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Longtime volunteer Marcia H. Federman, 95

Marcia H. Federman peacefully passed away on Jan. 18, 2018. Known for always having a smile, wonderful welcome and quest for adventure, she was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on Sept. 6, 1922. She had been a long-time resident of Riverdale, and was loved and admired by all who met her. Read more » »

The inevitable politicization of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

When President Donald Trump left Jews out of his remarks for International Holocaust Remembrance Day last year, he inadvertently gave the relatively new commemoration an unprecedented amount of publicity. Read more » »

This Jewish man saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis

B’nai B’rith confers Jewish Rescuers Citation on 98-year-old who saved hundreds of escaping Jews from the Nazis. Read more »

Amir Benayoun finally receives visa to perform at UN ceremony

January 26, 2018 09: 58 2 minute read. The Last Survivor to be performed at the UN in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2018 At the very last minute, Israeli singer and songwriter Amir Benayoun received a visa to the United States and will appear at the UN on Monday. Read more » »

Falsely Accused Terrorism Suspect Released After 10-Year Ordeal

January 25, 2018 Sociology professor Hassan Diab, who was accused of a terrorist attack in Paris over ten years ago, and who Canada extradited to France three years ago, was just released. Diab talks to TRNN about his ordeal in one of his first interviews upon his return Members don’t see ads. Read more » »

Kohn makes pitch to Accelerate 2018

Katie Kohn will be among 25 civic visionaries in Cleveland who will pitch their ideas to create positive change within the community at Cleveland Leadership Center’s Accelerate 2018: Citizens Make Change event Feb. 21. Read more » »

Hydrofracking and Jewish Summer Camp

Now it is freezing and snowy, but summer camp enrollment is taking place. Parlor meetings often feature a video tour of the camps’ facilities. Read more » »

More than 12000 Philadelphians died in the flu pandemic of 1918. My aunt was one of them

In the fall of 1918, Elizabeth Conway was 3 years old, but knew she had a big job to do. Her twin brothers, then 6, were so sick they couldn’t get out of their beds in the family’s home in the Olney section of Philadelphia. So were the children’s Irish immigrant parents, Patrick and Margaret, who just months earlier lost a baby to stillbirth. Read more » »

Host Sites Keep School in Session for Crane Students

Congregation B’nai B’rith, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Boys and Girls Club open doors to displaced pupils By Elizabeth Karlsberg for Crane School | January 24, 2018 | 8: 15 p.m. After a weeklong hiatus following Montecito’s devastating mudslides and tragic loss of life, Crane Country Day School students headed back to class on Jan. 18. Read more » »

VIDEO VAULT | A look back at 1983’s Top 10 Most Influential Men in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — In early 1983, News 3 put together a list of the Top 10 most influential men in Nevada. The story below is how reporter Rob McCoy summed it up 35 years ago, with some footnotes added: „At the top of our list, 83-year-old Moe Dalitz1,” McCoy began. Read more » »