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Burkini Bans and Jewish Democracy

By Evelyn Gordon

The 'burkini ban' was enacted in response to Islamist terror attacks in France and concerns about the integration of France’s Muslim minority, France’s highest court just deemed it unconstitutional

Product Promotion

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By Jewish Press Staff

You can buy, sell and find what you need in the Jewish Press Classifieds section.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / Settlements

UN Mid-East Peace Envoy Pins Jewish Homes as Source of Strife

By JNi.Media

He failed to mention the arrests and indictments by Israel of an international charity administrator and a UNDP employee, who confessed to directing millions of dollars to Hamas — which is why all those ruined buildings are yet to be rebuilt.

South Florida

Helping Jewish Children Of Incarcerated Parents Have A Summer Camp Experience

By Shelley Benveniste

It creates a fun and meaningful experience for the kids, in which they can make new friends and explore essential Jewish values.

The Ettinger Report

Jewish Settlements are Legal

By Yoram Ettinger

Rostow, co-author of the November 22, 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242, resolved that under international law: “Jews have the same right to settle in the West Bank as they have in Haifa.”

Terrorism / UK / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Catholic Bishop Calls Destruction of 17 Belfast Jewish Graves 'Shameful'

By JNi.Media

Inspector Norman Haslett of the PSNI said the attack was “a particularly sickening incident, which we are treating as a hate crime.”

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

Philly Jewish Woman Painting Flowers Over Swastikas

By JNi.Media

I am asking you, in this neighborhood, (and beyond if you want to share), paint something positive on your trashcan!

Columns

Sport And The Jewish Question

By Rabbi YY Rubinstein

Scottish Police threatened to arrest anyone waving Palestinian flags during the Hapoel Be’er Sheva/Glasgow Celtic. match. There were not a few flags – there were hundreds. And the police did nothing

Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media

DNC Staff Make Fun of Jewish Congressman's Weight Problems

By JNi.Media

Jerry Nadler stuck his neck out as the only Jewish Congressman to support Obama's nuclear deal with Iran — which did not earn him the DNC staff's respect.

NY

Crown Heights Riots – 25 Years Later: A Look Back at Jewish Press Coverage

By Jewish Press Staff

The leader told W., “If you're not off the streets in a few seconds when I come back, that will be the end of you,” and began to walk away.

News Briefs / Obituaries

Outreach Pioneer And Longtime Jewish Press Columnist Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis Passes Away

By Jason Maoz

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, pioneer in Jewish outreach, founder of the international Hineni organization, and Jewish Press columnist for more than fifty years, passed away Tuesday at the age of 80.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Ha'aretz on Warpath Against New Hebron Jewish Housing

By JNi.Media

Although it's puzzling why Burger didn't tweet in English, or ask someone at the paper's English language website to help him translate, the panicky urgency of the tweet is unmistakable.

Op-Eds

Why is Pollard Being Forced to Violate the Jewish Sabbath?

By Varda Meyers Epstein

Though Pollard has finally been "sprung," he is still being punished-as a Jew. The system has taken away the thing that is dearest to him--his observance of the Jewish Sabbath.

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Media / On Campus / Education / Chabad / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Australian Jewish College Director Suing over Claims She Pressured Abuse Victims Not to Complain

By JNi.Media

Back on February 11, 2015, the Australian ABC network reported on Nechama Bendet's testimony to the Royal Commission that day, admitting it was a mistake that Yeshivah College had never apologized directly to Manny Waks, a student who had been sexually abused by a guard.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion / Germany / Holocaust

Coming Home: Jewish Secondary Schools Opening in Düsseldorf, Munich

By JNi.Media

On May 19, 1943, Germany was declared Judenrein (clean of Jews), with no Jewish high schools. Now we're back to three, and counting.

Photo of the Day

The Ancient Susiya Synagogue

By Photo of the Day

The excavated synagogue in Susiya dates from the 4th to the 7th century CE and was in continuous use until the 9th century CE.

Obituaries

Joseph Wilf, Real Estate Developer And Supporter Of Jewish Causes, Passes Away At 91

By Faygie Levy Holt

The Wilfs, both Joe and Harry, were not just philanthropic donors to the RCA, stressed Herson, but took an active role in the continued growth of the educational institution.

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Chabad / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism / Assimilation

Bennett Relying on Orthodox to Lead Israel's Jewish Identity Project for Diaspora Youth

By JNi.Media

The fact that the first two of these organizations is completely Orthodox, while the third varies from one campus to another has irked many, in Israel and abroad.

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Goldie Michelson: A Century Of Jewish Commitment

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

Whenever new Russian immigrants arrived in Worcester, Goldie Michelson helped welcome them.

Op-Eds

The School That Set The Standard For Jewish Education In 20th-Century America

By Rabbi Dr. Jerry Hochbaum

Thousands of RJJ alumni were, or are still, active in important leadership roles in Jewish life and Jewish communities in the U.S. and Israel.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Municipality Expands Jewish Community in Eastern Jerusalem Despite Faint Leftist Outcry

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem Arabs habitually boycott the elections, some out of resentment of the Jewish takeover back in 1967, most because they fear retribution.

Features On The Jewish World / From the Paper

Enrico Fermi Saves His Jewish Family From The Holocaust

By Saul Jay Singer

He mentions the threatening atmosphere of anti-Semitism in Mussolini's Italy and his concern for his wife and children.

Interviews and Profiles

150,000 Jewish Books In 50 Languages: An Interview with Bibliophile Israel Mizrahi

By Elliot Resnick

The story of bookstores in the U.S. in general – not just Jewish bookstores – is a pretty bad one.

Terrorism / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Argentine Judge Wants to Probe Former President on 1994 Jewish Center Bombing

By JNi.Media

On October 25, 2006, special prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally accused the government of Iran of directing the AMIA bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Israel Publishes Plan to Solve Urgent Water Crisis in Jewish and Arab Communities in Judea and Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

According to Mekorot, there is currently a water shortage of 7000 to 9000 cubic meters a day in Judea and Samaria.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Canada

Surrealist Postmodern Jewish Artist Esther Warkov Showing at WAG

By JNi.Media

WAG is actually showing two Jewish artists who dabble in the surreal, Warkov and Marc Chagall.

Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

RJC Applauding New Republican Jewish Voice in Congress

By JNi.Media

Democratic incumbent Steve Cohen won the Tennessee 9th Congressional District primary vote by a whopping 86%.

Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Jewish Practice In The U.S. Military (III)

By Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Dr. Goldman went from testifying as an expert witness to being the defendant. Could it have been because of his yamulke?

Jewish / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Canada

Jewish Hospital Sued for Refusing to Abort Healthy Twin

By JNi.Media

The patient retained the services of Amir Attaran, an Iranian-American Professor of Law, who filed a complaint on her behalf with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, for discrimination on the basis of sex and family status.

Lessons In Emunah

A Jewish Burial - Whatever The Price

By Ann Goldberg

After several sleepless days, the team had been able to speak with the Guamanian and United States funeral homes, the airline, and the widow.

Israel / Politics / Gaza / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

'What’s Changed about Being Jewish in Scotland?' Fear, Study Finds

By JNi.Media

"I don’t find anything that is good about being Jewish in Scotland." (F, 60s, Glasgow)

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Jewish Photographer Dorothy Bohm Brings Back 'Sixties London'

By JNi.Media

Bohm escaped Nazism in 1939 when she was sent to England to finish her schooling, armed with a Leica camera handed to her by her father as she was departing.

Op-Eds / Analysis

The Jewish Exception to Free Speech on Campus

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin

Jewish college students face a climate of intimidation on several California campuses, and campuses around the country

Israel / History / News Briefs / Sports / Holocaust

Yad Vashem Marks Rio Olympics with Exhibitions on Jewish and Righteous Gentile Athletes

By JNi.Media

Jews competed in the most coveted sporting competitions throughout Europe, including the Olympics.

Interviews and Profiles

Can This Jewish Republican Outsider Change the Face of Missouri?

By Tower Magazine

Eric Greitens received a PhD from Oxford, founded a nationally-renowned nonprofit, and survived combat as a Navy SEAL. Whether he can survive Missouri politics remains to be seen.

FirstOneThrough

Pride. Jewish and Gay

By Paul Gherkin

If only Jewish Democratic leaders had an Iota of Pride in Being Jewish as they have for the gay community.

Jewish / NY / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Media

NY Cops Stage Traffic Stop So Jewish Guy Can Propose to Girlfriend

By JNi.Media

The Post, in its unique fashion, used the story to rehash the NYPD bribery scandal involving accusations against the Shomrim.

US / Politics / Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Analysis: US Critical of Jewish Construction, Mum on Next Door Govt. Construction for Arabs

By JNi.Media

The State Dept. announcement completely ignores the Israeli government's effort on behalf of Israeli Arabs in Jerusalem

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Media / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / Africa

Online Fundraiser for Medical Treatment of Abayudaya Jewish Infant

By JNi.Media

Mugaga Treva, 4, is the son of Nantabo Esther, a member of Namanyonyi Synagogue, one of the Abayudaya Synagogues in Uganda.

Op-Eds

The Power Of Jewish Women

By David Shapiro

It is the presence of the Jewish mother, with her selfless role in engendering harmony and peace, that is the fiercely burning flame within the holy light of the Jewish people.

NY / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem

Coming to Jerusalem: Louis C.K. and his Jewish Root

By JNi.Media

Louis C.K. noted that the word “Jew” is “the only word that is the polite thing to call a group of people and the slur for the same group."

Features On The Jewish World / From the Paper

Longfellow And The Jewish Cemetery At Newport

By Saul Jay Singer

Newport had been financially devastated during the Revolution, when the British occupied the town and seized ships and other resources.

Op-Eds

‘The Way To Fight Anti-Jewish Is By Doing Jewish’: What David Nesenoff Learned From His Infamous Encounter With Helen Thomas

By Beth Sarafraz

Nearly a year after her confrontation with Nesenoff, Thomas admitted her apology was disingenuous, telling writer David Hochman that she really didn’t regret her anti-Jewish, anti-Israel statements.

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Spiritual Journey Of A Jewish Chaplain

By R.M. Grossblatt

“When someone needs help, you be there for them,” said Elaine. “And that's how you will repay me.”

Photo of the Day

A Look at Spain's Famous Jewish Quarters

By Photo of the Day

A look into the the Jewish Quarter in Toledo, Spain.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / On Campus / Education

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Buys Permanent Facilities

By JNi.Media

July marks the two-year anniversary of the Oregon Jewish Museum's merger with the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center.

Op-Eds

Misguided Criticism by American Jewish Liberals

By Hank Sheinkopf, Ronn Torossian

Israel must always be a bi-partisan issue and sadly we’ve recently seen that historic bond between Israel and the Democratic Party erode and weaken.

Features On The Jewish World / From the Paper

Darwin, Jewish Theology, And The Holocaust

By Saul Jay Singer

While it is not the purpose of this article to present a dissertation on the Torah’s views on evolution, suffice it to say this is a very controversial topic and that strong arguments exist on both sides.

Op-Eds

The American Jewish Community has Already Embraced BDS Against "Settlements"

By Elder of Ziyon

People who find BDS terrible, effectively engage in BDS themselves by avoiding visiting the incredible, and very Zionist, accomplishments of Ariel and Ariel University.

Interviews and Profiles

A Meeting with Magda Haroun, Head of Egypt's Jewish Community

By Rebecca Abrahamson

Magda's dreams is an Egypt that is cosmopolitan and tolerant, that embraces the breadth of humanity that Egypt embodied in recent memory.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Thousands Mark Anniversary of Hamas Kidnapped Jewish Boys in Nature Preserve Created in their Memory

By JNi.Media

In the presence of family members of the abducted three youths taken by Hamas murderers in July 2014, thousands of local residents celebrated their memory at the Oz v'Gaon Nature Preserve.

Israel / UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / On Campus / Education / Religion

Graduation Gift: York Jewish Student Awarded £1,000 for Suffering from Anti-Semitism

By JNi.Media

Confino's experience caught the attention of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who called on government to intervene to stop the rise of “poisonous hate" on campuses.

Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Jewish Practice In The U.S. Military (II)

By Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Mitchell Geller was inducted as a Jewish chaplain; a rabbi and a beard go hand in hand. To tell a rabbi to take off his beard would be akin to telling a Catholic Father to remove his collar.

Front Page / From the Paper

Iwo Jima – The Jewish Connection

By Saul Jay Singer

The defeat of the Japanese there provided an important foundation for our ultimate victory over Japan, and the battle became a symbol of the great sacrifices made by our fighting forces during the war.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Historical Discovery in Lithuania: Escape Tunnel Used by Jewish Prisoners to Escape from the Nazis

By JNi.Media

For the first time since the Holocaust the famous tunnel used by the prisoners of Ponar to escape from the Nazis had been located using new technologies for underground predictive scanning.

Jewish / US / Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media / On Campus / Education

Bennett Plans to Bolster Jewish Identity, Connection to Israel, via New Education Program

By JNi.Media

“Israel is responsible to protect and strengthen Jewish identity and affinity for Israel among each and every Jew everywhere in the world."

Politics / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education / Israeli Arabs

Helen Mirren Meets Arab and Jewish Students Seeking Peace through the Performing Arts

By JNi.Media

The Billy Crystal Program for Peace through the Performing Arts is dedicated to promoting a humanistic society based on dialogic relations and peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs in Israel.

Features On The Jewish World / From the Paper

Maurice Sendak: A Jewish Vilde Chayah

By Saul Jay Singer

While honoring his deceased relatives through his work, Sendak simultaneously mocked those survivors with whom he grew up.

Obituaries

Albert Klass, Who Played A Key Role In Rise Of The Jewish Press, Dies At 105

By Jason Maoz

“He had a strong connection to Torah and was very respectful of Torah scholars,” he added. “He was self-educated man who was well read and business savvy.”

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Hundreds of Jewish Leaders in First-Ever Jewish Agency Board of Governors Meetings in Paris

By JNi.Media

Sharansky: “This is the single greatest expression of the Jewish people’s solidarity with French Jewry.”

Features On The Jewish World

Dignified Slumber: The Restoration Of Jewish Cemeteries In Jamaica

By Rhona Lewis

With their skills in finance and trade, and the network they naturally shared with European Jews, they played an important economic role in the sugar trade and the shipping industry.

The Courts

Jewish Lawyers Declare “Lawfare” On BDS Movement

By dvora

Gammill urged taking advantage of the laws that are already are on the books, and advised university students to be aware of the policies and governing rules on campus so that they can determine if the rules are being violated.

Features

The King Of Jewish YouTube: Daniel Finkelman Is Pursuing His Chabad Shlichut Through Popular Jewish Music Videos

By Molly Meisels

In the specialized corner of filmmaking that creates Jewish music videos, Finkelman has earned a reputation as a visionary.

FirstOneThrough

The Jewish Holy Land

By Paul Gherkin

The commandment of Shmita is not to just let the land lie fallow every seven years, but like the Sabbath, it is to remember that the land is God’s gift to the Jewish people.

Druze / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Chessed and Tzedaka

Jewish Agency Launches Food Co-Op in Druze Village

By JNi.Media

The food co-ops operate as social business ventures, offering consumers significantly less expensive groceries and investing profits in local social empowerment initiatives.

Guest Blog

Absolute Proof The Two Jewish Temples Stood Atop The Temple Mount

By Jeff Dunetz

All my life I had this overwhelming desire to go to Jerusalem, especially the Temple Mount. I never understand why--until I stood in its presence a few years ago.

Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Jewish Practice In The U.S. Military (I)

By Rabbi Hanoch Teller

The story of Air Force Chaplain Rabbi Geller's options concerning his beard: "Either you go to the barber shop or you go to jail."

Interviews and Profiles

Innovation in Jewish Education - “Investing in the Jewish Future”

By Rachel Moore

The Mayberg Family Foundation is hosting its annual Jewish Education Innovation Challenge (JEIC) retreat. The challenge offers finalists 12 minutes to pitch their projects to a panel of judges,

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Annals of Crazy: Shabak Bans 15-Year-Old 'Jewish Extremist' from Talking to 12-Year-Old Neighbor

By JNi.Media

A Wednesday decree issued by Shabak truly sounded like part of the mad hatter's party in Alice in Wonderland.

Front Page

Bernie, Barney, And Other Brooklyn Jewish Old-Timers

By Mark Schulte

As of 2016, the Nobel contingent from New York City public high schools stands at 42 (37 of them Jews).

Israel / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Media / Russia

Jewish Billionaire Mikhail Fridman Leaving Nothing to his Children

By JNi.Media

Fridman, who has four children, the youngest is 10 and the eldest 22, told his Russian audience he wants his children to follow in his footsteps and create something on their own.

Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Analysis: Bernie Sanders May Be the First Jewish US Vice President

By JNi.Media

While Clinton and Trump are essentially tied, Bernie Sanders whips Trump by double digits in almost every single major poll.

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Dafna Meir: The Ultimate Jewish Mother

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

The thirty-eight year old mother of six, two of whom were adopted, no longer “enjoyed life,” as reported by her grief-stricken neighbors.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The Big Twelve and Jewish Education

By Harry Maryles

Most Mechanchim currently struggle on the salaries they are paid. How should the Torah world address this shameful situation?

The Tamar Yonah Show

Tamar Yonah Show - What Is The Jewish People's Place In The World?

By Israel News Talk Radio

Shifra Hoffman fills in for Tamar Yonah and explains the role that the Jewish people, especially those in America, are supposed to play in the world's arena.

Op-Eds

Scapegoating Their Own Jewish Community

By dvora

Israel’s Jewish-American detractors represents both the divide among American Jews and Israelis, and a trend in US among millennials away from Israel and towards the Palestinians.

US / History / News Briefs / Judaism

America’s Oldest Citizen is a Jewish Woman

By Jewish Press News Desk

Goldie Michelson, 113, is the oldest American and oldest Jew in the world.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

In Search Of Jewish Identity

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

As Jews became defined by religion, Christians could work to convert them--You can change your religion but you cannot change your race

Fuchs' Focus

True Jewish Independence

By Donny Fuchs

The haunting sirens of this season do indeed resonate with me, and I have no cynicism for the custom, only for the failure of leadership to learn the lessons.

Analysis

Extraordinary Incident: Jewish Passengers Removed En Masse from EasyJet Flight in Europe

By J. E. Dyer

One passenger – a Holocaust survivor – said that the police’s treatment of them was similar to the behavior of Nazi Germany’s SS during World War II.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Jewish Response to Murder: Yet Another Building Acquired in Old City

By JNi.Media

The building, located near the site of the murders, will be home to 3 or 4 Jewish families and some Yeshiva students.

Op-Eds

A Great Time To Be Jewish

By Harvey Rachlin

While we need to continue being vigilant and circumspect, we should also look on the bright side and appreciate why these are great times for Jews.

Features On The Jewish World / From the Paper

Milton Friedman, Israel, And The Socialist Jewish Paradox

By Saul Jay Singer

Friedman believed that while monopolies and oligarchies are injurious to everybody, these systems are particularly ruinous for Jews and for Israel.

Op-Eds

Jewish Academics And The Trashing Of Israel

By Hanna Geshelin

For 30 or 40 years, Jewish university professors who might have prevented the landslide against Israel have kept their wimpy little mouths closed.

Interviews and Profiles

Demographers Weigh In On Jewish Vote In 2016

By Alina Dain Sharon

HUC-JIR’s Cohen said that Israel is generally not a major factor in most Jews’ voting decisions because “each political perspective sees its candidate as doing right by Israel.”

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / South America

Brilliant Landscape Architect Roberto Burle Marx at the Jewish Museum

By JNi.Media

Burle Marx’s art inhabits a rare space between the rational and the lyrical. Nature’s variability was for him a liberating force.

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Hillel International Publishes Guide to Perplexed Jewish College Students

By JNi.Media

The top Jewish state school is the University of Florida, with 33,720 undergraduates out of whom 6,500 or 19% are Jewish.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Arts and Entertainment / Germany

Jewish Group Condemns German YouTube's Neo-Nazi Videos

By JNi.Media

"If I post something from Adele or Taylor Swift, you can bet it'll be gone in a few hours."

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Next US Air Force Chief Battle-Tested and Jewish

By JNi.Media

While flying a combat mission over Serbia in 1999, Goldfein was shot down when his F-16 was hit by a surface-air-missile.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Mazal Tov: New Jewish Settlement in Samaria — Evyatar

By JNi.Media

The Army approved the overnight stay of the settlers of Evyatar, who agreed to be evacuated the next day.

Israel / The Courts / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Arts and Entertainment / Religion

Family of German Jewish Victim Suing Israel Museum over 'Birds’ Head Haggadah'

By JNi.Media

The family’s attorney is E. Randol Schoenberg, who helped Maria Altmann successfully recover Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold," from the Belvedere Museum in Vienna.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Streisand on Rumors of Prince Charles Fling: Could Have Been First Real Jewish Princess

By JNi.Media

The secret romance-fling apparently took place in 1994, two years after his highness had separated from Princess Diana.

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Chessed and Tzedaka

UK Chief Rabbi in First Ever Visit to India Stresses Social Responsibility

By JNi.Media

“As Jews, we have a responsibility to ensure that, where possible, our charity extends beyond our own community to people who we may never meet but who are so deserving of our help,” Chief Rabbi Mirvis said.

Jewish / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Ivanka Trump Open to Politics; The First Woman Jewish President?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Trump's Jewish daughter says she does not contemplate politics now, at age 34, but ask her when she is 50.

News Briefs / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion / Judaism

Court Quotes Isaiah: Jew Can Hold Out His Hands on Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police threw Yehudah Etzion off the Temple Mount for "praying" because he held out his hands.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Religion

Research Links Being Religious with a Happy Life - but only for Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Taub Center noted a link between being religious and being satisfied with aspects of living, but that it does not necessarily apply to non-Jews. Hareidim live longer

NY / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Washington State Synagogue Statue Defaced with Swastika

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"A swastika is not mere vandalism — it is a symbol of hatred," said the synagogue rabbi. In Brooklyn, a man punched a college student in the face because he is white and Jewish.

Israel / News Briefs / Assimilation

Bennett Worried about Jews - the Ones in the Diaspora

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Minister of Education told Jewish legislators from around the world and visiting in Jerusalem that assimilation "keeps me up at night."

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