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Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack

NPR  

Holocaust Remembrance Day rings different after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack Holocaust Remembrance Day comes annually, but this year it hits differently because of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. And so Holocaust Remembrance Day and her life's work are in part, for Kean, about proving them wrong, especially this year following the October 7 massacre of more than …

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Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges
1 year, 3 months ago

Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges

Associated Press  

Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted several webinars to help prepare for the season. “The High Holidays are about renewal — about trying to build a better world,” said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. “But we can’t do that without …

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Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn’t copy Marvin Gaye classic
1 year, 7 months ago

Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn’t copy Marvin Gaye classic

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — British singer Ed Sheeran didn’t steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1970s tune “Let’s Get It On” to create his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” a jury said with a trial verdict Thursday, prompting Sheeran to joke later that he won’t have to follow through on his threat to quit music. Sheeran sat with his legal …

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Longtime Israel backers in U.S. turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant
1 year, 9 months ago

Longtime Israel backers in U.S. turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant

LA Times  

Demonstrators block a highway in Tel Aviv on March 18 during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul Israel’s judicial system. While the new Israeli government also roils the Palestinian relationship, the Netanyahu administration’s plans are a bridge too far for many Israelis and American Jews, including some who have long been Israel’s staunchest supporters. …

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What’s Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine?
2 years, 9 months ago

What’s Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine?

LA Times  

The aftermath from a rocket that his a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week. “They sent their forces out without adequate supplies along what the military calls a ‘long line of operation,’” Farkas said. “We’ve seen videos of Russian prisoners who say they don’t know what they were sent to do, that they were not told they were being …

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US Jews talk identity, Holocaust after Goldberg’s remarks
2 years, 10 months ago

US Jews talk identity, Holocaust after Goldberg’s remarks

Associated Press  

The uproar over Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about the Holocaust has catalyzed somber reflections by many American Jews about not only the legacy of the Holocaust but anti-Jewish discrimination in the United States and their sense of a collective identity. “Although we had white skin, we didn’t consider ourselves part of the white culture.” The racial equation has only grown more …

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