News reports about the Neve Yaakov synagogue massacre have characterized that Jerusalem neighborhood as an “Israeli settlement” located in “predominantly-Palestinian East Jerusalem.”
Read More »Column: Omar’s Removal is a Frightful Omen for All Other Israel-Bashers
As the competing votes tracked upward on the Congressional scoreboard last week, my memory summoned up a moment more than two decades ago when I spotted an anti-Israel sketch posted on a bulletin board at work. It featured a message that compared Israel to the civil rights struggles in the South.
Read More »JEWISHcolorado’s Jewish Community Relations Council To Honor Steve Demby at Annual Leadership Luncheon
The Jewish Community Relations Council, a program of JEWISHcolorado, will host its annual leadership luncheon on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at History Colorado
Read More »Finding Pharaohs in A Modern Film
Could Pharaoh be Irish? As we read this last month’s Torah portions, about the ancient idiosyncratic behavior of an Egyptian despot, we think such personalities can’t happen in our world, in our times. Well, a film with nine nominations for Oscar awards, admirably shows it can transpire in ordinary human behavior.
Read More »Column: Fearing A Collision Course Between Bibi and American Jews
When Eric Goldstein speaks, Benjamin Netanyahu must listen. Even more so than when others speak, such as U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, Israeli business executive Eynat Guez, 100,000-plus protesters in Tel Aviv and Israeli expats in New York and Los Angeles.
Read More »Letter: Liberated & Recaptured — NOT Captured
Notwithstanding how often a newspaper may write or a television commentator may say that Israel "captured" the "West Bank" and "East Jerusalem" in June 1967, it is not so.
Read More »JScreen Announces 4th Annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week February 5th – 11th
JScreen, a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases, announces the fourth annual Jewish Genetic Screening Awareness Week (JGSAW), which takes place from February 5th through 11th.
Read More »JFS Boulder Expands Mental Health Services
JFS Boulder has expanded its mental health services to provide ongoing high-quality mental health services for anyone needing therapy, including those impacted by the Marshall Fire or Straight-Line Wind Event in Boulder County. The Red Cross and Boulder County Housing and Human Services generously supported this expanded service.
Read More »International March of Living Calls for Preservation of Children’s Shoes at Auschwitz
Marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and International Holocaust Memorial Day, the International March of the Living has issued an urgent call to secure the funds to preserve some 8,000 shoes belonging to children, most of them Jewish, who were in vast majority murdered in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz.
Read More »Online Holocaust Denial Suppressed in English, Rife in Arabic
As International Holocaust Remembrance Day forces Jews to ask themselves how safe they feel, new data from CyberWell has revealed social media companies’ underinvestment in monitoring antisemitism in Arabic.
Read More »Column: ‘Dream Job’ In Rural Michigan Becomes Nightmare for Jewish Educator
After nine days as dean of students at a middle school, Michael Woodberg resigned. The offense? Being Jewish.
Read More »Mar-A-Lago Is Not on The Way to Auschwitz
A new record may have just been set—for the most Hitler analogies in a 24-hour period.
Read More »FFRF Accuses Coach Deion Sanders of Imposing Religion at JSU and Now at CU
Sports legend Deion Sanders is misusing his new position as the University of Colorado football coach to foist Christianity on the program, asserts the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Read More »JNF’s Top Five “Made-In-Israel” Gifts For Valentine’s Day
With the Jewish festival of love, Tu B’av, still several months away, some may find Valentine’s Day (February 14) to be the perfect excuse to spoil that special loved one in their life. And now you can find the perfect gift while also supporting Israeli small businesses through Jewish National …
Read More »Latest News from JTree
Hello Forest Fans, Happy Valentine's Day! Here are a few quick links about exciting events that are coming up for your involvement.
Read More »Column: Our First ‘Jew-ish’ Congressman: How Perilous Is He?
Our very first “Jew-ish” congressman established himself as a serial liar, a possible criminal suspect and a punchline. Until Tuesday. Now it is far worse: George Santos is scary, and maybe dangerous.
Read More »Letter: Jew Hatred: Louis Vuitton, Vichy & Bella Hadid
When it comes to Jew hatred, one can draw a direct line from Louis Vuitton and Vichy to Louis Vuitton and Bella Hadid.
Read More »Letter: Time for God
"When I'm davening I'm talking to Hashem, not looking at the clock."
Read More »ADL Releases Worrying New Study on Antisemitic Attitudes in US
ADL’s Antisemitic Attitudes in America survey found that 20 percent of Americans believe six or more anti-Jewish tropes, nearly doubling the antisemitic prejudice found in 2019 and the highest level in three decades.
Read More »A Harvard President’s Pogrom Warning
If American Jews “decide to remain apart,” antisemitism will rise to the point that “blood will be spilled,” one of America’s most prominent educators reportedly warned, one hundred years ago.
Read More »Column: Ben-Gvir’s Presumed ‘Act of War’
It was the devil…er, Itamar Ben-Gvir…who made me do it.
Read More »A Courageous Message from Barbara Gould’s Family
Barbara Gould and her family are courageously sharing that Barbara needs a liver transplant. They are seeking out the love of others who would spread the word and consider becoming a living donor.
Read More »Letter: Sorry, Whoopi: The Holocaust Was All About Race
On two recent occasions, Whoopi Goldberg, a celebrity with a very high profile platform called "The View," has promulgated the ahistorical fantasy that the Holocaust of six million Jews had absolutely nothing to do with race.
Read More »Column: If Justice, Justice Is Not Pursued In Israel
Team Bibi’s plans to transform Israel’s legal system boils down to a perversion of our most basic biblical teachings. They will forsake justice to feed their political appetites.
Read More »Noa Tishby Becomes The 11,000th Person To Sign The Jewish Future Pledge
The Jewish Future Pledge announced that it has surpassed 11,000 pledges as author, producer, actress, thought leader and Israel advocate Noa Tishby has signed the organization’s moral commitment.
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