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Shiryn Ghermezian

“These are all very powerful, very poignant and emotional stories. They are stories that are largely unknown to the larger world, including many in the Jewish community,” said AJC CEO David Harris.
From left: Award winners at the Emunah of America event Dalia Horowitz, Yael Oelbaum Fligelman, Ilana Wallenstein, Yonina Haber and Sora Grunstein on June 8, 2022. Credit: Lia Jay Photography.
‘Women of Wonder’ celebrates sisterhood at Emunah of America event
The entrance of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Credit: Skidmore College.
Skidmore College student government blocks pro-Israel group from becoming club
Progressive Zionists for Peace says it plans to appeal the decision.
Seven Jewish students testified in front of the student government regarding personal encounters with anti-Semitism.
In addition to its 80-million-plus residents are a small number of Jews who live in fear of “government reprisals if they draw attention to the mistreatment of their community,” says Ellie Cohanim, former U.S. deputy special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism.
Chiune Sugihara defied his own government’s orders by issuing handwritten transit visas in 1940 to more than 6,000 Lithuanian Jews, enabling them to escape Nazi-occupied Europe.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said perhaps Iran should be thanked for inspiring “this newfound bond.”
Nearly 1,000 viewers tuned in to watch the panelists discuss their thoughts on combating anti-Semitism, yet in a twist that didn’t go unnoticed, many anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist remarks were made during the 90-minute event.
In addition to swastikas, concentration-camp insinuations and profanity, students and teachers were subjected to the theft of private details, including credit-card numbers and addresses.
The series was shot in Athens, Greece, with 5,000 Iranians used as extras in the show.