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  • National Geographic announces premiere date for limited series 'A Small Light'

    Feb 24, 2023

    The new limited series "A Small Light" focuses on the inspiring, real-life story of Miep Gies, who played a critical role in hiding Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam. To honor Gies on what would have been her 114th birthday, National Geographic announced the powerful limited series, produced by ABC Signature and Keshet Studios, will premiere on Monday, May 1, at 9/8c on National Geographic with two back-to-back episodes. New episodes will debut every Monday at...

  • Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who claimed Jewish heritage, instead reportedly had a grandfather who fought for the Nazis

    Andrew Lapin|Feb 24, 2023

    (JTA) — Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna beat a Jewish Democrat to represent her district in Congress last fall, but she had Jewish ancestry, too — or so she claimed at the time. The freshman representative told Jewish Insider during her campaign that she was “a small fraction Ashkenazi,” in addition to having been “raised as a Messianic Jew by my father.” While mainstream Judaism does not consider Messianic Jews, who believe in the divinity of Jesus, to be Jewish, Luna’s additional claim of...

  • Bill repealing Disengagement Law passes first reading

    Feb 24, 2023

    (JNS) - The Knesset approved on Wednesday in first reading a bill to abolish the Disengagement Law by a vote of 62-36. The Disengagement Law led to the destruction and evacuation of four Jewish communities in northern Samaria-Sa-Nur, Homesh, Ganim and Kadim-and 21 in the Gaza Strip. The law would restore freedom of movement to Israelis in the four Samaria communities. Knesset member Yuli Edelstein and National Missions Minister Orit Strook sponsored the measure at the request of Samaria...

  • Obituary - JOSEPH (YOSSI) KANTOR

    Feb 24, 2023

    Submitted by his wife, Debbie Kantor It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Joseph (Yossi) Kantor on Feb. 8, on his 80th birthday, his family by his side. Joe was a pillar of strength, a joy to be with, a giant of a man, and always an optimist! Family came before anything else as he looked forward to his Shabbat calls from his children and grandchildren. He loved to travel and he and Debbie went to Israel, France, England, Italy, Brazil and throughout the U.S. Together they...

  • Discussion of Israel's "end of democracy" debate

    Howard Lefkowitz|Feb 24, 2023

    On June 1, 1982, Israel undertook Operation Peace for Galilee, the second of its Lebanon invasions. Its goal was the elimination of Yasser Arafat and the PLO. Ultimately, public pressure and the Reagan administration’s US Special Envoy Philip Habib, enabled the PLO to survive and relocate to Tripoli. US press and TV news were fostering stories of Israel’s inhumane targeting of schools, hospitals, and indiscriminate bombing of civilian population. The press distortions were undermining US public support, as well as that of the American Jew...

  • Weekly roundup of world briefs

    Feb 24, 2023

    Australians make ‘YEmulkes’ of unwanted Kanye West merch (JNS) — The Talmud recommends taking the evil inclination into the Jewish study hall. Two Australians have found a different way to sanctify the destructive. Antoinette Barbouttis, of Sydney, wanted nothing more to do with her collection of clothing featuring one of the most prominent antisemites, Kanye West. So, she and her friend John Safran, a Jewish-Australian filmmaker and writer, brainstormed how to make kosher lemonade out of hateful lemons. Safran’s unique idea? Turn the several...

  • Novel about Chinese rescuer of Jews raises questions about facts vs. fiction in Holocaust stories

    Jordyn Haime|Feb 24, 2023

    TAIPEI (JTA) - Ho Feng-Shan, the Chinese diplomat stationed in Vienna who helped thousands of Jews escape from Europe during World War II, never met Adolf Eichmann. But in "Night Angels," a novel based on his life, Feng-Shan comes face to face with Eichmann several times - and his wife Grace's Jewish tutor, Lola, tries to kill the architect of the Holocaust. That detail is one of many that has spurred Ho Manli, Feng-Shan's daughter, to speak out against "Night Angels," the fourth novel by the...