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A Phone Call in a Moment of Distress
Upon coming home one Wednesday afternoon, I was met by a sink full of dishes. Washing dishes has never been my favorite chore; truth be known,I had been remiss in phoning Sandra to confirm my Shabbat invitation it’s a task that usually falls, by default, to my husband. Read more » »
60000 joined a Polish nationalist march. Should Jews be worried?
Some of the tens of thousands of nationalists who marched through Warsaw, Nov. 11, 2017. (Jakob Ratz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (JTA) — The sight of far-right activists waving racist banners and shouting anti-Semitic slogans during a nationalist march in the capital of Poland over the weekend shocked many around the world. Read more » »
RIP Charlie Lasky
Charles ‘Charlie’ Lasky passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2017 surrounded by his family following a long illness. Born in 1933 in Fall River to the late Ainsley and Doris (Rubenstein) Lasky and raised there, he graduated from Durfee High School (1951) and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1955). Read more » »
Caribbean RoundUp
Share on TwitterTweet Share on Facebook Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like Caribbean Life on Facebook. Caribbean The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be releasing a new EC$50 banknote honoring the late governor Sir Dwight Venner. Read more » »
Keep nonprofits out of politics, Jewish groups urge Congress
(JTA) — Dozens of Jewish nonprofits, charitable organizations and religious institutions are urging Congress to oppose efforts to weaken or repeal a law that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from supporting or opposing candidates for public office. A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Europe : Serge Dahan élu président
Dans l’actualité : Réservée aux Transformers ! B’nai B’rith Europe : Serge Dahan élu président Ukraine : Là où le Baal Shem Tov méditait… Israël-USA : Les relations avec l’administration Trump L’ombre iranienne au-dessus d’Israël Par Haim Musicant Le Read more » »
Robert Rockaway
Private letters to foreign relatives paint a harrowing picture of warnings largely unheeded November 8, 2017 • 9: 30 PM ‘); } } }); var tweets; $.getJSON(‘http: //urls.api.twitter.com/1/urls/count.json?url=http: //www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/248617/german-jews-react-to-hitlers-rise&callback=?’, function(data){ tweets = data. Read more » »
Election Day: Allentown voters look for trust, integrity in their candidate
Voter turnout across Allentown ranged from a trickle to a stream this morning into the afternoon as residents made their picks in an election that is in large part a referendum on Mayor Ed Pawlowski — the incumbent who has overseen the city’s remarkable turnaround but is also under federal indictment on corruption charges. Read more » »
News Transcript Datebook, Nov. 8
• The Manalapan Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee will host a Veterans Day celebration at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the veterans memorial in front of town hall, Route 522. All veterans and community members are welcome to attend. U.S. Air Force Capt. (retired) Dave Drummond will relate some of his experiences as a Vietnam veteran Prisoner of War. Read more » »
Jewish groups wary of proposed federal tax overhaul
WASHINGTON — Jewish groups expressed dismay at some of the provisions of a tax overhaul that President Donald Trump and Republicans hope to complete by the end of this year. The overhaul, broadly, slashes taxes and compensates for them to a degree by reducing deductions. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, the speaker of the U.S. Read more » »
