Category Archives: World
Conflict Kitchen wrappers spark conversation on foundation’s role
Controversy over Conflict Kitchen’s focus on Palestinian fare has continued since the menu was introduced Oct. 6, with conservative groups and media now trying to link anti-Israel messages on food wrappers distributed by the Oakland restaurant with Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Read more » »
EU, UN, Canada join US in condemning Jerusalem terror attack
The UN, EU and Canada joined the US Thursday in condemning the terror attack in Jerusalem Wednesday in which a Palestinian man ran over groups of pedestrians before being shot dead. The attack killed one Border Police officer and left 14 people injured. Read more » »
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At revived ‘Super Sunday,’ volunteers work to boost JFed Annual Campaign
With the inflatable goal posts and football-themed tablecloth, it certainly felt like Super Sunday. But there is at least one difference between the fundraising phone-a-thon of 2014 and its earlier predecessors. No banks of phones. Thanks to the rise of mobile technology, most of today’s volunteers solicited donations from their own smartphones. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Strongly Condemns Second Car Attack on Jerusalem Light-Rail Station in Recent Weeks
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: In the second attack in less than two weeks, a Hamas member drove a car at pedestrians at a light-rail station in northern Jerusalem, killing one and wounding 13 others. Read more » »
Kerry calls Jerusalem terror attack ‘an atrocity’
US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned a terror attack in Jerusalem Wednesday that left one dead as „an atrocity,” while also admitting that peace efforts had gotten bogged down by what he termed „serious complications. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Questions Heinz Endowment On Controversial Grant
B’nai B’rith International contacted The Heinz Endowments , expressing dismay and deep concern over a grant previously given to Pittsburgh eatery Conflict Kitchen, which has served anti-Israel propaganda to diners as part of it’s „Palestine” campaign. Read more » »
Somerville Public Library holds interfaith panel discussion Nov. 12
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Voter turnout light at local polling places
Voter turnout appeared light at several polling places in Luzerne County on Tuesday despite the governor’s race, two congressional battles and four contested races for seats on the state Legislature. The county reported that 75,608 of the 196,129 registered voters, or 38.5 percent, voted. Read more » »
The Khazars and the Mountain Jews: Tales from Jewish Azerbaijan
The Mountain Jews of Quba at a Jewish school in the 1920s. Public Domain Buried deep beneath Azerbaijan’s bucolic landscape lie secrets behind the ancient Muslim-Jewish friendship that prevails in this South Caucasus largely Shiite country. Read more » »
