Israel, UNESCO to jointly promote Holocaust education
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
Israel and UNESCO have signed an agreement to promote Holocaust education and combat its denial.
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March 9, 2011
Kissinger calls for Pollard clemency
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has called for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard. Kissinger sent a letter to President Obama requesting that he commute Pollard\’s sentence to time served. Pollard was a U.S. Navy analyst when he passed classified information to Israel. He has been in prison since 1985.
‘American Greed’ episode to feature Sholom Rubashkin
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
Jailed former Agriprocessors official Sholom Rubashkin will be featured on an episode of the CNBC series \”American Greed.\”
Obama adviser Jarrett discusses Jewish roots
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
Valerie Jarrett, President Obama\’s top domestic policy adviser, told a Jewish audience that her great-grandfather was Jewish. \”The Passover seder has a unique lore in my own family,\” Jarrett said Monday while addressing the annual plenum of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Jewish public policy umbrella, in Washington.
Anti-Islam Petition Fails to Sway UCLA
Jonah Lowenfeld
March 9, 2011
“Islam is NOT a religion.” “Please understand the danger that Islam poses to our society.” “OUTLAW ISLAM IN AMERICA!”
Calling Moses
Jeffrey Hensiek
March 9, 2011
Jewish tradition instructs that young children should begin their Jewish education by studying the book of Leviticus. Even a cursory reading of the blood and gore that make up the sacrificial rites described in the third book of the Torah would lead most teachers to conclude that these verses would likely be the beginning of the end for a child’s Jewish education.
Calendar picks and clicks: March 8–March 18, 2011
Ryan Torok
March 9, 2011
The sculptor and Nazarian family matriarch presents a 25-year survey of her work, in “Strength Revealed.” The exhibition, curated by Barbara Gilbert, curator emerita of the Skirball Cultural Center, explores Nazarian’s artistic progression from mastering the human form to exploring abstraction and non-objectivity.
‘Sing’ festival extols diaspora diversity
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
“I’m a nonprofessional dreamer,” said singer/composer/producer Craig Taubman, who is in the midst of staging his sixth annual “Let My People Sing,” a 24-hour festival taking place March 11 and 12 at Sinai Temple in West Los Angeles. The event features Jewish performers from around the world and includes music, dance, food and a host of activities.
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