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Press releases from Israel and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
Alongside Israeli government officials and Jewish community leaders, Masa will commemorate IDF soldiers and victims of terror in Israel and throughout global Jewish communities with special emphasis on lone soldiers who fell and immigrants who were killed in hostilities and terrorism.
The George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award recognizes an honoree’s leadership, scholarship and dedication to the betterment of humanity.
Rabbi Ochs said, “Jewish experiences can be a source of great strength and inspiration for them. I am moved by how readily the OneTable community affirms that even the newest practitioners of the Shabbat dinner ritual can easily engage with joy and depth.”
Lanska to release an NFT collection of The Existential Choice.
One of the Dr. Morton “Mort” Mower’s major commitments was in support of Jewish National Fund-USA’s affiliate, Nefesh B’Nefesh, through the creation of the Toby & Mort Mower Pavilion at the organization’s new Jerusalem campus, which has already seen thousands of Ukrainian refugees pass through its doors.
Radio play brings Yiddish culture and children’s literature to life.
New organization will rescue music written in concentration camps.
CEO of StandWithUs Roz Rothstein says, “Historically, anti-Semitism has been so deadly due to its evolving nature, making it difficult to identify and address. Arizona’s legislation is a first step in the right direction given that the IHRA definition addresses contemporary anti-Semitism and provides examples of such behavior.”
When the COVID lockdowns began, almost all the theater troupes in Israel (and most of the world) shut down, but the Raise Your Spirits Theatre kept going. And now it can share the fruits of its labor with the rest of the world. (By Toby Klein Greenwald. Featured image by Rebecca Kowalsky.)
At a time when anti-Semitism festers throughout the country and world, measures like these remain necessary to help guide authorities in better being able to classify, address, and prevent anti-Semitic hate crimes.
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), has brought its exhibition, “Whoever Saves a Single Life...Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust,” to the Ahavath Achim Synagogue through May 8, 2022.
Organizations collaborate to help create distribution system, warehouses, call center in Eastern Europe to help Ukrainian Jews.