Category Archives: World
Ukraine Security Chief Blasted for Targeting Jews
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko Praised Pro-Nazi Group By JTA Published April 15, 2015. A leader of Ukrainian Jews accused the head of the country’s security service of targeting Jews and legitimizing a militia that killed Jews in the 1940s. Read more »
Anti-Semitic Violence RIses 40% in 2014
Germany and Australia See Steepest Increase, Study Says By JTA Published April 15, 2015. The number of violent anti-Semitic incidents worldwide increased by nearly 40 percent, according to a new report. Some 766 violent anti-Semitic acts were registered around the world in 2014, up sharply from the 554 violent anti-Semitic incidents logged in 2013. Read more » »
Shelly Sterling Wins $2.8M Suit Against ‘Conniving’ Mistress
Donald Sterling Girlfriend Must Hand Back House and Cash getty images By Reuters Published April 15, 2015. Los Angeles — A judge ruled on Tuesday that the wife of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is owed $2.6 million from the woman he lavished with gifts and was behind his downfall, the wife’s lawyer said. Read more » »
Heard the One About the Jewish Musical That’s Better Than You’d Think?
‘Shoulda Been You’ Rises Above (Some) Clichés Joan Marcus Shoulda Been There: Sierra Boggess and David Burka in the new musical, ‘It Shoulda Been You.’ By Jesse Oxfeld Published April 15, 2015, issue of April 24, 2015 . Read more » »
We Remember
At the Gates of Hell: The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen, April 1945 Compared to the appalling number of men, women and children killed at the Nazi extermination camps—places like Sobibor, Chelmno, Treblinka and others where, cumulatively, millions Read more »
Art notes: Corita Kent show closes with talk
This is the last week to see „Someday Is Now: The Art of Corita Kent” at The Andy Warhol Museum, an exhibition that invigorates through the still electric work of the late artist but also because of the way that work, now in historical context, Read more » »
Holocaust Remembrance Day Observed in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — It was a solemn night at the Jewish Community Center on South River Street in Wilkes-Barre in observance of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Those who gathered remembered the six million Jewish people who were killed in the Holocaust and prayed for an end to hatred and prejudice. Read more » »
Holocaust Museum Slams Iran Cartoon Contest
Tehran Caricatures Continue Demonization of Jews By JTA Published April 14, 2015. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum slammed a Tehran-based contest that invites contributors to create cartoons questioning the historical truth of the Holocaust. Read more » »
Obama, in Meetings With Jewish Leaders and Donors, Stresses How Much He …
In meetings with Jewish leaders, President Barack Obama expressed concern over how he is perceived in the Jewish community. Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images. WASHINGTON — Jewish leaders expected President Barack Obama to sell them hard on the Iran nuclear deal. Read more » »
Manhattan Synagogue Members Sue To Block $13M Building Sale
Is Sages of Israel Funneling Money to Ger Hasids? By JTA Published April 14, 2015. Members of a Manhattan synagogue are asking a judge to halt the sale of their building in a deal made without their knowledge. Read more »
