Category Archives: Jewish Journal
The History of the LA Community Relations Committee
Community relations is an art form. And when it comes to the public affairs agenda of the Jewish community, communications management requires a mastery of intrigue and information. Nowhere was that mastery more evident than the Los Angeles Community Relations Committee (CRC) from 1934–2007, where I served as director from 1985-1995. Read more » »
Mergers and More: What Is Happening to the American Synagogue, and Why?
In a joint statement issued on November 6, the leadership of Wilshire Boulevard Temple (WBT) and University Synagogue announced the latest merger within the American Jewish communal world. Rabbi Joseph Newmark founded Congregation B’nai B’rith (WBT) in 1862. Read more » »
Jewish Groups React to Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation to US Supreme Court
Jewish groups reacted immediately following the U.S. Senate confirmation on Monday of Amy Coney Barrett as the 115th U.S. Supreme Court justice a week before the Nov. 3 election. Barrett, previously a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court and a professor at Notre Dame Law School, her law school alma mater, was confirmed 52-48. Read more » »
The Anti-Defamation League’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt Wants to Take Us Back to Our Roots and ‘Remember Why We Are Here Today’
For years, Facebook’s algorithms have been criticized by privacy enthusiasts, regulators, businesses, and of course impacted users–and most recently, musicians who will soon be affected by the new Terms of Service which go into effect Oct. 1, which I recently discussed in a recent Bloomberg Law Insight. Read more » »
University of Delaware Chabad Fire Was Arson, Investigators Say
The state’s fire marshal ruled that a fire at the University of Delaware Chabad’s Center for Jewish Life on Aug. 26 was an act of arson.Delaware Online reported that firefighters were called at around 11: 15 p.m. on Aug. 26; it took the firefighters three hours to extinguish fire. No one was inside the building at the time of the fire. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Calls for Toronto Street Named After Nazi to Be Renamed
B’nai Brith Canada called for a street located in Ajax, Ontario, to be renamed because the street currently is named after a Nazi.The street, Langsdorff Drive, is named after Hans Langsdorff, a Nazi commander who headed the Admiral Graf Spee warship in a battle with the British Royal Navy in the River Plate in 1939. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Calls on Police to Investigate Polish Paper for Blaming COVID-19 on Jews
B’nai Brith Canada announced on Aug. 6 that the group is calling on law enforcement to investigate a Polish newspaper in Toronto for blaming the COVID-19 pandemic on the Jews. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada Calls on York University to Discipline Professor for Comparing Zionism to White Supremacy
B’nai Brith Canada launched a petition on June 24 calling on York University in Toronto to take action against a professor for equating Zionism with white supremacy.According to a press release from B’nai Brith Canada, York University Osgoode Hall Law Professor Faisal Bhabha said during a June 10 panel that Zionism is just “Jewish supremacy. Read more » »
