An affiliate of the Sunrise Movement at George Washington University, Sunrise GW, has disavowed a move by another local affiliate, Sunrise DC, to boycott a voting rights rally over the participation of three Jewish groups. [JNS.org]
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Middle East, The World We Share, USA
Published by BANG Showbiz English Gwyneth Paltrow has “barely” drunk alcohol since being diagnosed with COVID-19. The 49-year-old actress was diagnosed with the virus in 2020, and since then, she’s hardly drunk any alcohol at all. She shared with Chelsea Handler on her ‘Dear Chelsea’ podcast: “It’s been a long year of barely any alcohol,
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by BANG Showbiz English Dame Joan Collins thinks William Shatner’s recent space journey was foolish. The 88-year-old actress has hit out at the 90-year-old actor – who played Captain James T Kirk in the ‘Star Trek’ films and TV series – after he became the oldest person to go to space earlier this month.
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Jewish Celebrities
Published by OK Magazine Disgraced real-estate heir Robert Durst has been charged with murdering his first wife Kathie, officials confirmed, days after he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend and alleged confidant. “The Westchester County District Attorney´s Office can confirm that a complaint charging Robert Durst with the murder of Kathleen
Published by Reuters By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel on Friday designated six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organisations and accused them of funnelling donor aid to militants, a move that drew criticism from the United Nations and human rights watchdogs. Israel’s defence ministry said the groups had ties to the Popular
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Middle East
Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Ex-Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Friday of violating campaign finance laws during a bumbling bid to launch a weed business and curry favor with then-President Donald Trump and other Republican big shots. Parnas, whose 2019 Ukraine dealings with Giuliani
This fairly short prose passage from the “Early Prophets” is really a couple of folktales fused together, arguably from ‘annals’ of the early Northern Kingdom of Israel. In those days, storytellers were welcome to insert fantasy miracles into their stories. [Irv Jacobs, M.D.]
Notes on Haftorah Reading for October 23, 2021 Read More »
Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion
A teacher in France received a suspended jail sentence on Wednesday after raising an anti-Semitic sign at a demonstration over the country’s coronavirus health pass system. [JNS.org]
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International
California state lawmakers on Thursday announced $2.5 million in funding to support the expansion of Holocaust Museum LA, including for a new learning center pavilion and new programming for younger learners at the Los Angeles venue. [JNS.org]
Los Angeles Holocaust Museum Receives $2.5M in State Funding Read More »
USA
Although most Judaic, Christian, and Muslim commentators and thinkers interpret the Akedah as having actually occurred while Abraham was in a wakeful state of consciousness, Maimonides hints that there may be another way of interpreting the story. Maimonides mentioned on many occasions how the Divine speaks to mortals in either a dream, or by granting them a visionary experience. Perhaps the Akedah was also a visionary experience. [Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel]
Maimonides on The Akedah and Biblical Visions Read More »
Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi
Police units in Denver are searching for the person or person who defaced a public school with swastikas and anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic messages over the weekend, as well as those responsible for the vandalism of a local Jewish day school. [JNS.org]
Antisemitic Vandals Deface 2 Denver Schools Read More »
USA
Turkish media outlets on Thursday reported that 15 individuals had been arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, following a large-scale operation by local security forces. According to local reports, 200 members of the Turkish security forces took part in the series of arrests. [Israel Hayom via JnS]
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International, Middle East
Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge shot down a request Thursday from jailed British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to conduct jury selection for her sex trafficking trial in secret. Judge Alison Nathan ruled that legal precedent regarding the public’s right to follow a trial overrides Maxwell’s fears that further publicity
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Shanda File
If you were going away by car for a few days, could you have lunch at a 2,000 year old seaport, once the most modern in the world? Or, could you spend a few days in a Holy City which once was – and still might be – the center of the Kabbala movement? Recently, Michal and I enjoyed a 3-day getaway in northern Israel doing those things. [Steve Kramer]
A Sightseeing Trip to Caesarea and Tzfat, Israel Read More »
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