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June 18, 2014
Torah Portion: Living with clergy killers
Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Journalist Torgny Segerstedt speaks truth to Nazi power in Swedish film, ‘The Last Sentence’
The Swedish film “The Last Sentence” opens with a 1933 newsreel of Adolf Hitler strutting as Germany’s new chancellor and ends with 1945 footage of Russian troops closing in on the Führer’s bunker.
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service internship in Los Angeles
As she described how amazed she sometimes feels at no longer being afraid of Germans or Austrians, Holocaust survivor Dana Schwartz apologetically patted George Stoellinger — her 22-year-old Austrian driver — on the shoulder.
American Jewish World Service and ending violence against women
As musician Craig Taubman strummed some opening chords on his guitar, the audience was quiet, still reflecting upon the words of the community leaders and activists who had spoken earlier.
The terrorist kidnapping of three teens puts Israel on edge
When three young sons of Israel disappear overnight, life is put on hold for everybody.
‘No tenure’ ruling for teachers won’t fix the problem
In the landmark Vergara v. California decision last week, Judge Rolf Treu ruled that the nine student plaintiffs, backed by billionaire David Welch’s nonprofit StudentsMatter, had been deprived of their right to an equal education by seniority and tenure policies that protected bad teachers in low-income communities.
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