By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Former policeman and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams was recently installed as the new mayor of New York City. The inauguration traditionally takes place at noon on New Year’s Day. But because New Year’s Day was on a Saturday, Adams had rescheduled the ceremony to New Year’s […]
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida — How Jesus Became God by Dr. Bart D. Ehrman is an excellent, comprehensive, easy to read history about the beginning of Christianity by a man who was once a very conservative Christian, who is now an agnostic, but who offers readers a non-dogmatic, respectful, historical examination
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr.
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Israel’s government is closely divided among its parties. And each of the ministries has its experts. Plus the figures in the media. Each seemingly anxious to express about coronavirus, its variants, tests, and treatments. Are we in the midst of a disaster, along with a lot of noise? KISS
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Opinion
By Alex Gordon, Ph.D HAIFA, Israel — When I was a university student, I had to take an exam on the history of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The students were afraid of not only the exam but also the lecturer administering the test — a student-hater, and a tough, unpleasant man who
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Alex Gordon, International
By Deborah Fineblum (JNS) One hundred stalwart souls braved the chilling Jerusalem rain and influx of new COVID-19 cases on Jan. 5 to witness the rollout of what is designed to be the next big step for empowering Holocaust awareness for future generations. It’s no coincidence that the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Educational
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International, Middle East
By Stephen M. Flatow (JNS) “Free Palestine!” says actress Emma Watson. She’s right. The territories where the Palestinian Arabs live are indeed enslaved. They deserve to be freed from the tyrannical rule of their oppressors—Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. The actress, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” films, set
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International, Middle East
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey (Press Release) — StandWithUs (SWU), an international nonprofit that educates about Israel and fights antisemitism, launched a campaign using a truck that circles Unilever US headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with messages denouncing Unilever’s lack of action in reversing its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s decision to boycott Israel. The truck will be
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Middle East, USA
(JNS) The Israeli government has announced that it will end all restrictions on international travel starting on Friday. The director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Health Nachman Ash said that all countries will be removed from the so-called “red list” (high-risk countries) starting at midnight on Friday, which would reopen travel from more than a dozen
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International, Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Social media content moderation efforts regularly fall short when it comes to detecting white supremacist speech, including discussions of conspiracy theories related to white genocide, Jewish power and malicious grievances toward Jews and people of color, according to a new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). “This important research demonstrates
BETHESDA, Maryland (Press Release) — The Board of Directors for the U.S. branch of the Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) elected Vivian G. Bass of Bethesda, Maryland, to serve as President effective January 1, 2022, succeeding Co-Presidents Jeff Hoffman and Judith Shore. Bass has served as SACH US’s Vice President 2020 and
By Laurie Baron, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — After his press conference today, Donald Trump will host a costume party at Mar-a-Lago. He’s encouraging guests to dress up as shamans, paramilitary vigilantes, KKK members, or to just to wear their MAGA hats, QAnon tee shirts, and Guy Fawkes masks. It is a BYOBR event, bring your
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Published by NJArts.net Jon Stewart responds to press coverage of his comments on the “Harry Potter” movies. After an article appeared on Newsweek.com headlined, “Jon Stewart Accuses J.K. Rowling of Antisemitism in ‘Harry Potter,’ “ and many other media outlets picked up the story as well, Stewart denied that’s what he was doing in his
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USABy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Across the pond, Jewish leaders are protesting the BBC’s news coverage of an incident in which pro-Palestinian advocates threatened Jewish bus passengers in London. The BBC is accused by Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, of falsely reporting that Jews on the
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Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East, USA
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On Thursday, American Jewish University (AJU) announced the launch of Maven, its new digital platform that features live events, online classes, and an on-demand library of dynamic Jewish content. Maven is available to individual community members and offers several different innovative partnership models through which Jewish organizations across the world
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA