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Fast Forward Auschwitz Guard Who Was No. 4 on ‘Most Wanted’ Nazi List Arrested in Germany
German police on Monday arrested a suspected former guard at the Auschwitz death camp and Nazi-hunting group Simon Wiesenthal named him as Hans Lipschis. Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart did not name the man but said police had arrested a 93-year-old alleged former Auschwitz guard with the “strong suspicion” he was involved in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Camps More Focused on Needs of Disabled
A study released by the Foundation for Jewish Camp showed overnight camps are growing increasingly aware of the needs of children with disabilities. The organization on Wednesday said the study showed a greater number of retreats for Jewish youth offered unique services to a larger number of children with special needs than previously expected. “Camps…
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Fast Forward Little Anti-Israel Activity at 97% of Colleges
Ninety-seven percent of U.S. and Canadian college campuses report no anti-Israel or anti-Semitic events, and the campus-based anti-Israel divestment effort has failed, according to a new study. The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise released the findings of its new study, “Israel and the Campus: The Real Story,” on Tuesday. Mitchell Bard, the AICE’s executive director, and Jeff…
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Food The Next Big Thing in Jewish Food Education
In the past few years, the world of Jewish food education has grown by leaps and bounds. People around the world are thinking about the connections between Jewish tradition and contemporary food issues, and working hard to help their communities see these issues through a Jewish lens. Hazon stands at the forefront of these conversations….
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News Blind Camper’s Case Spotlights Special Needs
Solomon Krishef was thrilled to learn that this summer he could go to his Jewish sleepaway camp for eight weeks – twice as long as the previous four summers. It was not to be for the Michigan teenager. During visiting day in the middle of the summer, his family says, the camp director told them…
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Food College Course Springs Up at Jewish Farm School
Across the country, Jewish environmental and farming programs are (pun intended) taking root in the Jewish community. Whether they are semester long fellowships (like Adamah and Urban Adamah), programs at summer camps (like Eden Village, Kibbutz Yarokand Amir Project, to name just a few), the number and variety of these programs is increasing. The East…
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News Coming Up Empty on Title VI
A year and a half after the federal government extended a landmark civil rights law to cover Jewish students, Jewish groups have yet to succeed in using this law against what they see as anti-Semitic anti-Israel activity on campus. A survey by the Forward has found that at least 10 anti-Semitism cases have been filed…
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Opinion Being ‘Pro-Israel’ Isn’t Enough
The David Project recently issued an important “white paper” that identifies the campus as the “primary path by which anti-Israelism enters the American public debate.” The report does a good job of describing the institutional and intellectual factors that are contributing to demonization of Israel on campus and that result — at some universities —…
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