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My Trip to Poland for the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
In January, I traveled with thirty-five of my colleagues in Holocaust education to Poland for the 80 th Anniversary of the ...
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Hillel Hosts Bi-Partisan Event to Combat Antisemitism
Daniel Hernández, who serves on the Arizona attorney general’s task force on antisemitism, said he is also the first ...
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Tucson J’s Acclaimed Disabilities Program Rooted in Summer Camp Experiment
The Taglit day program includes two tracks, Avodah (Hebrew for vocation/service) and Ha-Ash-Arah (Hebrew for enrichment), ...
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JFCS’s Memory Café Provides Haven for Those Affected by Memory Loss
As a program participant shares, “As a caretaker for my mom who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease, the Memory Café is a ...
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The Tucson J Presents Peter Boyer’s “Ellis Island: The Dream of America” in Partnership with SASO
For the final event in the 2024-2025 Beth and Mike Kasser Patron of the Arts Signature Events Series, the Tucson J in partnership with Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra (SASO), is proud to present ...
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Steve Ulin
A. Steven Ulin, M.D., died July 7, 2017, just two weeks shy of his 100th birthday. Dr. Ulin was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pennsylvania ...
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These Orthodox Jews use karate to defend the faith
NEW YORK (JTA) — On a recent Sunday evening at a Jewish center in Brooklyn’s Midwood section, dozens of boys and men — ages 5 to 40-something — practice their kicks, strikes and jabs. They are clad in ...
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From the beginning, it was clear Kristallnacht was different
A destroyed Jewish clothing store in Magdeburg, Germany, after Kristallnacht, Nov. 11, 1938. (H. Frederick, Hanover) NEW YORK (JTA) — Before it was called Kristallnacht, it was known simply as “the ...
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Meet Dan Lederman: the Jewish bail bondsman legislator from South Dakota
WASHINGTON (JTA) — AIPAC photo-ops? Check. Initiate and pass Iran divestment bill? Check. Pheasant-hunt fundraisers, sandbagging for flood protection and running a bail bonds business… Check. Could ...
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This Jewish Mother-Daughter Team Could Change A Girl’s Life, One Bowl of Soup at a Time
(Kveller via JTA) — A confession: I mock social media publicly. I loudly echo the sentiments expressed by so many — that social media is changing the way we interact with each other; that it can cause ...
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Netanyahu dares Abbas to meet: “I’ve cleared my schedule for the week”
Jerusalem (TPS) ‒ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took advantage of his meeting with the Czech foreign minister to challenge Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday. “President Abbas said on ...
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Peter Singer: ‘World’s most dangerous man’ or hero of morality?
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — He’s been brandished “the most dangerous man on earth,” accused of being a “public advocate of genocide” and likened to Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi “Angel of Death.” ...