Category Archives: World
City awards $50,000 to local non-profit agencies | News
City awards $50,000 to local non-profit agencies | News The News GuardThe City of Lincoln City will be distributing a total of $50000 in checks to local non-profit agencies at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 14. Read more » »
Decision to dismiss charges of Halimi murderer ‘contradictory’ at best, ‘anti-Semitic’ at worst
(July 17, 2019 / JNS) PARIS—One day before making aliyah to Israel from France, Jewish community leader Simon Midal expressed his concern that France’s preliminary court decision to dismiss the murderer of French Jew Sarah Halimi applied an anti-Semitic double standard. Read more » »
Canada’s NDP Suppresses Palestinian Solidarity Again
One side is playing for keeps. They oust elected representatives and block members from voting on efforts to challenge a brutal occupation. On the other side, members defending a morally righteous cause twist themselves in knots to avoid directly criticizing nakedly authoritarian party leaders. Read more » »
Festival of Plays Features Local Talent
Stephen Sussman has been seen in many community theater roles over recent years, and one had him in the cast of Swashbucklers, a play written by Myron Stein and staged by Playwrights@Work, a group within The Village Players. Read more » »
County warns of heat, suggests senior centers to help cool down
Because of dangerously high temperatures this week, Dauphin County officials are warning people, particularly those with asthma, heart or lung diseases and other health concerns, about the heat threat and reaching out to at-risk senior citizens and making fans and air conditioning units available to those who qualify for services. Read more » »
Israel Issue Takes On Divisive New Tone
Israel, which in the last few years has become a wedge issue in Congress, was trotted out by President Trump this week in a dramatically new — and potentially even more divisive — way. Read more » »
Dauphin County offers free fans, AC to at-risk seniors
Dauphin County offers free fans, AC to at-risk seniors ABC27HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Dauphin County is making fans and air conditioning units available to senior citizens due to the dangerously high temperatures … Read more » »
Dauphin County Commissioners, Area Agency on Aging warning people about heat threat
Dauphin County Commissioners, Area Agency on Aging warning people about heat threat WPMT FOX 43HARRISBURG — Due to dangerously high temperatures this week, Dauphin County Commissioners Jeff Haste, Mike Pries and George P. Hartwick, III and the … Read more » »
Filial Yehuda Halevi: encuentro con Gerardo Gorodischer
Filial Yehuda Halevi: encuentro con Gerardo Gorodischer Tuvimos una entretenida e interesante reunión del sábado 29 junio, en casa de uno de nuestros Queridos Hermanos. Nuestro invitado fue Gerardo Gorodischer, Presidente de la Comunidad Judía de Chile. Read more » »
‘We’re leaving France because of antisemitism,’ says Jewish couple
PARIS – “We’re leaving because of the situation for the Jews in France,” said Simon and Alice Midal, long-time residents of Levallois-Perret, a wealthy suburb northwest of Paris. At 76 years old, the couple has decided it is time to bid adieu to France, and will be on a flight together with some 100 immigrants leaving on Wednesday. Read more » »
