Articles from the May 23, 2014 edition
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Standing with Israel on Yom Haatzmaut
The Zionistas had a booth at the JCC Yom Haatzmaut Israel Independence Day celebration and gave celebration attendees the opportunity to learn more about this 3-year-old group of Christian and Jewish women and men who are a voice for Israel in the...
ADL survey: More than a quarter of the world hates Jews
NEW YORK (JTA)-A lot of people around the world hate the Jews. That's the main finding of the Anti-Defamation League's largest-ever worldwide survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The survey, released...
New pluralistic military siddur will make the rounds on Memorial Day weekend
The Shabbat of Memorial Day weekend later this month will mark a first in American Jewish life: Three New York City congregations representing the three major U.S. Jewish movements will daven from...
Bat Mitzvah - Elizabeth (Betty) Agranovsky
Elizabeth (Betty) Agranovsky, daughter of Marie and Alex Agranovsky of Longwood, will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Congregation Beth Am in Longwood. Betty is...
Scene Around
A must read... This comes (in part) directly from the American Jewish Committee (AJC): “Iran subjects children to the death penalty, including public hangings from cranes; North Korea maintains vast gulags where political prisoners, including the d...
Renowned Israeli actor, director, screenwriter Assi Dayan dies
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org)-Renowned Israeli director and screenwriter Assi Dayan died in his Tel Aviv apartment at the age of 69 on May 1, 2014, following a long battle with substance abuse...
Rand Paul's Jewish outreach finds receptive if wary audience
WASHINGTON (JTA)-Can Rand Paul woo his party's Jews? The Kentucky senator and likely candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is stepping up his Jewish outreach. In recent weeks,...
Scholars seek Hebrew Bible's original text-but did one ever exist?
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—According to Jewish tradition, the Torah is so sacred that even a single error made on a single letter renders the entire scroll unfit for use. And yet the Hebrew Bible, including the Torah (its first five books), is riddled with c...
U.S. congressmen on the Temple Mount shocked by discrimination against Jews
Two U.S. congressmen participated in a fact-finding mission of the Temple Mount last week. Congressmen Andrew Harris (R- Maryland) and Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) and their wives witnessed firsthand how...
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Maccabi Tev Aviv upsets its way to Euroleague basketball crown ROME (JTA)—Maccabi Tel Aviv upset favored Real Madrid to win the Euroleague basketball championship. Maccabi defeated the Spanish squad, 98-86, in overtime on Sunday night in Milan in t...