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By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA)-Pro-Israel activists in the Miami area plan to protest a Florida state senator active in the Black Lives Matter movement who visited the West Bank as the guest of a group that backs the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Organizers of the protest against Dwight Bullard said they object to the groups and people he met while visiting the region in May under the aegis of a Miami-based civil rights group, Dream Defenders. His delegation met with a founder of...
(JTA)-A century ago, passages from the Talmud were translated into Russian to be used as evidence in the anti-Semitic show trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Jew charged with-and eventually acquitted of-murdering a Christian boy. The prosecution in that 1915 trial, which was decried internationally for its resemblance to medieval blood libels, cherry-picked quotes from the Talmud, a central text of Orthodox Jewish tradition, to argue that Beilis had killed the boy for religious purposes. Now the...
Report: Sheldon Adelson meets with Donald Trump, suggests he demonstrate humility (JTA)—Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson told Donald Trump in a private meeting that the Republican presidential candidate must demonstrate a measure of humility, The New York Times reported. Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate, also told Trump in the meeting last week in Adelson’s suite at the St. Regis Hotel in New York that he was committed to his presidential campaign. The newspaper cited five unnamed Republicans briefed on the meeting who were not aut...
For most students, the dog days of August are one final chance for summer traditions such as hitting the beach or visiting national parks with their family before heading back to campus. For dozens of pro-Israel college students, however, learning about ways combat increasing campus anti-Semitism and anti-Israel activism was their focus during summer’s final weeks. Over 80 college students from nearly 70 campuses around the world attended the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America’s (CAMERA) student conference in Bos...
One of the longstanding traditions of the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando (JFGO) Annual Meeting is the public recognition of outstanding community volunteers and professionals who have made a significant impact on the Central Florida Jewish Community in the past year. "Each of their stories is unique, yet they share a common mission: helping our Jewish community to thrive," said JFGO Executive Director Olga Yorish. "They are the builders, the visionaries, the leaders and philanthropists...
