to the rival Kingdom of Israel to the north)
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admin | May 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) Authorities are investigating whether an attack on diners that occurred outside a Beverly Grove restaurant late Tuesday night was a Jewish hate crime.
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admin | May 25, 2021
Pro-Palestinian protesters face off with Israel supporters and police last week in Times Square in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption Pro-Palestinian protesters face off with Israel supporters and police last week in Times Square in New York City. In Skokie, Ill., it was a shattered window at a synagogue.
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admin | May 25, 2021
The NYPD arrested Faisal Elezzi, 25, and is recommending charges of assault as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime and aggravated harassment as a hate crime, NYPD confirmed to CNN. CNN has reached out to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to find out what charges Elezzi will ultimately face. CNN was not able to immediately identify an attorney for Elezzi but the Legal Aid Society said he hasn't been assigned an attorney at this time or been arraigned yet
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admin | May 25, 2021
A good rule of thumb that some but not all people are aware of is that when youre talking about the Holocaust, you probably shouldnt equate it with anything other than actual genocide. Is the thing you want to liken to the Holocaust a deliberate killing of millions of people from a specific nation, ethnic group, or religion with the aim of wiping those people off the planet? Congratulations, you can compare it to the Holocaust.
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admin | May 25, 2021
Police in the city of Derry are investigating an attack on a Jewish-owned business as a hate crime, the Belfast Telegraph reported on Monday. Perpetrators of the attack painted graffiti on the owner's business. This incident comes on the heels of other acts of antisemitism in Northern Ireland, following a similar global rise of antisemitism amid violence between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist organizations.
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admin | May 25, 2021
Some Jews elected conversion to survive in 14th- and 15th-century Spain. Others did so for economic and social mobility, as attempted by the families of Benjamin Disraeli and Felix Mendelssohn, and by Gustav Mahler himself, or were motivated by real belief, as with Jean-Marie (born Aaron) Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris from 1981 to 2005, who proudly described himself as a Jew. In any case these converts were, in the end, viewed as suspect by many of their adopted faith.
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