Over 4,000 in-person activists and leaders, plus 5,500 online, joined ADL last week in New York for ADL’s annual National Leadership Summit (NLS) and the Never is Now (NIN) Summit to Combat Antisemitism. This included over a dozen folks from our region [Fabienne Perlov]
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Even as we remain shaken by the events of a few months ago we try to continue to keep hope in our hearts, to stay positive, permit ourselves to take pleasure in the good things of life. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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Published by DPA International The Israeli army will enter the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip despite international warnings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. “There is international pressure to prevent us from entering Rafah and completing the work,” Netanyahu told soldiers on Thursday, according to his office. He said he
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Published by OK Magazine (CA) Scooter Braun just wants to help others amid the Israel-Hamas war, which began in October 2023. “Ahead of the campaign launch for Care Together next week, Scooter Braun pledged $200,000 for both Palestine and Israel in memory of his late grandmother who was a Holocaust Survivor,” a representative for the
Published by ANI News Ramallah [Palestine], March 15 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed economist and former senior government official, Mohammad Mustafa, as the new Prime Minister, his office said, according to a report in The Times of Israel. The decision is seen as part of an effort by Mahmoud Abbas to reform Palestine, creating
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Right now, there are four major obstacles standing in the way of two states, and until they are removed from the equation, there will never be peace in Israel and Gaza and the West Bank. Those four major obstacles are: Hamas, and the Palestinians who support and tolerate their evil ways. Radical right-wing Israelis in government and society. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [Excerpt from Chuck Schumer’s Senate speech]
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It’s a cute, little fast-casual restaurant that does a brisk lunch hour. Owner Avi Gerassi prides himself on making everything they can in house. That includes all the salads and spreads, the pita and even the challah that they use for the weekend French toast. The menu features Israeli comfort food- shawarma, kabobs, falafel, pita, humus, etcetera. [Sandi Masori]
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“We are truly grateful for Floyd Mayweather’s commitment and support at this dark time in our history,” said Catherine Reed, CEO of American Friends of Magen David Adom. “The Floyd Fleet will save thousands of lives in record time and wouldn’t have been possible without him.” [JNS.org]
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The pilot project will launch at South Carolina State University and Vorhees University this year. It will then be expanded to five-seven additional HBCUs in South Carolina next year and the following year. Each school will provide seminars to educate and train both faculty and students about the shared history of Black-Jewish solidarity, provide a deeper understanding of Jewish identity and Israel, and prepare participants to confront antisemitism out in the world. [Press Release]
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Einstein was awarded a doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1906, a year after publishing a paper on mass-energy equivalence, best known for the formula E=mc2. (Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.) [SDJW staff]
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Published by DPA The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said one staff member was killed and 22 others injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory said that five people in total were killed in the Israeli strike
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“I’ve already issued a statement alerting those who are South African and who are fighting alongside or in the Israeli Defense Force; we are ready—when you come home, we will arrest you,” Pandor said to crowd applause, per Israeli media. [JNS.org]
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Published by RBC-Ukraine A Hamas representative stated on Tuesday that the group has accepted a modified version of the American proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, reports Alarabiya News. Hamas representatives are set to travel to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in the coming days to discuss final details and implementation of the agreement. The White
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Published by ANI News Washington, DC [US], March 12 (ANI): US intelligence community has highlighted concerns over the political future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating that his “viability as a leader” is “in jeopardy,” CNN reported. The annual report from the US intelligence community, presented to Congress, suggests that “distrust of Netanyahu’s ability