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Eclipsed by 9/11: Durban
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 15, 2021
DURBAN, South Africa — Some of the Jewish organizational officials flying into the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, on the last week of August, 2001 were excited....
Burlington, Vermont won’t embrace BDS
JTASep 15, 2021
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The sponsor of a bill that would have made Burlington, Vt. the first city in America to divest from Israel is withdrawing his legislation, citing...
Jailbreak in Israel
JNSSep 10, 2021
Israel Hayom via JNS Riots broke out across the West Bank on Wednesday evening, Sept. 8, and fires broke out at several Israeli prisons, amid rising pressure on the...
Northeast mop-up in high gear
JNSSep 10, 2021
By Faygie Holt The Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, announced Sept. 3 it will make an emergency allocation of up to $25,000 to help low-income families in...
Anti-vaxxer will stop wearing yellow star
Ben Sales, JTASep 10, 2021
MONTREAL — Last month, Francois Amalega Bitondo was standing on a Montreal street, megaphone and cellphone in hand, protesting against COVID-19 vaccines. A bright...
IJN to further digitize archives with help of Rose Community Foundation grant
IJN StaffSep 02, 2021
The Intermountain Jewish News is the recipient of a Rose Community Foundation Jewish Life grant, announced IJN Assistant Publisher Shana R. Goldberg. The grant will be...
British Jews resettle Afghan refugees
Steve LipmanSep 02, 2021
A member of Rabbi Elchonon Feldman’s synagogue, about 20 miles northwest of London in the British countryside, called him with an unusual request on a recent...
Fifth suspect arrested in murder at Yeshiva
Chris LeppekSep 02, 2021
With the arrest last week of the fifth suspect in the Aug. 17 slaying of Yeshiva Toras Chaim student Shmuel Silverberg, Denver Police now have in custody all of the...
Where is last Jew in Afghanistan?
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAAug 27, 2021
AMSTERDAM — Amid the Taliban’s total takeover of Afghanistan last week, some had specific concerns about one person: that country’s last remaining Jew, 62-year-old...
A school copes with a murder
Larry HankinAug 26, 2021
One often hears members of school communities, businesses and organizations refer to each other as “family.” A nice sentiment, but its meaning may not be truly...
