Category Archives: World

U of T to Withhold Fees from Student Union over BDS Support

Headquarters of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (Facebook) March 07, 2022 TORONTO — In a precedent-setting development, the University of Toronto has announced that it will finally begin withholding fees from the Graduate Students’ Read more » »

Ukraine Emergency Relief – B’nai Brith Canada

Thousands of Ukrainians have been impacted by the war, and are facing difficulties to even obtain the most basic necessities. B’nai Brith Canada is preparing containers to send to the Ukraine in order to provide humanitarian assistance and necessities to Ukrainian citizens impacted by the war. Read more » »

Bethesda Magazine’s 2022 Extraordinary Teens

Photo by Joseph Tran Elizabeth Qiu Senior, Winston Churchill High School Growing up, Elizabeth Qiu was set on becoming a concert pianist and a music teacher. In her freshman year at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, she decided to expand her interests. “I explored every single club,” says Elizabeth, 17, a senior who lives in Potomac. Read more » »

Local novelist trains lens on Hanafi siege in D.C.

If you were sentient and living in the Washington region – long before anyone would stoop to calling it the, ugh, “DMV” – in the late 1970s, it’s an incident that remains seared into the area’s collective consciousness. Read more » »

Digitized Media Diversity

The University of Maryland’s digital record of student newspapers has taken another step in representing the diverse history of the Terp community with the addition of eight new Jewish, Asian and Latino titles. Read more » »

Would I Lie to You with B’nai B’rith

MEMBERS of B’nai B’rith’s Melbourne Mitzvah Lodge tried their hand at comedy on Sunday, with a live performance of Would I Lie to You. Read more » »

Israel is duty-bound to help Jews, not just at times of war – Israel Hayom

Israel is duty-bound to help Jews, not just at times of war  Israel Hayom Read more »

McFarling: Former PH track star gets all caught up

When she took the baton last weekend in Blacksburg, the share of an ACC team track title in her sights, Megan McGinnis didn’t have time to contemplate the importance of the next 400 meters.“At that point, you don’t really think,” she said. “You’re just sort of chasing. You’re trying to cover as much ground, make up as much ground as possible. Read more » »

Lawmaker Wants Holocaust Discussion in Schools

Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. Donate here to support The 74’s independent journalism. Eleanor Dunning said she was shocked when she saw a fellow college student throw up a Nazi signal, and doubly so when the student escaped repercussion from school officials. State Sen. Read more » »

Berkeley Community Reacts to Incident of Anti-Semitic Flyers

North Berkeley families were the latest targets of the Goyim Defense League (GDL), a hate group run out of Petaluma, California. On the morning of Sunday, February 20, hundreds of North Berkeley residents awoke to find plastic baggies carrying anti-Semitic flyers containing messages blaming Jewish people for COVID-19. Read more » »