Sundance festival: Israeli films explore family, war
Avishay Artsy
February 5, 2015
Two female Israeli directors premiered their films last week at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
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February 5, 2015
California lawmakers seek to end ‘personal belief’ vaccine exemptions
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Responding to an outbreak of measles that has infected more than 100 people, two California lawmakers said on Wednesday they would introduce legislation to end the right of parents in the state to exempt their children from school vaccinations based on personal beliefs.
Shanghai pushing WWII Jewish neighborhood for UNESCO register
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Shanghai is applying to have the neighborhood that sheltered Jewish refugees during World War II added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery defender
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
When a Warsaw Jewish cemetery was vandalized earlier this week, Anna Chipczynska, president of the Jewish Community of Warsaw, spoke out, noting that it had occurred less than a week after the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and that “it is an invitation to violence and threats to which we should all be vigilant.”
Israel again withholds tax revenues from Palestinian Authority
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Israel for the second straight has frozen tax revenue that it collects for the Palestinian Authority.
British anti-Semitic incidents set record in ’14, security watchdog reports
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
The Jewish security watchdog group in Britain recorded 1,168 anti-Semitic incidents for 2014, the highest annual total ever.
Hoenlein: Keep U.S. funding out of Israeli elections
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said that American groups should not intervene in the upcoming Israeli elections.
New York’s Shefa School seeks to be catalyst for day schools serving kids with disabilities
Jewish Journal
February 5, 2015
For years, homework was a “battle” in Johanna Shlomovich’s home.
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