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Trump’s Germany ambassador pick under fire from Jewish groups for statements on immigrants and Nazi history – JTA News
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Australian Aboriginal activists protested against the Nazis. Time for us Jews to return the favor
On November 9-10, Jews around the globe commemorate Kristallnacht, a day in 1938 when around 7,500 Jewish businesses and 191 synagogues were destroyed, and thousands of Jews were taken to concentration camps or murdered by the Nazis. Read more » »
Ex-Obama health official gives Coronavirus Rosh Hashanah pep talk
(JTA) – As the High Holidays approach, Jews across the country are preparing for a Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur like none they’ve ever experienced. Andy Slavitt, a former Obama administration official who ran Medicare and Medicaid from 2015 to 2017, wants to encourage his fellow Jews to look on the bright side. Read more » »
Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83
(JTA) — Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinzaltz, the acclaimed scholar whose landmark translation of the Talmud enabled a vast readership to access one of Judaism’s most canonical texts, has died. Steinsaltz died Friday at 83 in Jerusalem. Read more » »
Parashiot Êkev e Vaetchanan
O PRIMEIRO REFUSENIK Fonte: Rabino Pinchas Hacohen Peli z”l “E então implorei ao Senhor: ó Senhor, mostre-me a Sua Grandeza. Deixe-me passar ao outro lado do rio Jordão”. Esse foi o pedido de Moisés a D´us. Mesmo assim, foi-lhe negado. É uma analogia entre Moisés e o Refusnik moderno. Read more » »
Newspaper tied to government-funded Polish group blames COVID-19 on Jews in anti-Semitic tirade
The front of the March 25 edition of Glos Polski, with the story headlined “Coronavirus, or fake pandemic.” Glos Polski The story suggests ‘biological weapons are being worked on in the U.S. Read more » »
American Jewish groups react to Elliott Abrams as new special representative to Iran
Jack Rosen, president of the American Jewish Congress, said Elliott Abrams “will have little time to settle in,” citing the upcoming deadline to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran. (August 6, 2020 / JNS) American Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted to the news on Thursday that Elliott Abrams has replaced Brian Hook as U.S. Read more » »
American Jewish groups react to Elliott Abrams as new special representative to Iran
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YouTube removes rapper Wiley’s channel over ‘repeated violations’
August 6, 2020 By Marcy Oster (JTA) — YouTube is the latest media platform to remove Wiley over what it termed the British rapper’s “repeated violations.” The decision to remove his channel comes after pressure by groups in the United Kingdom, including the Campaign Against Antisemitism. Read more » »
The centrality (or not) of Israel for progressives
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian-American congresswoman from Michigan, calls Bernie Sanders “Amo Bernie,” using the Arabic term of endearment for “uncle. Read more » »
