admin | January 22, 2020
I learned a lesson when conducting research for my recently published book, Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century. I had discovered the story of a young Jewish man forgotten to history until now, a story that taught me that neither cultural affiliation nor family history is a reliable predictor of future behavior. In short, identity is not destiny, and all of us can fall prey to the tides of history.
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admin | January 22, 2020
Right now, The World Zionist Organization (WZO) is electing members of its Congress (the decision-making body of the WZO) and executive board members of the other national Israel organizations.
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admin | January 20, 2020
Thirty years ago, Kimberl Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women.
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admin | January 20, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) Thirty years ago, Kimberl Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. The theory of how different forms of discrimination interact is a useful tool to recognize the way privilege and oppression overlap. It can serve to challenge notions about oppressions and hierarchies, class struggles and racial divides
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admin | January 20, 2020
Most Jews have never heard of the World Zionist Congress, and those that have probably learned about it in history class. It was founded over a century ago by Theodor Herzl
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admin | January 20, 2020
Vladimir Putin is considering a pardon for an American-Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges, a Russian media outlet reported Thursday on the eve of visit to Israel. Naama Issachar was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after Russian authorities caught her with 9.5 grams of cannabis while on a connecting flight from India to Israel.
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admin | January 8, 2020
The Atlanta Jewish Life Festival, the citys largest single-day celebration of Jewish culture and community, is back for its second year. The event will return to the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta Jan. 26 from 10 a.m.
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admin | January 8, 2020
(RNS) Serious FOMO. That's "fear of missing out." I missed out on therallySunday (Jan. 5) in New York against anti-Semitism.
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admin | January 6, 2020
Adam Sandler as Howard Ratner in Uncut Gems (Courtesy of A24 Films) Youve seen Chanukah-time Adam Sandler before, but never like this. Actually, though the latest from the Safdie brothers, Josh and Benny, opened nationally on Christmas Eve, and square in the middle of 2019s Chanukah, the Jewish holiday that Uncut Gems loosely revolves around is Passover. Sandlers character, Howard Ratner, is an inveterate gambler who owns a jewelry store in Manhattans Diamond District
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admin | January 6, 2020
Classical music and opera events happening in and around Toronto for the week of Jan 6 12.Critics Picks (Jan. 6 12) Ludwig van Torontos weekly Critics Picks are a curated list of some of the best concerts happening now through the end of the week
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