Category Archives: World
Michelle Alexander Opened a Door
This past Sunday, The New York Times featured on the front page of its “Week in Review” section a major column by Michelle Alexander: “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine. Read more » »
Jewish Insider’s Daily Kickoff: January 28, 2019
Tell your friends to sign up for the Daily Kickoff here or for early 7AM access via Debut Inbox DRIVING THE DAY — The White House has issued a strong warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying that any violence against U.S. diplomats or National Assembly President Juan Guaidó would elicit a “significant response” from the U.S. Sen. Read more » »
The philo-Semitism of an influential American pastor
Shalom Goldman In the American Midwest of the early 20th century there were many missionary organizations working to convert Jews to Christianity. In his Detroit congregation, in 1923, Pastor Reinhold Niebuhr preached on the necessity of increasing the numbers of Jews who would join the Christian fold. Read more » »
Holocaust education is key in tackling global anti-Semitism
Today, on the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Birkenau, communities around the world commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflecting upon the six million Jewish lives stolen and the millions of other victims of Nazi violence. Read more » »
Michelle Alexander has opened a door on Palestine
Michelle Alexander has opened a door on Palestine gulfnews.comThis past Sunday, the New York Times featured on the front page of its Week in Review section a major column by Michelle Alexander — Time to Break the … Read more » »
BBUK – the next concerts for shoes
BBUK – the next concerts for shoes 26/01/2019| BBUK, Charitable Projects, Concert, Events| Report by Malcolm Factor BBUK – the autumn concerts for shoes The Philharmonia Orchestra at THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL Sunday, 17th February 19. Read more » »
Food giveaway
Food giveaway youngstown Beulah Baptist Church, 570 Sherwood Ave., hosts a food giveaway from 10 a.m. to noon the fourth Saturday of every month. Minyan service youngstown Temple El-Emeth, 3970 Logan Way, will host a minyan service at 5: 45 p.m., followed by dinner and a screening of “The American President” (1995) at 6: 30 p.m. Feb. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns Irish „Occupied Territories” Bill
(Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement: We strongly condemn yesterday’s passage of the Control of Economic Activity bill, commonly referred to as the Occupied Territories bill, by the Irish parliament. Read more » »
Heavenly Acres Pet Cemetery – Legal Update
Pet owners fight to save final resting place of their beloved pets. Joyce Wiswell, Contributing Writer When Jill Lepler Daly’s two beloved dogs died more than 15 years apart, she purchased each a coffin and headstone and tucked special notes and pictures in with them when they were buried at Heavenly Acres Pet Cemetery in Genoa Township. Read more » »
The Theological, Political, and Personal Roots of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Zionism
One of the most influential Protestant thinkers of 20th-century America, Reinhold Niebuhr also helped lay the theoretical foundations for the cold-war liberalism of the postwar decades. He was, moreover, a vocal supporter of Zionism since at least the 1930s, believing that Jews were entitled not just to rights as individuals, but as a nation. Read more » »
