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Pro-Israel student leaders visit Jewish state for leadership trip – Israel News

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Pro-Israel student leaders visit Jewish state for leadership trip – Israel News

In response to a rising tide of anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses across North America, some 40 pro-Israel student leaders from over 30 top universities took part in an intense eight-day pro-Israel leadership trip to Israel in late December. Representing prestigious institutions such as Cornell University, American University, University of Michigan, Stanford University, NYU, Columbia University, University of Florida, and the University of Toronto, these student leaders decided to embark […]

todayJanuary 13, 2025 2

40 Jewish Rock Stars

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40 Jewish Rock Stars

Some of the biggest rock stars in history happen to be Jewish, either by birth or conversion.Given the rich musical tradition of the Jewish people, this should hardly come as a surprise. Songs are used in celebration, in times of happiness and in times of sorrow. Holy scriptures are shared out loud in a chanting presentation, rather than simply being spoken.Rabbi Nachman, a prominent historical figure in the movement of […]

todayDecember 25, 2024 2

This is how Jewish filmmakers are fighting Israel’s online battle

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This is how Jewish filmmakers are fighting Israel’s online battle

Few mediums cut to the chase like film. When it comes to depicting the Oct. 7 atrocities, a dedicated group of international Jewish filmmakers is banding together to get across the messages of the past year, namely winning over “undecided voters” to support humanity (Israel) rather than Hamas. Accordingly, during the Sundance Film Festival last January, Marcus Freed, an award-winning actor, launched the Jewish Filmmakers Network in order to strengthen the […]

todayNovember 10, 2024 1

Anti-Israel protester indicted for threatening Jewish man on subway

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Anti-Israel protester indicted for threatening Jewish man on subway

(New York Jewish Week) — New York prosecutors indicted a man for an antisemitic hate crime that allegedly occurred around the time of controversial protests against an exhibit on the October 7, 2023, Nova music festival massacre.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Friday that Christopher Husary, 36, had been indicted for attempted coercion as a hate crime and aggravated harassment. Bragg’s office said Husary’s alleged victim, a 35-year-old Jewish man, […]

todayNovember 8, 2024 14

Anti-Israel protester sporting Hezbollah t-shirt arrested months after accosting Jewish man on NYC train

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Anti-Israel protester sporting Hezbollah t-shirt arrested months after accosting Jewish man on NYC train

The anti-Israel agitator who wore a Hezbollah t-shirt and a mask while threatening a Jewish man on a Manhattan train was slapped with a hate crime charge on Wednesday, police said.  Christopher Husary, 37, was charged with an attempted hate crime and aggravated harassment for the June 10 verbal attack, where he allegedly spouted antisemitic vitriol at White Plains lawyer Joshua Savitt.  The disturbing run-in unfolded as Savitt, 35, was […]

todayNovember 7, 2024 1

Doug Emhoff opends up about Jewish identity and Kamala Harris

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Doug Emhoff opends up about Jewish identity and Kamala Harris

Second Gentleman Dough Emhoff described one of the greatest moments in his relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris, which was how easily she understood who he was as a Jew. "She understood who I was. I understood who she was," Emhoff said during his appearance on "Uncomfortable Conversations with Emmanuel Acho."Acho is the co-author of this year's New York Times bestseller "Uncomfortable Conversations With a Jew" with activist Noa Tishby. […]

todayOctober 15, 2024 4

Neustadt Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music Festival Runs Throughout Fall at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center – Boulder Jewish News

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Neustadt Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music Festival Runs Throughout Fall at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center – Boulder Jewish News

Arts and culture events include musicians, speakers, a film, a comedian, a play and more for audiences of all ages DENVER, Colo., August 14, 2024 – The 17th season of the Neustadt Jewish Arts, Authors, Movies and Music Festival (JAAMM) at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center includes a variety of events for people of all ages and interests. The festival features a summer concert by the pool at the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC Denver); […]

todayAugust 20, 2024 7

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Jewish Music Days Festival drops into Gibraltar

If American-born Jewish modernist writer Gertrude Stein would have had a penchant for, say, ethnic music, she may very well have contended that “Ladino music is Ladino music is Ladino music.” That twist on her ubiquitous quote “a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose” which, admittedly, would be stretching the cross-disciplinary stretch a little far, would not have sat well with Dr. Ariel Lazarus.Lazarus is […]

todayMay 21, 2024 4

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Kanye West ‘Sincerely’ Apologizes To Jewish Community

Kanye West has apologized to the Jewish community for his many previous antisemitic remarks that have caused pain to a lot of people over the past year.In the early hours of Tuesday (December 26) morning, Yeezy took to his recently-reactivated Instagram account to post an apology written in Hebrew. West promised that he is “committed to making amends” with the Jewish community.“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any […]

todayDecember 26, 2023 2

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