Jacob Birnbaum, founder of Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, dies
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
Jacob Birnbaum, who helped launch the movement to free Soviet Jews, has died at 87.
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April 18, 2014
Will Bill Clinton’s grandchildren be Jewish?
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
Chelsea Clinton’s announcement Thursday afternoon that she and Jewish hubby Marc Mezvinsky are expecting their first child has set off a fairly predictable wave of reactions Jewish-wise, not unlike the interest their 2010 wedding generated.
Israeli mosque entrance torched in suspected price tag attack
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
Israeli police are investigating the torching of the entrance to a mosque in northern Israel and the spraying of anti-Arab slogans on its walls.
Gap in peace talks wide, Palestinian official says
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended without an agreement to resume peace talks, a Palestinian official said.
‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer hit by sex abuse lawsuit weeks before premiere
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
A man who has sued filmmaker Bryan Singer, the director of the upcoming blockbuster action film \”X-Men: Days of Future Past,\” for allegedly raping him as a teenager said on Thursday that his claims of sexual abuse went unheeded by authorities.
DNC chair: Perception of division on Israel within Democratic Party is totally untrue
Jared Sichel
April 18, 2014
Jewish values and Democratic Party values are in sync; there is no split among elected Democratic officials when it comes to Israel
Ukraine’s anti-Semitism: Real and not new
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
Over the last week there have been disturbing reports out of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, of leaflets being handed out by masked men to worshipers leaving Passover services at the Bet Menakhem-Mendel synagogue.
Rouhani: Iran seeks dialogue, not war
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
Striking a moderate tone toward the West, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a military parade that his country seeks dialogue instead of war.
Moving and Shaking: Downtown Seder, JQ Int’l gala, Max Spivak named VP, Dr. Ludmila Bess honored
Ryan Torok
April 18, 2014
Song, dance and lots of learning marked the Pico Union Project’s Downtown Seder, the second annual pre-Passover celebration by music producer Craig Taubman’s interfaith organization.
Charedim demonstrate over arrest of draft-dodging Yeshiva student
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2014
About 500 Charedi Orthodox men demonstrated in Jerusalem against the arrest of a yeshiva student who ignored a call-up notice for army service.
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