Wasserman Schultz tapped as DNC chair
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
President Obama has named U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the Democratic Party\’s chief fundraiser.
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April 5, 2011
JCC opens in Kharkov, Ukraine
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
A new Jewish Community Center opened in Ukraine\’s second largest city, Kharkov. Donors, volunteers and staff of World Jewish Relief, which raised the funds for and oversaw construction of the building, were among those on hand for the official opening March 30 in the northeastern Ukraine community.
Historic Polish synagogue rededicated
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
The historic synagogue in Zamosc was rededicated after a $2.4 million restoration, though the Renaissance town in southeast Poland no longer has a Jewish community. Ambassadors, Jewish leaders and other dignitaries attended Tuesday\’s festive ceremony, which was followed by the opening of a conference on Zamosc Jewish history.
Israeli powers Toledo to landmark women’s hoop title
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
Naama Shafir, a Sabbath-observing Israeli, scored a career-high 40 points to power the University of Toledo women\’s basketball team to the school\’s first national postseason championship in any sport. Shafir hit 13 of 27 shots as the host Rockets defeated the University of Southern California, 76-68, on April 2 for the Women\’s NIT title. The victory also marked the first national championship for a Mid-American Conference team in any sport. Shafir, a 5-7 junior guard from the small northern Israeli town of Hoshaya, also sank 13 of 18 free throws in the game.
Hundreds participate in Areyvut’s National Mitzvah Day
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
Hundreds of volunteers across America participated in the Areyvut organization\’s National Mitzvah Day. The seventh annual day for volunteers to become involved in community service activities focused on providing individuals with basic necessities such as food and shelter.
Japanese deputy FM tours Israeli field hospital
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Makiko Kikuta toured the Israeli army\’s medical clinic in the city of Minami-Sanriko. Kikuta said that the good relationship between Israel and Japan will be strengthened due to the arrival of the medical delegation to help in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March.
Voices needed to spread the truth
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
With Richard Goldstone himself admitting that the infamous Goldstone Report was critically flawed, this is the best opportunity we have had in two years to bring to light the misconceptions of Operation Cast Lead. In his April 2 Op-Ed in The Washington Post titled “Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and War Crimes,” Goldstone rebukes the very principles linked to Israel following the report submitted under his name to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Now that Goldstone has changed his mind, what’s next?
Jewish Journal
April 5, 2011
What happens now with the Goldstone Report may well be up to Goldstone. Richard Goldstone’s April 2 Op-Ed in the Washington Post disavowing his earlier assumption that Israel had committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity during the 2009 Gaza war has left pro-Israel activists wondering: What next?
Abraham unlocks nuances of Shylock in ‘Merchant’
Tom Tugend
April 5, 2011
F. Murray Abraham’s performance as Shylock, praised by New York critics as the greatest in memory, owes much to the fact that the actor is almost invariably taken as Jewish. That pardonable error, he says, is central to his portrayal of the much-vilified Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” which opens April 14 on The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
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