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(JTA) — In his first visit to the region since becoming pope, Pope Francis referred to the “state of Palestine” and called for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
After visiting Jordan on Saturday, the pope held a mass Sunday at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the traditional site of Jesus’ birth. He will travel to Israel later in the day.
The...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Pope Francis has landed in Israel for a two-day visit.
The pope arrived Sunday afternoon at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport via a helicopter ride from Bethlehem, where he spent the morning. Francis will depart Israel on Monday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres greeted the pope upon arrival, accompanied by a band playing “Jerusalem of Gold.”
By BETH KISSILEFF
(JTA) — “What is being done to silence this man?” an American rabbi asked in a 1963 letter to the Anti-Defamation League. He was talking about the novelist Philip Roth, whose early novels and short stories cast his fellow American Jews in what some considered a none-too-flattering light.
Fast-forward half a century.
On Thursday, the writer whose works were once denounced as profane was honored by one...
(JTA) — An employee of the Jewish museum of Brussels died of injuries he sustained in the shooting there, bringing the death toll to four people.
The fourth fatality from Saturday afternoon’s shooting passed away later Saturday night, the Benelux broadcaster RTL reported on its website.
The other victims were an Israeli couple, the Israeli foreign minister said, and a female volunteer at the museum.
Belgian police said at a...
(JTA) — DePaul University’s student body voted in a referendum to approve a divestment resolution targeting Israel.
The student government ballot initiative passed with 54.2 percent of the vote, with 45.8 against, The DePaulia student newspaper reported Friday.
A total of 2,908 votes were cast by students at the Chicago Catholic university.
The ballot question asked: “Do you think that DePaul should follow socially responsible investment practices and divest its funds from...
By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB
“DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT“
The term is one that I first heard back in high school. There are times that I find it helpful, and there are times I find myself resistant to using it. The term is “Judeo-Christian.”
I understand that this term was first used back in the early-19th century to refer to the fact that the...
The Bayou Playhouse, a small 96-seat facility located in nearby Lockport has opened its final production of the 2013-14 season, “Driving Miss Daisy.”
The Alfred Uhry play, which is based on the experiences of his own Jewish grandmother, opened off-Broadway and was later transformed into a feature motion picture starring Jessica Tandy as Daisy Wertham and Morgan Freeman as her chauffeur Hoke.
This production, directed by artistic director Perry Martin,...
By KAREN LOZINSKI, Special to the CCJN
The walls of Allison Padilla-Goodman’s office at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) are papered with maps in bold colors—maps of the states that define the South Central Region: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Their bright hues contrast with the deep, churning grays of the quick spring thunderstorm that punctuates the afternoon.
Padilla-Goodman is welcoming, open and confident; she’s ready to talk about her myriad experiences...
The Jewish Community Day School of Greater New Orleans (JCDS), renamed in January to reinforce the school’s commitment to teaching a Jewish curriculum, is working to implement several other changes, according to head of school Sharon Pollin.
An innovative, interdisciplinary program that integrates the abstract concepts found in the sciences and mathematics with those found in the arts – STEAM – will be incorporated into the school’s curriculum beginning with...
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — Even in normal times, Kiev can feel like a city perpetually under construction. Potholes are “fixed” with flimsy coverings, ramshackle scaffolding clings precariously to the sides of buildings, and tangles of electric wires seem ever ready to combust.
But since the outbreak of anti-government protests in November, the sense of flux in the Ukrainian capital has been greater than ever. Two kinds of...
