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Jewish pro-Trump groups accuse Facebook of censorship ahead of US elections

By SEAN SAVAGE

– Over the last several months, the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming presidential election have left many Americans feeling confused and uncertain about the future. With normal social interaction limited, many have shifted towards the...

Zeta slams New Orleans

By ALAN SMASON

Hurricane Zeta came roaring across Southeast Louisiana like a freight train with winds of more than 105 m.p.h. registered near Port Fouchon and Golden Meadow, prior to its heavy Category 2 winds heading into the city of...

Zeta expected to be Category 2 at landfall

By ALAN SMASON

After six near misses from previous named hurricanes or tropical storms this very long hurricane season, New Orleans appears to be in the crosshairs of a direct hit by a better organized Hurricane Zeta, which strengthened overnight...

Here we go again – Zeta makes way towards LA.

By ALAN SMASON

With Halloween on tap this weekend, Mother Nature appears ready to frighten the Louisiana Gulf Coast with the seventh named storm in the region and the third to make a predicted landfall in Louisiana.

At 10:00 a.m....

Dani Levine leads local and national Avodah effort

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

It’s hard enough to run a national Jewish service corps like Avodah in a typical year. But 2020 has been anything but a typical year.

Adding a global pandemic into the mix has...

Sudan will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sudan will become the third Arab country in the past two months to normalize ties with Israel, continuing the trend of Arab states’ willingness to advance ties with the Jewish state even without a...

Israel signs MOUs with Bahrain

Israel today signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) with the Kingdom of Bahrain signifying their moving forward with the establishment of peaceful relations.

National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, who is leading the Israeli delegation in Manama and Bahraini Foreign...

Virtual Mask-erade for Hadassah today

Mexican-Canadian singer-songwriter Monika Schwartzman headlines today’s Hadassah Virtual Mask-erade at 4 p.m., an attempt to raise needed funds via Zoom during the current pandemic.

The entire Jewish community in invited to participate safely in the novel fundraiser in the event ...

Registration, lawyers and patience: How Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — If you’re in Arizona or Florida and a 585 area code pops up on your phone, you might want to answer: It could be a Jewish volunteer in Rochester, New York, whose mission it is...

Moral of ‘The Keeper’ is about forgiveness, perseverance

By ALAN SMASON

There is a minor, but pivotal moment in Marcus H. Rosenmüeller’s film “The Keeper” where a rabbi makes a major and dramatic declaration. Based on the real life story of Bert (Bernd) Trautmann, the film recounts how...