Is America serious about tracking domestic terror? A Homeland Security decision raises doubts.
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — At first, it reads like a grim joke: Less than six months after the worst attack on Jews in…
Human Rights
Quebec bill bans head scarves and yarmulkes
by David Lazarus MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec has introduced a bill that bans some public employees from wearing religious symbols at work, including kippahs. The…
Pittsburgh protected my family after the synagogue massacre. Now we must do the same for Christchurch families.
by Marnie Fienberg PITTSBURGH (JTA) – The universe cracks. That’s how you feel when a beloved family member is violently torn from this world while…
Join B’nai Brith Canada in Calling on the Gov’t to Immediately Deport Helmut Oberlander
(B’nai Brith Canada) – Why is Helmut Oberlander still in Canada? Last November, after the former Nazi lost his fourth appeal against the government’s decision…
Israeli director wins Oscar and cites his Holocaust survivor grandparents in acceptance speech
(JTA) — An Israeli director won the best live action short Oscar award on February 24, and cited the Holocaust in his acceptance speech. “I…