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Israel at 78: An idea fulfilled, and a story still unfolding
15+ hour, 15+ min ago (1935+ words) Listen to The CJN's North Star, where a collector of Israel's founding artifacts'and a woman who has lived its entire history'tell the story of Israel at 78. On Israel's 78th birthday, Israelis are marking that moment during a very different reality'two years…...
A Filipino Canadian on how he arrived at Jewish allyship
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (407+ words) Nearly ten'years ago, I travelled to Israel as a recent political science graduate, interested'mainly in'the region's politics. As someone who grew up attending Filipino churches, the trip also carried spiritual significance.' However, what I saw on the ground was different'from…...
'A clear and present danger': Senate report urges immediate action on antisemitism
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (700+ words) A new report from the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights is urging the federal government to take immediate and coordinated action to address what it describes as a growing threat of antisemitism across the country. The 73-page report released…...
Review: Matti Friedman unpacks the myth and reality of Hannah Senesh's life
23+ hour, 51+ min ago (215+ words) Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe by Matti Friedman Listen to Ellin Bessner speak with Matti Friedman about why, tragically, heroism is still being asked of the descendants of Senesh's generation. Stripping back the hagiographic layers…...
B'nai Brith pressing Quebec hard to act on surging antisemitism, while warning secularism bill could strip away religious rights
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (801+ words) B'nai Brith Canada is calling on Quebec City to act on antisemitism, which "is appearing in classrooms, on campuses, online, in the media, and in our streets. It has advanced from hateful rhetoric and vandalism to violent criminal acts," noted…...
From Hannah Senesh to Hersh Goldberg-Polin: the meaning of Jewish heroism today
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1943+ words) In his new book, Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe, Matti Friedman sets out to uncover the short life of Holocaust heroine Hannah Senesh and several of her comrades. It is the second book of late…...
Treasure Trove travels back to the first Israel Independence Day
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (353+ words) Israel's 78th'Yom ha-Atzmaut (Independence Day) starts at sundown on Tuesday April 21.' Most of us have grown up celebrating the miracle of Israel's creation every year, but imagine what it would have been like to celebrate it for the first time....
Workplaces open, schools remain shut "and Israeli parents pull out their hair over wartime Zoom classes
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1117+ words) JTA "When news broke that Israel might gradually reopen schools in areas considered safe enough, Yael Daniel, a mother in Bat Yam in the missile-hit center of the country, joked that she was "moving north." The war has shut schools…...
Diaspora leaders call for action against "Jewish-extremist terror in the West Bank
3+ week, 5+ day ago (486+ words) (JTA) " Over 1, 000 Diaspora Jews are petitioning Israeli President Isaac Herzog to intervene against settler violence in the West Bank, saying that the settlers are threatening Israeli security. "Mr. President, the terror, death and destruction inflicted by Jewish-Israeli extremists against innocent…...
Israel's national hockey teams stranded at championships abroad
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (848+ words) Update March 16: Both the U18 men's national team and the women's team are now in Israel, the Israel Ice Hockey Federation reported. The women's team finished fourth and the junior team won the bronze medal. Israel's national hockey teams left the…...