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Jewish and Israel Headlines and Torah FeaturesCash convoy moves 900,000 banknotes through Gaza - report (Dec 10, 2023 08:23 PM - HomePage)During the Israel-Hamas truce, a ton of NIS 200 notes was transported from the north to the south to ease the economic plight of Gaza residents, "The Financial Times" reports. Sun: NICE Systems climbs on mixed TASE (Dec 10, 2023 05:24 PM - HomePage) NICE Systems and ICL led the rises today as Shikun & Binui lost ground. Israel's fiscal deficit keeps widening (Dec 10, 2023 03:20 PM - HomePage) Israel's fiscal deficit widened to 3.4% of GDP at the end of November 2023 and the Accountant General forecasts it will reach 4% by the end of the year. Apartments sold and rented (Dec 10, 2023 01:22 PM - HomePage) A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel including in Mevaseret Zion, Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Kiryat Ata, Kiryat Gat and Eilat. US approves emergency tank shells sale to Israel (Dec 10, 2023 10:33 AM - HomePage) The US Secretary of State provided a detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists requiring the immediate $106.5 million sale. Cash convoy moves 900,000 banknotes through Gaza - report (Dec 10, 2023 10:32 AM - HomePage) During the Israel-Hamas truce, a ton of NIS 200 notes was transported from the north to the south to ease the economic plight of Gaza residents, "The Financial Times" reports. US approves emergency sale of tank shells to Israel (Dec 10, 2023 07:00 AM - HomePage) The US Secretary of State provided a detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists requiring the immediate $106.5 million sale. US approves emergency sale of tank shells to Israel (Dec 10, 2023 06:40 AM - HomePage) The US Secretary of State provided a detailed justification to Congress that an emergency exists that requires the immediate $106.5 million sale to Israel. University of Pennsylvania president resigns after widely-panned remarks about Jewish genocide (Dec 9, 2023 09:58 PM - Forward.com – All) University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned on Saturday, four days after her response to a question about antisemitism angered many Jewish students, alumni and donors and drew criticism from the White House, Congress and the state’s Jewish governor. “I write to share that President Liz Magill has voluntarily tendered her resignation as President of... The post University of Pennsylvania president resigns after widely-panned remarks about Jewish genocide appeared first on The Forward . UPenn trustees call emergency meeting as calls mount for president to resign over remarks about Jewish genocide (Dec 9, 2023 02:58 PM - Forward.com – All) The University of Pennsylvania board of trustees will hold an emergency meeting Sunday to deliberate over the fate of President Liz Magill, as calls for her ouster have escalated following her widely panned testimony to a House committee this week about responding to antisemitism on campus. The trustee meeting, plans for which were reported by... The post UPenn trustees call emergency meeting as calls mount for president to resign over remarks about Jewish genocide appeared first on The Forward . Harvard president apologizes, Penn alum yanks $100M gift as congressional antisemitism hearing fallout continues (Dec 8, 2023 10:19 PM - Forward.com – All) (JTA) — The president of Harvard University told the student newspaper that she was sorry for causing pain with her testimony during Tuesday’s congressional hearing in which multiple college leaders said their schools’ codes of conduct would not necessarily prohibit calls for genocide of Jews. “I am sorry,” Claudine Gay said in an interview with... The post Harvard president apologizes, Penn alum yanks $100M gift as congressional antisemitism hearing fallout continues appeared first on The Forward . ‘The Zone of Interest’ asks: Why would a family want to live at Auschwitz? (Dec 8, 2023 09:49 PM - Forward.com – All) It’s Rudy’s birthday and his children guide him, blindfolded, down a set of stairs to the garden. There, in the grass, by the small swimming pool, near the greenhouse, is a canoe. He can’t sit in it, though. The paint is still fresh, and he can’t sully his uniform. At least not yet. When he... The post ‘The Zone of Interest’ asks: Why would a family want to live at Auschwitz? appeared first on The Forward . How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment (Dec 8, 2023 09:16 PM - Forward.com – All) (JTA) — For years, the Hanukkah llama has been a corny cliche that skeptics of the big-box Hanukkah industrial complex love to hate. What does a South American animal have to do with a holiday commemorating a Jewish miracle in the Middle East? Is a not-quite rhyme enough to justify “Happy Llamakah” sweaters and socks?... The post How a Jewish educator took the Hanukkah llama from TJ Maxx meme to teachable moment appeared first on The Forward . US officials deny pressing Israel for a war ‘deadline,’ but differences between the two are emerging (Dec 8, 2023 09:10 PM - Forward.com – All) WASHINGTON (JTA) — A top U.S. official denied reports that the Biden administration has set a deadline for Israel to end its war with Hamas. But U.S. officials are becoming more open and outspoken about differences between the two allies over the war’s conduct. “We’re not in the business of being that prescriptive with a... The post US officials deny pressing Israel for a war ‘deadline,’ but differences between the two are emerging appeared first on The Forward . ‘We need a miracle’: Lighting Hanukkah candles with the family of Israeli hostage Uriel Baruch (Dec 8, 2023 08:56 PM - Forward.com – All) It’s always striking, when celebrating Hanukkah here in Israel, to see the alternate word on the dreidels and hear it in the songs: Nes gadol haya poh, a great miracle happened here — poh, not sham; here, not there; in Israel, where the Maccabees defeated the Assyrians, where our history unfolded over millennia. And now... The post ‘We need a miracle’: Lighting Hanukkah candles with the family of Israeli hostage Uriel Baruch appeared first on The Forward . Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than ‘Maestro’ would lead you to believe (Dec 8, 2023 08:45 PM - Forward.com – All) Maestro, the new Leonard Bernstein biopic, is not, in fact, a biopic. At least not in any traditional sense. Though this is a movie about a creative genius and the charismatic face of classical music in the latter half of the 20th century, we see little of Bernstein’s biography, his creative process or, even, his... The post Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than ‘Maestro’ would lead you to believe appeared first on The Forward . Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than you’d know from ‘Maestro’ (Dec 8, 2023 08:45 PM - Forward.com – All) Maestro, the new Leonard Bernstein biopic, is not, in fact, a biopic. At least not in any traditional sense. Though this is a movie about a creative genius and the charismatic face of classical music in the latter half of the 20th century, we see little of Bernstein’s biography, his creative process or, even, his... The post Leonard Bernstein was far more Jewish than you’d know from ‘Maestro’ appeared first on The Forward . Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism (Dec 8, 2023 08:04 PM - Forward.com – All) (JTA) — Rabbi David Wolpe is stepping down from the antisemitism advisory committee at Harvard University, citing “events on campus and the painfully inadequate testimony” of the university’s president, Claudine Gay, during a congressional hearing this week on campus antisemitism. “Without rehashing all of the obvious reasons that have been endlessly adumbrated online, and with... The post Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism appeared first on The Forward . Calling for genocide is antisemitic. Why couldn’t the president of my alma mater say so? (Dec 8, 2023 07:40 PM - Forward.com – All) “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn’s rules or code of conduct? Yes or no?” It should have been an easy answer. But somehow, it wasn’t. The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, recently testified before members of Congress on the alarming uptick in campus antisemitism. When questioned by Rep. Elise... The post Calling for genocide is antisemitic. Why couldn’t the president of my alma mater say so? appeared first on The Forward . Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war (Dec 8, 2023 07:32 PM - Forward.com – All) Far more Americans, 65%, say Hamas holds a lot of responsibility for its war with Israel than say the same of the Israeli government, 35%. That’s the finding of a Pew Research Center poll released Friday which also found bipartisan concern over the prospect of increased violence against Jews in the U.S., with roughly half... The post Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war appeared first on The Forward . Love triangles and arias abound in this reconstructed 1911 Yiddish comic operetta (Dec 8, 2023 07:23 PM - Forward.com – All) In 1911, the Yiddish operetta Shir Hashirim: The Song of Love premiered in New York City, and became immensely popular, performed on stages around the world for decades. The musical comedy, composed by Joseph Rumshinsky and written by Anshel Shor, is about the love triangles of an aging composer along with his adult children and... The post Love triangles and arias abound in this reconstructed 1911 Yiddish comic operetta appeared first on The Forward . Hate or just a crime? Either way, Jewish restaurants are finding support after vandalism (Dec 8, 2023 06:00 PM - Forward.com – All) (JTA) — On a Saturday in late November, vandals smashed the front entrance of Pita Grill, a kosher restaurant in New York’s Upper East Side, and stole e-bikes in front of the restaurant. Law enforcement quickly concluded that it was not a hate crime, but a standard robbery. The restaurant was closed for Shabbat at... The post Hate or just a crime? Either way, Jewish restaurants are finding support after vandalism appeared first on The Forward . There’s more to Madonna’s Jewish story than just Kabbalah and social media posts about Israel (Dec 8, 2023 03:47 PM - Forward.com – All) Within a day of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, international pop-star Madonna took to Instagram to share her reaction to the slaughter of Israeli civilians with her 19 million followers. Her post included video clips of the terrorists rampaging through Israeli towns and villages, and her accompanying commentary said, “What is... The post There’s more to Madonna’s Jewish story than just Kabbalah and social media posts about Israel appeared first on The Forward . More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war (Dec 8, 2023 01:51 PM - Forward.com – All) WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hundreds of staffers for 140 Jewish organizations, most of them progressive, signed a letter to President Joe Biden and Congress urging them to press Israel to agree to a cease-fire in its war with Hamas, citing their work “building thriving Jewish communities.” The letter, which does not necessarily reflect the views of... The post More than 500 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden to press for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war appeared first on The Forward . On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting (Dec 8, 2023 03:49 AM - Forward.com – All) More than 500 people gathered in New York’s Columbus Circle Thursday evening to mark the first night of Hanukkah and to call for a cease-fire in Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice and other left-leaning groups, the two-hour event featured prayers, songs... The post On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting appeared first on The Forward . ‘Most of all, I will miss his smile’: A rabbi on his last conversation with friend and mentor Rabbi David Ellenson (Dec 8, 2023 01:32 AM - Forward.com – All) Rabbi David Ellenson had penciled in the wrong time for a book launch at The Jewish Center on Dec. 6. The program at the Upper West Side synagogue, meant to honor its former rabbi and Dr. Ellenson’s scholar friend, Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, was scheduled for 7:30 p.m.. Dr. Ellenson, who wrote a chapter for... The post ‘Most of all, I will miss his smile’: A rabbi on his last conversation with friend and mentor Rabbi David Ellenson appeared first on The Forward . First plans for Tree of Life memorial unveiled (Dec 7, 2023 11:23 PM - Forward.com – All) The initial designs for an official memorial dedicated to the 11 victims of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, were revealed on Thursday. The memorial, designed by Daniel Liebskind in collaboration with a working group composed of victims’ family members, communal leaders and congregational representatives, celebrates those lost and... The post First plans for Tree of Life memorial unveiled appeared first on The Forward . Finally, an event to honor the only American Girl doll who eats challah and owns a samovar (Dec 7, 2023 11:04 PM - Forward.com – All) Rebecca Rubin attends school in a blue cardigan and black checked skirt. She promenades the Coney Island boardwalk in her lavender summer dress. She relaxes in eyelet pajamas adorned with blue ribbons, and celebrates Hanukkah in a lacy dress that has the unfortunate effect of resembling one of Betty Draper’s négligées. But this 1914 style... The post Finally, an event to honor the only American Girl doll who eats challah and owns a samovar appeared first on The Forward . Shots fired fired at Albany synagogue with preschool, suspect in custody (Dec 7, 2023 10:51 PM - Forward.com – All) (New York Jewish Week) — Shots were fired at Temple Israel in Albany on Thursday, the first night of Hanukkah, as U.S. Jews grapple with a surge in antisemitism following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the Israeli military’s military campaign in Gaza. There were no injuries in the shooting on the premises of... The post Shots fired fired at Albany synagogue with preschool, suspect in custody appeared first on The Forward . University presidents waffled in condemning calls for genocide. Jews are on our own as much as ever (Dec 7, 2023 10:32 PM - Forward.com – All) Hours after hundreds of white supremacists marched with torches in Charlottesville chanting “Jews will not replace us,” the condemnations started flowing. Harvard University issued a statement characterizing the events in Charlottesville as “deeply distressing.” The “hatred, racism, and violence,” it continued, deserve “our strongest condemnation.” The University of Pennsylvania and MIT issued similar statements. These... The post University presidents waffled in condemning calls for genocide. Jews are on our own as much as ever appeared first on The Forward . |
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