AEPi, known as the “Jewish” fraternity,” is expanding to Israel, and it’s not an obvious move. The group which recently chartered its third full fledged branch in Israel, is trying to establish a role for fraternities in a country where Greek Life is not part of the Israeli students’ experience and where fraternities and sororities…
In a bipartisan phone call with Senators earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s top economic advisor lied about a bad connection to get Trump to stop talking, a Democratic senator who was on the call told CNN. Democratic Senator Tom Carper said that he and others were speaking with Cohn about the Republican-backed tax reform…
The African nation of Cote D’Ivoire did not have a historic Jewish community. But now, the West African country, known by some as Ivory Coast, is seeing several dozens of its citizens choose to join the Jewish ranks. Writing in ejewishphilanthropy, Bonita Nathan Sussman, who is the vice president of Kulanu, a group that supports…
Are there Jewish prayers specifically for Thanksgiving? Absolutely, says Alan Brill, a professor of Jewish Studies Seton Hall University who writes about history and trends in Jewish spirituality and practice on his blog — it’s a tradition with a long history. In a post this week, Brill ran through more than two century’s worth of…
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A Jewish cemetery in England won a prestigious international prize for design this week, the Jewish Chronicle reported. The New Bushey Cemeterey, in a northwestern suburb of London, claimed the prize for best religious architecture at the World Architecture Festival. The firm behind the cemetery, Waugh Thistleton, was noted for its use of natural materials….
After two months of nonstop searching, a Jewish student from Montreal is still missing without a trace in the mountains of Peru, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Jesse Galganov, who has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, was just setting out on a planned eight-month backpacking trip through South America when he went missing in late September. He had…
(JTA) — Argentina’s chief rabbi held a prayer service for the return of a missing submarine and its crew of 44. The country has been living with tension and uncertainty for the last week, since the ARA San Juan submarine was reported missing in the Atlantic Ocean. On Tuesday, Chief Rabbi of Argentina Gabriel Davidovich…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Dutch human rights ombudsman agreed to review an Israeli student’s religious discrimination complaint over his university’s refusal to allow him to wear a pirate suit to his thesis defense. The College for Human Rights, a government watchdog, said it would mediate in a talk on Tuesday between Michael Afanasyev, a 38-year-old Russia-born…
Investigators employed by special counsel Robert Mueller are looking into presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner’s conversations with Israeli officials during the presidential transition process, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Last December, the Obama administration chose not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that was critical of Israeli settlement construction. In the run-up to…
(JTA) — Like any self-respecting author, Ann D. Koffsky checks her Amazon rankings on a regular basis. “A little bit ridiculously,” she acknowledged. Yet when she noticed the rating for her most recent book had dropped to one-star overnight, it wasn’t so funny — especially once she started reading the user reviews. “This book is…
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