JEWISH NEWS - Last Generation Network News - TUESDAY MAY 2 2017

JEWISH NEWS - Last Generation Network News - TUESDAY MAY 2 2017

Jewish federations praise Congress' proposed security funding increase

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎2 hours ago‎
(JTA) - Jewish federations lauded a proposed increase in security grant funding that helps protect Jewish institutions.

Donald Trump proclaims May Jewish American Heritage Month

Cleveland Jewish News - ‎May 1, 2017‎
“During Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate our nation's strong American Jewish heritage, rooted in the ancient faith and traditions of the Jewish people. The small band of Dutch Jews who first immigrated in 1654, seeking refuge and religious ...

Labour select Jewish candidate for Finchley and Golders Green

Jewish Chronicle - ‎3 hours ago‎
Labour has selected the head of the Jewish Labour Movement to be its candidate in Finchley and Golders Green, the consituency with the highest percentage of Jewish voters in the country. Jeremy Newmark, who has chaired the JLM since 2014, made the ...

Murder investigation opened against 94-year-old Jewish former Soviet officer

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎May 1, 2017‎
(JTA) - Prosecutors in Ukraine initiated a murder investigation against a Jewish former Soviet officer who is suspected of killing a nationalist in 1952.

Divestment isn't anti-Semitic, but ignoring members of Jewish community is

The Badger Herald - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Hebrew word “mitzvah” translates to “commandment” and is often used to refer to the 613 commandments G-d gave to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai. What I was taught through my religious education was a mitzvah was a good deed or action.

A celebration of Jewish foods set in Sylvania

Toledo Blade - ‎8 hours ago‎
There's more to Jewish food than bagels and matzah ball soup. And the first Jewish Toledo Food Festival is determined to prove it.

UN: Reaching New Heights (Lows?) of Hypocrisy

The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
This upcoming Israeli Independence Day, UNESCO is supposed to vote on a resolution rejecting Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, the eternal capital city of the Jewish people since antiquity. This will be the first time that UNESCO will vote to reject ...

Demographic study shows decline in Broward Jewish community

Sun Sentinel - ‎17 hours ago‎
The Jewish population in Broward County has declined in 2016 from 1997, although Broward County still is the largest Jewish community in Florida and the eight largest American Jewish community, according to Dr. Ira Sheskin of the University of Miami.

Princeton Jewish Center Bans Israeli Anti-occupation Group Breaking the Silence Exhibit

Haaretz - ‎15 hours ago‎
The J Street U chapter decided to go forward with the exhibit, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, in another campus space, despite the possibility of causing a rift with the Center for Jewish Life, or CJL, which is affiliated with Hillel International ...

New Hamas programme drops calls for Israel's destruction

Jewish News - ‎2 hours ago‎
While the founding charter was filled with anti-Jewish references, the new document stresses that Hamas bears no enmity toward Jews. It says its fight is with those who occupy Palestinian lands. Mr Mashaal is to step down as Hamas leader later this month.

Terror victim Ezra Schwartz posthumously inducted into Jewish fraternity at Rutgers

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎21 hours ago‎
(JTA) - Ezra Schwartz, who was killed in a West Bank terrorist attack in November 2015, was inducted posthumously into Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish fraternity, at Rutgers University. The induction ceremony was held Sunday night, at the start of Yom ...

Palestinian boy, 6, won't get compensation for attack attributed to Jewish arsonists

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎21 hours ago‎
A Palestinian boy surveying the damage at a home in the West Bank village of Duma burned by Jewish extremists, August 6, 2015.

15th annual Windsor Jewish Film Festival begins | Windsor Star

Windsor Star - ‎20 hours ago‎
Riveting Jewish-themed cinema once again comes to local big screens with the 15th annual Windsor Jewish Film Festival, May 1 to May 4.

Poll: Arab citizens think higher of Israel than its Jewish citizens do

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎May 1, 2017‎
What is interesting, and perhaps even counterintuitive, is that the percentage of Arabs who said that the country is in good or very good shape was significantly higher than the Jewish respondents who said so. Among Arabs, fully 66% said that Israel's ...

First Read For May 1

Jewish Week - ‎22 hours ago‎
The statement further condemned Israel for its nuclear policy, and accused the Jewish state of abusing the rights of Arabs across the Middle East.

Iranian-Jewish Fashion Designers Talk About 'Reality' of Antisemitism During Acceptance of Leadership Award

Algemeiner - ‎19 hours ago‎
The Iranian-Jewish brothers behind a global fashion company talked last Wednesday about antisemitism as they received a leadership award at the American Friends of the Soroka Medical Center's fifth annual gala in New York.

ADL Antisemitism Report Stats Questioned by Jewish Community

Algemeiner - ‎21 hours ago‎
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) decision to count a teenager's alleged spate of bomb hoaxes targeting American Jewish institutions as antisemitic incidents has prompted criticism from some Jewish community officials. Rabbi Abraham Cooper ...

Dominican Republic was WWII refuge for Jews

New Jersey Jewish News - ‎16 hours ago‎
When world leaders met at the Evian Conference in France in 1938 to seek solutions for the growing numbers of Jews desperately seeking to escape the Nazis, only one country was willing to provide refuge to a substantial number: the Dominican Republic, ...

Jewish Food Festival a chance to learn about Judaism

Kern Golden Empire - ‎Apr 30, 2017‎
But this second Jewish Food Festival was more than an excuse to loosen your belt for brisket. "We are showing our faith to the community," explained Greg Broida, the event's chairman.

Israelis Start Memorial Day With Siren To Remember 23544 Fallen

Jewish Week - ‎21 hours ago‎
People stand still as a two minutre siren sounded across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on May 1, 2017.

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