simmons | April 22, 2017
Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American political activist, expressed back in March how feminists need to care for Palestinian women, and alluded to the sentiment that Zionism and feminism are incompatible. Sarsour said to The Nation, It just doesnt make any sense for someone to say, Is there room for people who support the state of Israel and do not criticize it in the movement? There cant be in feminism
admin | April 20, 2017
By Kristin Schultz Gazette Reporter It was a full house as nearly 30 participants took a seat and rolled up their sleeves at the Bnai Brith house for the second installment of the Schenectady JCCs LEV program. Patty OHare of the Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Schenectady County brought terra cotta pots, potting soil, seeds and clippings as she presented on spring plantings at the March 30 session.
simmons | April 20, 2017
A middle-aged man halted his bike on the corner of OHara Street and University Place and asked, What are we never forgetting?
simmons | April 20, 2017
From Staff Reports Published: April 19, 2017 5:00 AM CDT Updated: April 19, 2017 5:00 AM CDT The Dialogue Institute will host a luncheon featuring two distinguished speakers at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Raindrop Turkish House, 4444 N Classen.
simmons | April 20, 2017
What will be the impact on the Jewish community of the proposed 2018 federal budget, officially known as the America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again? William Daroff, the Jewish Federations of North Americas senior vice president for public policy, estimates that federation-affiliated agencies in this country receive more than $10 billion per year. The funds are mainly Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements to Jewish hospitals, nursing homes and family service agencies
admin | April 17, 2017
At my familys Passover seder this year, we read, as we always do, from the traditional Sephardic haggadah, in keeping with the customs of the Jewish communities from Spain and Portugal. But doing so means our guests need to listen to lots of Hebrew, and the occasional prayer or song in Ladino, before we can start eating dinner.
admin | April 16, 2017
Haaretz columnist Yossi Klein on Friday doubled down on opinions he set out in a piece published earlier this week that caused a storm, in which he claimed that the religious Zionist movement is more dangerous than Hezbollah.
simmons | April 13, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Former Mayor of London's Ken Livingstone's 'Hitler backed Zionism ... Jewish Chronicle Over 500 Labour Party supporters have signed a letter defending Ken Livingstone over his comments on Hitler and Zionism.
admin | April 13, 2017
Larry Derfner moved to Israel in 1985, in his early 30s, and was a liberal Zionist until the final months of 2008. Then, he changed the opinions of a lifetime. His just-published memoir, No Country for Jewish Liberals, is a devastating critique of the views he once held
simmons | April 13, 2017
Hezbollah members carry mock rockets next to a poster of the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah [FIle]. (photo credit:REUTERS) Politicians from across the political spectrum condemned the left-wing Haaretz newspaper on Thursday for running an op-ed article saying religious Zionists are more dangerous than Hezbollah, hit-and-run drivers, or girls with scissors. The article by veteran journalist Yossi Klein accused religious Zionists of wanting to cleanse Israel of Arabs and take over the country
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