Category Archives: World

Reinhold Niebuhr’s Zionism

The philo-Semitism of an influential American pastor who inspired Martin Luther King Jr., and the role of civil rights in the Jewish cause for nationhood January 23, 2019 • 12: 00 AM ‘); } } }); var tweets; $.getJSON(‘https: //urls.api.twitter.com/1/urls/count. Read more » »

Jerusalem Czech list

Czech President Milos Zeman, who is due to arrive in Israel next week, will be the first representative of the Czech Republic to deliver an address to the Knesset despite Israel’s political disarray. Zeman is coming to Israel to open the Czech House in Jerusalem, which will be utilized for the purpose of promoting Czech Trade and Czech Tourism. Read more » »

Westies to honor most impactful leaders of 2018

Westies to honor most impactful leaders of 2018  Austin American-StatesmanThe Westlake Chamber of Commerce is rolling out the red carpet for this year’s Westies awards, honoring the most impactful people of Westlake in 2018. Read more »

Were your family’s books stolen by the Nazis? New online initiative might help you find them

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Were your family’s books stolen by the Nazis? New online initiative might help you find them

A year ago, Berl and David Schor returned from Berlin to Modi’in with a real treasure. Berl, the 91-year-old father and his 52-year-old son David, returned home with an almost 500-year-old book stolen by the Nazis from their family in Poland. Read more » »

Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019

Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019  Chicago TribuneScores, highlights and schedules from around Northwest Indiana. Read more »

How safe are Jews living in Germany?

„Are we safe?” The question asked by Andras Kain, head of the B’nai B’rith-affiliated Raoul Wallenberg Lodge in Berlin, went unanswered. Berlin is home to the largest Jewish community in Germany, Kain told DW at the organization’s European congress in the German capital. Read more » »

Israel advocates land on Alexander’s MLK/Palestine piece as ‘strategic threat’ and ‘shameful appropriation’ of King’s memory

The US discourse was rocked this weekend by the opinion piece in the New York Times by columnist and “New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander saying that it was time for her to break her silence on Palestine no matter the career cost, in the spirit of Martin Luther King coming out against the Vietnam War in 1967. Read more » »

Fordice and Payne to wed Feb. 23 – The Vicksburg Post

Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Lloyd Fordice of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Louise Fordice, to Thomas Bruce Payne III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bruce Payne, Jr. of Madison. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Governor of Mississippi, the Honorable Daniel Kirkwood Fordice Jr. Read more » »

The books stolen by the Nazis that made it back to the Jewish victims’ heirs

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