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NY Times Apologizes Again for Anti-Semitism, But Cartoonist Remains Defiant

Administrator - 05/02/2019

The Times editorial board calls itself “stalwart supporters” of Israel, while the cartoonist responsible for recent charges of anti-Semitism claimed that Trump encourages ‘the...

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March of the Living’s First Ever ‘Emerging Leadership Conference’ Charges Millennials with Combatting Anti-Semitism

Administrator - 05/02/2019

On Wednesday, May 1, the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), more than 200 young leaders from 10 countries – Jewish and non-Jewish...

Jewish Features

Seven Lessons of the Holocaust

Sholom Schreirber - 05/01/2019

Lesson 1: The Importance of Holocaust Remembrance – The Responsibility of Memory The first lesson is the importance of Zachor, of the duty of remembrance...

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Can a Holocaust be Predicted? Understanding Genocide

Sholom Schreirber - 05/01/2019

“There was a straight road to Auschwitz,” says Wendy Lower, John K. Roth Professor of History and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna...

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Parshas Acharei Mos–Kedoshim–The Path to Spirituality

Sholom Schreirber - 05/01/2019

Many people will tell you that while they may not be observant, they are spiritual. What exactly does that connote? Does it mean meditating?...

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Victim of Poway Shooting Buried; NYT Reaches New Low for Running Anti-Semitic Cartoon

Administrator - 05/01/2019

A public funeral was held on Monday for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, the woman who was shot and killed while attending a Passover service at...

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World Jewish Congress delegation arrives in San Diego to mourn with local community: “We are one global community and we must protect each other”

Sholom Schreirber - 05/01/2019

A World Jewish Congress delegation comprising senior professionals and members of the WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps arrived in San Diego on Monday to stand...

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NYU Student Claims Campus is Gripped with Severe Anti-Semitism

Administrator - 04/30/2019

NYU has permitted what a complaint filed last week with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights calls “extreme anti-Semitism” to grow...

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Over 500 Demonstrators Take NY Times to Task for Vehemently Anti-Semitic Cartoon

Administrator - 04/30/2019

By: Helen Freedman Over 500 people gathered in front of the NY Times building on 8th Avenue @ 40th St. in...

International News

California Synagogue Shooting Victim, Lori Gilbert-Kaye Remembered as “Loving, Caring Woman” at Funeral

Administrator - 04/30/2019

On Monday afternoon, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, the woman shot and killed while attending Passover services at Chabad of Poway, was laid to rest amongst...

Jewish Features

Agudath Israel of America Statement on San Diego Attack

Sholom Schreirber - 04/29/2019

Once again, a Jewish house of worship was the scene of hate-fueled bloodshed, when a man, reportedly a white supremacist, attacked those gathered for...

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After Being Shot, Chabad Rabbi Comforts Poway Congregation & the Country

Administrator - 04/29/2019

Perhaps the greatest lesson to take from Saturday’s grisly shooting at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego is how ordinary Jews’ love...

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Passover in Hell – Hiding from the Nazis in the Krakow Ghetto

Sholom Schreirber - 04/24/2019

My grandfather’s Passover Seder A raging fire burned through Europe through the years 1939 – 1945, destroying European Jewry. Mendel and Moshe Brachfeld – my...

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The 1929 Struggle to Send Matzah into the Soviet Union

Sholom Schreirber - 04/24/2019

Marking 90 years since Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn’s international campaign It was the end of 1928, and food shortages were once again starting to hit...

International News

WJC Slams Beating of “Judas” Effigy in Poland on Good Friday

Administrator - 04/23/2019

The huge effigy was said to represent the Jewish biblical character of Judas Iscariot Edited by: JV Staff The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday slammed...

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First Time Since Holocaust: A Passover Seder in the Warsaw Ghetto

Administrator - 04/18/2019

76 years ago, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising broke out on April 19, 1943, the eve of the Jewish festival of Passover. German troops stormed...

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