Category Archives: World
A lasting legacy of when Shanghai gave refuge to the Jews
The gray-hued Building No. 10 of the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, on Fenyang Road was the Shanghai Jewish hospital in the 1940s.“Jewish people paid great attention to public health. Read more » »
Jack Rosenberg Obituary – Chicago, IL | Chicago Tribune
Jack Rosenberg, 94, of Lincolnwood, IL, died Saturday, December 26, 2020 at Swedish Hospital, Chicago. Born May 21, 1926 in Pekin, Illinois, he was the son of the late Mollie nee Levey and the late Sam Rosenberg. He attended Pekin Community High School, where he was the only Jewish student and was elected student council president. Read more » »
B’nai Brith CEO Eviscerates Palestinian Pay-for-Slay in Sun Newspapers
Toronto Sun December 29, 2020 TORONTO – Earlier this month, as first reported by B’nai Brith Canada, the Federal Court rightly rejected a refugee application due to the applicant’s involvement in a PLO scheme that rewards terrorists and their families. Read more » »
Judy Moss, Mountain View’s first female council member, dies at 96
by Kevin Forestieri / Mountain View Voice Uploaded: Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 1: 24 pm Mountain View’s first female mayor and council member, Judy Moss, died this month at the age of 96, leaving behind a legacy that broke gender barriers and laid the groundwork for some of the city’s most cherished developments. Read more » »
As Senate runoff looms, Jewish Georgia not immune from deep national political divide
(December 28, 2020 / JNS) While most of the country is dealing with the hangover from the highly divisive 2020 presidential election, aside from recounts and accusations of election fraud, the intensity has continued in Georgia as a massively important runoff election will take place on Jan. 5. Read more » »
Today marks one year since the horrific anti-Semitic stabbing in Monsey, NY targeting a Hanukkah …
Today marks one year since the horrific anti-Semitic stabbing in Monsey, NY targeting a Hanukkah celebration. A machete-wielding attacker stabbed five people, causing Rabbi Josef Neumann to die of his wounds months later. May we remember Rabbi Neumann and may his memory forever be a blessing. Read more » »
Kent State Shooting Victim Alan Canfora’s Legacy Of Post-May 4 Activism
Fifty years after he was shot by Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent State University, Alan Canfora has died at 71. Maybe more than any one person, Canfora kept alive the stories of what happened that day in 1970 when soldiers killed four students and wounded nine, including Canfora, during anti-war protests. Read more » »
Rabbis denounce Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Antisemitic rhetoric, dismiss ‘whitewash’ from partisan groups
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The lockdown evokes traumatic memories in some Holocaust survivors. Others react surprisingly …
Tremendous work by our Geneva Rep. at the U.N. Human Rights Council Anita Winter, who supports #Holocaust survivors in #Switzerland during #COVID19 via her organization, the Gamaraal Foundation. We honor her incredible dedication to remembrance and helping survivors navigate the pandemic. Read more » »
In a conversation hosted by the Maccabiah – Maccabi World Union (MWU), our CEO Dan Mariaschin joined …
In a conversation hosted by the Maccabiah – Maccabi World Union (MWU), our CEO Dan Mariaschin joined MWU Global Ambassador Ido Aharoni Aronoff and legendary sports writer Ira Berkow to share his amazing family connection to the history of the NBA. 🎥 WATCH to learn more: https: //youtu. Read more » »
