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oppression
Marking Tisha b’Av during a long, hot summer
As the fast day of Tisha b’Av approaches, the summer heat and humidity is rising.
VIDEO: Tel Aviv rally protests religious persecution in China
Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy lead rally protesting Chinese persecution of Falun Gong and China\’s involvement in Sudan.
VIDEO: History will be made in Beijing
Director Oren Kaplan offers this 60-second \’commercial\’ for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Organize now against oppression in Burma
The U.S. Campaign for Burma puts together an internet and television campaign, with the hope that their messages will reach not only millions of Americans but also the rank-and-file soldiers in Burma, who may not even realize how closely the world is looking at the atrocities many of them are carrying out.
We should speak out for HR 106
HR 106 already has 227 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and is supported by a majority of Jewish senators and congressmen across the nation. Most of the Jewish organizational establishment, however, is either waffling or desperately trying to avoid the issue.
L.A.’s Jews, Koreans Work to Build Ties
Shema Educational Institute\’s Web site shows photos of typical Orthodox Jews: a father studying with his sons, a frum mother holding her infant and a man unrolling a Torah scroll. But in that last photo, the Orthodox man is standing next to a Korean man in traditional Korean dress.
Zionism, by George
In a key scene in \”Masterpiece Theatre\’s\” \”Daniel Deronda,\” adapted from George Eliot\’s 1876 novel, the hero attends a Zionist meeting.\n
Jews Mend Kosovo’s Spirit
Having endured 10 years of oppression and the largest expulsion in Europe since the Holocaust, it is not uncommon to hear the Albanians of Kosovo draw parallels between themselves and Jews.
So it was little surprise to Greta Kacinari that Jews would be among those lending a hand in Kosovo, the war-torn southern province of Yugoslavia.