JEWISH NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY, MAY 3rd 2017

JEWISH NEWS - Last Generation Network News - WEDNESDAY,  MAY 3rd 2017

The war never ended for poor, elderly Jews in the former Soviet ...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎19 hours ago‎
Afim and Emma A. are clients in need of assistance from the Hesed social welfare in Rustavi, Georgia. (Sarah Levin of the American Jewish Joint Distribution ...

The Jewish Labour Movement is fighting our friends and propping up our enemies

Jewish Chronicle - ‎5 hours ago‎
This isn't about party politics. I was once a member of the Labour Party and grew up in a Labour tradition. There's a proud history of Jews on the Left. There is no doubt that Labour was (and may again be) a great political party and, even though I ...

Israel, Jewish group join forces in last bid for Holocaust restitution

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Nowadays in many of these cases liberal governments are reluctant to deal with the restitution issue, not only because it is complicated in terms of people who are currently in possession of Jewish assets, but because governments don't want to pay out ...

40 Jewish Moms To Visit Israel and Get Jewish Names in Desert ...

The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
More than 40 Jewish mothers from around the world who will visit Israel for the first time will celebrate the beauty of receiving a Jewish name as part of a ...

Israeli and Jewish officials slam UNESCO for passing 'antisemitic' resolution

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎20 hours ago‎
Noting the timing of the resolution's passing, Lapid said that "no one, not even an organization such as UNESCO, can rewrite the Jewish history. Especially not on the day that Israel celebrates 69 years of independence as a democratic and strong country."

Tim Farron pledges 'muscular' approach to combat antisemitism in pitch to Jewish voters

Jewish Chronicle - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Gavin Stollar, the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel chairman, added that his party's “historic” unpopularity with the Jewish community is partly down to “local party organisation”. He said: “What we will see in this election is the Lib Dems will ...

Festival celebrates Jewish food culture with community

Herald-Mail Media - ‎2 hours ago‎
The annual event that celebrates the rich food culture of the Jewish people will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the synagogue at 42 E. Baltimore St. Admission is free; foods are sold a la carte and will be individually priced.

'One wondering Jew' to keynote for Women's Philanthropy event

The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle - ‎21 hours ago‎
FOX POINT - Writer Abigail Pogrebin spent the Jewish year 5775 immersed in studying, experiencing, and writing about every single Jewish holiday for the first time in her nearly 52 years - including each obscure festival and all six fasts. Her book ...

Award-winning cookbook author explores the history of Jewish food

STLtoday.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
That recipe made its way into the 11th and newest cookbook by the James Beard Award-winning maven of Jewish cooking, “King Solomon's Table.

Don't 'Rescue' the Jewish Gravestones Pillaged in Poland

Haaretz - ‎1 hour ago‎
He visited Ostrowiec, which the Jews call “Ostrovtse,” two years ago and began to investigate the family's history and to look for traces of their lives and their deaths.

I'm Jewish and I just became an EU citizen. It feels a little like boarding the Titanic.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎19 hours ago‎
But in recent weeks, two of Belgium's three regions introduced plans to ban the custom, ignoring the pleas of a Jewish community leader to “not repeat the actions of the Nazis,” who had introduced Belgium's previous ban.

'Greedy Jewish Landlords' Candidate Trolls Liberal Jews

Forward - ‎21 hours ago‎
In a series of tweets directed at Jewish groups yesterday, fringe New York City Council candidate Thomas Lopez-Pierre asked a left-wing Jewish group if it would “help protect Black and Hispanic tenants in NYC from 'Greedy Jewish Landlords.'” Lopez ...

Why document 50 years of Jewish peace activism?

Jewschool - ‎May 1, 2017‎
For five decades, American Jewish activists have worked through multiple initiatives for a peaceful end to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Orthodox party wins control of AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires ...

Cleveland Jewish News - ‎17 hours ago‎
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An Orthodox party has won an outright majority in elections for the leadership of the AMIA Jewish community center here, ...

Jewish man killed at West Bank checkpoint left suicide note

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎13 minutes ago‎
JERUSALEM (JTA) - A Jewish man shot and killed at a West Bank checkpoint after charging at a female soldier while brandishing a knife left a suicide note.

Jewish federations praise Congress' proposed security funding increase

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎May 2, 2017‎
(JTA) - Jewish federations lauded a proposed increase in security grant funding that helps protect Jewish institutions.

Sam Miller Catholic Jewish Colloquium features his son

Cleveland Jewish News - ‎18 hours ago‎
The Sam Miller Catholic Jewish Colloquium, one of the oldest Catholic-Jewish exchanges in the country, celebrated its new name by having Miller's son, Aaron David Miller, as its keynote speaker April 26 at Park East Synagogue in Pepper Pike.

New study advances the digital future of Jewish learning

Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - ‎12 hours ago‎
By day, Liora Brosbe is the family engagement officer for the Jewish Federation of the East Bay in Berkeley, Calif., where she reaches out to the community with a menu of opportunities for “connecting to Jewish life and each other.” But when she's not ...

One-man show to benefit Jewish Historical Society

St. Augustine Record - ‎15 hours ago‎
In a benefit for the Jewish Historical Society, Lee Weaver will present his one-man play, “The Secret: The Spanish Inquisition in Old St. Augustine” at 7 p.m.

Labour Party select Jewish Finchley and Golders Green candidate ...

Jewish Chronicle - ‎22 hours ago‎
The chair of the Jewish Labour Movement has been selected to fight the seat, with one of his vice chairs due to contest the neighbouring constituency.

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