Tag: Jewish College Students
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Peace is Better than War!
Shavua Tov! (A Good Week!) Gratitude for another amazing year of PEACE with Penny Championing Israeli & Palestinian Peace organizations working together. These committed Peace activists Work to make their lives Fear-free, Safe, Tolerable, Dare we hope, Joyful? Even during war, There are pockets of Peace. It’s harder, but Logic dictates Peace is the only…
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The Corona Virus Seems to Be Crossing Our Continent Like Jaws
It seems like the soundtrack to Jaws is playing in the background of all our lives. Do you remember that scary incessant quickening sound, da duh, da duh, da duh, da duh … Do you also wonder, will it get me? I was writing an article about Israel and the Corona Virus interrupted. They tell…
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American Jews are Feeling the Fear and Pain of Israelis
American Jews are feeling some of the fear and pain of Israelis. What do I mean? Alarmingly, Jews are being attacked in the United States and also around the world, with increased violence and frequency. This is something Israelis have dealt with for years. The public is becoming more aware as the attacks are receiving…
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2020 Happy New Year and Decade!
Happy New Year! Shabbat Shalom! This is the first shabbat of the new year and decade. What big plans do you have? What is it that you have always wanted to do or work on, that hasn’t been on your To-Do list until now? Why not begin the decade making those choices? Are the wishes…
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Run, Hide, Fight! Defending Jews from Anti-Semitic Terrorism is The New Mantra
I thought I’d start my blog with a lesson from our next generation. Young Jewish women who I don’t know, yet make me proud. They were standing up both for themselves, and us. A lesson in anti-Semitism is presented by three Jewish young ladies trying to make a difference with a TEDx talk. Our next…
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The Jewish National Fund’s Mishpachah (Family)
I just got back from my second time at the Jewish National Fund’s Annual Conference, this time in Washington D.C. Next year we were told that the conference will be in Israel! If you’re Jewish, and older (I hear my mother in my mind . . . oy, since when did I become an alter…
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A Taste of Israel’s Reality in the U.S. %$@#!
So much has been in the news in Israel and in the United States—however, the similarities are not encouraging. First, I send my prayers out to those personally impacted by the heinous acts of violence wherever they occur. For those of us in the United States, we all have been affected—not feeling as safe in…
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Protecting Israel Through the Lense of CAMERA
Andrea Levin who is President and Executive Director of CAMERA, spoke recently and I was eager to hear what she had to say. CAMERA is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. There are often such distortions in the news against Israel with only partial truths being reported (only the Palestinian version),…
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The Poway Chabad Shooting—Yet Another Anti-Semitic Nightmare
Through tears—both his and mine, I listened to Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of the Poway Chabad recount his horrific experience as John T. Earnest, the hate-filled shooter terrorized the rabbi’s Jewish congregation. The assailant is 19 years old and the mom in me wonders what turned him toward extreme hatred. What a waste of humanity. The…
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Who Let the Anti-Semitism of the 20th Century Out of the Bag in 2019?
It’s 2019, it’s sad but true, the ugly demon of anti-Semitism still exists and seems to be getting worse—or is it that the perpetrators feel it’s fine in today’s world to talk publically about their anti-Semitic beliefs? In writing this blog there were a staggering number of incidents with varying degrees of seriousness to choose…
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Israel: The Complex Story is Never Thoroughly Told Merely by Looking at the Surface
I had so much fun attending USC’s Hillel JAA Speaker’s Series: “Israel Today: A Geopolitical Update” and listening to the speaker, Charlotte Korchak, Director of International Student Programs for StandWithUs and alumna of USC. I immediately felt like she was part of my mispachah (family). She did what I do (speak about Israel in a…
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The Jewish National Fund: A Protective Womb for Israel & Jews, Defying the Horror of Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Killings
I recently returned from attending my first Jewish National Fund Annual (JNF) Conference. On the one hand, it was a lovefest for Israel and Jews. Am Yisrael Chai (the Jewish Nation lives). On the other, what happened during the conference exposed the underbelly of hatemongers in the United States. I had newly become part of…
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“Knowledge for College:” Warning for Jewish College Students & Parents
Is your high school student looking at potential colleges? They’ve done the best they can in their classes and on their SAT’s and ACTs. They’ve worked at being a good citizen and written their essays to prove it. You’ve checked out the universities online and hopefully had an opportunity to visit the campuses. Everyone in…
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Jewish Students Harassed on U.S. College Campuses in 2018
I’ve written about the growing confrontational climate and anti-Semitism on college campuses before and unfortunately, there’s no good news, it’s still ugly, but having to attend a meeting recently by “Knowledge for College,” preparing our Jewish teens for the anti-Semitism and the intimidation they will face on college campuses rankled my nerves. Where is the…