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TikTok Under Fire - Jewish Exponent
WEBMar 13, 2024 · JFNA’s focus is on the documented history of antisemitic and anti-Israel content on TikTok and the need to effect change. According to JFNA, “TikTok has an antisemitism problem. One study found that people who use TikTok for 30 minutes or more daily are 17% more likely to hold antisemitic or anti …
‘The Commandant’s Shadow’ Tells the True Holocaust Story …
WEBJun 5, 2024 · “The Commandant’s Shadow,” directed by Daniela Volker and distributed by Warner Brothers, tells two parallel stories. One is about Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a German-Jewish cellist and Auschwitz survivor who played in the camp band.
Death Notices Archive - Jewish Exponent
WEB5/27/1941-9/14/2024 Don Zacker, father of two and award-winning architect, died suddenly on Saturday (9/14/2024), at the age of 83, in southern New Jersey.
‘Funny Girl,’ One of the Most Jewish Broadway Musicals, Heads to ...
WEBJun 20, 2024 · Stephen Silver. “Funny Girl” may be the most Jewish Broadway musical this side of “Fiddler on the Roof.”. And like “Fiddler,” it debuted on Broadway 60 years ago, in 1964. The touring production of “Funny Girl” is headed to Philadelphia in July. But not everyone knows that the show played in Philadelphia before it arrived on the ...
Netanyahu Counters Biden: Most Americans Support Israel
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · “This will help us continue the campaign until total victory,” added the premier. Speaking with Seth Meyer on NBC’s “Late Night on Monday,” Biden noted that the Israel Defense Forces campaign against Hamas in Gaza has so far “had the overwhelming support of the vast majority of nations.” However, “if it keeps this up without [changing]—this incredibly conservative government ...
In ‘Passport to Freedom,’ History is Dramatized - Jewish Exponent
WEBJan 6, 2022 · The benevolent João, who periodically intervenes between a Nazi assault against bullied Jews, eventually joins Aracy in her pursuit to assist Jewish refugees, and the two quickly, and predictably, fall in love. “Passport to Freedom” creators Mário Teixeira and Rachel Anthony bundle the story of the angel of Hamburg neatly into a seven ...
CNN’s Jake Tapper: Anchor, Author and Proud Jew
WEBNov 15, 2023 · CNN recently sent Tapper on a breaking news assignment to Israel, where he reported on the Oct. 7 attacks and the wider conflict that is taking shape following that fateful day. While in Israel, Tapper had the opportunity to speak with family members whose loved ones were abducted by Hamas and are being held hostage, as well as with survivors ...
Synagogue To Unveil, Dedicate Czech Torah Scrolls from Holocaust
WEBMay 18, 2022 · Old York Road Temple-Beth Am will display and rededicate its three Torah scrolls salvaged from Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust on June 3, coinciding with the Abington synagogue’s 75th-year jubilee. The event also marks the 50th anniversary of the scrolls’ recovery and restoration and the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews in ...
Eighth-generation Mohel Joel Shoulson Dies at 87
WEBJun 30, 2022 · 1. By Gall Sigler. Joel Shoulson, an eighth-generation mohel and Philadelphia resident, died on June 10. He was 87. Few children get the opportunity to accompany their parents on business trips, but for Shoulson it was normal to travel around the Northeast with his father, the mohel Morris Shoulson. It was during these trips to celebrate brit ...