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Not just any holocaust
The unfathomable acts of evil perpetrated against the Jews should never be diluted and distorted for cheap political points. Nor should they be misappropriated for cynical campaigns. (January 25, 2022 / JNS) Many nations around the world have had catastrophes. Real, painful ones. Genocides. Wars. Injustices. Read more » »
In wake of Colleyville, Jewish groups renew push to double federal security grant funding
Following the Jan. 15 hostage situation at a Texas synagogue, Jewish organizations in the United States have reignited their push for Congress to double the funding of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), ensuring that more targeted nonprofit institutions such as synagogues get federal funding to invest in protection. Read more » »
Major Jewish groups urge Senate to take immediate action to replenish Iron Dome
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled in the Senate. (January 11, 2022 / JNS) A dozen major Jewish organizations spanning the religious and political spectrum are urging the U.S. Read more » »
Obsessed with Israeli settlements, Americans and Europeans turn blind eye to Palestinian violence
The United States and some European nations continue to demonstrate an obsession with Israeli “settlements” and isolated incidents by small groups of radical right-wing Israelis, mostly wayward youths, while completely ignoring the much larger issue of Palestinian violence, incitement and terrorism. Read more » »
Abramovich, the Israeli, Lithuanian and Portuguese Jew
(December 23, 2021 / JNS) He’s very discreet. He does not give interviews. He does not pose for photos. He rarely expresses emotions. His children are Lithuanian citizens of the European Union. This is a prerogative of Roman Abramovich, a Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Israeli Jew, as well as a Russian. Read more » »
Remembering the Jewish servicemen who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor
(December 9, 2021 / The Jewish Journal) Sherman Levine was 17 years old when he volunteered in the U.S. Army. At Von Steuben High School in Chicago, he was a formidable athlete who lettered in swimming, basketball and baseball. In Nov. Read more » »
Portuguese president hosts Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony
Israel’s ambassador to Portugal thanked President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for his “long-lasting friendship with the Jewish community in Portugal and with the State of Israel. Read more » »
Special tribute to Holocaust victims held in Oporto
The Portugal-based International Observatory of Human Rights ceremony took place at the Oporto Holocaust Museum in the presence of 200 teenagers from the city’s schools. Read more » »
Jewish groups urge Senate to approve anti-Semitism envoy amid stalled nomination
It is the latest in a series of calls by American Jewish organizations to confirm Holocaust historian, author and professor Deborah Lipstadt. (November 11, 2021 / JNS) Some 21 Jewish organizations wrote to the heads of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday urging them to swiftly approve Deborah Lipstadt as the next anti-Semitism envoy. Read more » »
Groups urge Virginia Tech to reject BDS resolution passed by graduate students
The 79 organizations also asked university president Tim Sands to affirm his commitment to ensuring that “no student will be subject to unfair discrimination or harassment because of the implementation of such a boycott on campus. Read more » »
