Monday, March 18th 2019
By HENRY BENJAMIN
(JTA) — Jewish groups from New Zealand and beyond expressed their horror at the slaying of at least 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch Friday.
The New Zealand Jewish Council is ”sickened and devastated” by the attacks, in which at least one armed individual killed dozens of people by shooting them at close distance with a semi-automatic rifle. Footage of the carnage, which the killer filmed and streamed live, shows victims huddling and moaning as the killer fires into the crowd.
“We offer our full assistance and support to the Muslim community and stand united with it...
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By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN
Both Tennessee Williams in his plays “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Vieux Carré” and John Kennedy Toole in his novel “A Confederacy of Dunces” wrote about the quirky characters of New Orleans in a way that still captures the earthiness, grit and charm...
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By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN
It’s taken some six years, but native New Orleanian Morris Rosenzweig, a noted composer and conductor of new classical music, has finally achieved resident status again and made the move back to his hometown. His “pipedream,” as he refers to it, has been...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court voted to disqualify Michael Ben Ari, head of the far-right Jewish Strength or Otzma Yehudit Party from running in national elections over his racism and racist incitement.
The court decided on Monday by a...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli father of 12 shot during a terror attack in the West Bank died of his wounds.
The death of Rabbi Achiad Ettinger of Eli on Monday morning brings to two the number killed in the...
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(JTA) — A Palestinian activist and an American-Israeli activist confronted Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the 50 Muslims killed in an attack on a New Zealand mosque and accused her of being a cause of the massacre due to...
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(JTA) — A Palestinian activist and an American-Israeli activist confronted Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the 50 Muslims killed in an attack on a New Zealand mosque and accused her of being a cause of the massacre due to...
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By BEN COHEN
(JNS.org) — By the time America woke up on Friday, Mar. 15, Google’s search engine was jammed with news of a mass shooting at another place of worship in the world. Counts of 49 dead and dozens...
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