Digital security can be used to improve the travel experience
Biometrics used at Washington Dulles International Airport. — Photo: US DHS/Public Domain
At this time of year, many people opt for a short break. One of the factors of concern for travelers choosing to take flights, aside from the…
Former Saudi justice minister and Muslim World League leader wants interfaith peace ‘through…
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One of the world's largest moderate Islam advocacy groups says the time for sterile talk and dialogue is over - instead, the world needs concrete action.The Secretary General of the Muslim World…
Right-wing US media applaud Hungarian Orban as role model
the Jewish Telegraph Agency (04/04/22) drew attention to "the use of anti-Semitic dog whistles as Orbán declared victory for 'Christian Democratic politics' in Hungary".
Viktor Orbán has been re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister, a victory…
Unbreakable Soul – Boulder Jewish News
by Sam Glaser
The first evening of Nissan, we begin to count until the moon is full on the fifteenth. This is Seder night, our annual anniversary celebration as a nation. About 3,000 years ago, we were a slave people…
Jewish Federation of Madison: Leaders return from mission on Ukraine-Poland border
Leaders of the Jewish Federation of Madison (JFM) returned home April 5 after a whirlwind visit to the Ukraine-Poland border and four refugee centers in and around Warsaw. JFM Executive Director Alan Klugman and President Joe Shumow spent…
2022 Canneseries Awards: ‘The Lesson’, ‘Souls’, ‘Audrey’s…
Israeli series “The Lesson,” a tense half-hour serial parable on the vicious spiral of social media confrontation, took top honors on Wednesday night at a spirited 2022 Canneseries festival whose main competition was backed by titles…
Preaching on the Margins: Chicago Synagogue Embraces Anti-Zionism as a ‘Core Value’
CHICAGO — Chicago's Tzedek Synagogue has voted to adopt anti-Zionism as a "core value," becoming the first known American congregation to officially take such a stance.
Members of Tzedek, a non-denominational congregation founded in…
Silence is golden for South Dakota Suppressor
Hunters across the country are embracing the use of silencers both to save on hearing loss and to ... avoid spooking wildlife.
Courtesy of Silencer Central
Even if the Russians don't come, apparently the…
Shettima: Nigeria’s Modern-Day Philosopher King
Shettima: Nigeria's Modern-Day Philosopher King
By Lawan Bukar Maigana
“There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of mankind itself, until the philosophers become kings in this world, or until those whom we now call kings…
‘He’s a war criminal’: Biden calls Putin ‘brutal’ amid reports of…
The Biden administration will add more penalties against Russia amid growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine by Vladimir Poutineforces. 'There must be accountability,' said Secretary of State Antoine Blinken told CNN on Sunday as reports…
Marine Le Pen: “I am the one who can best protect the Jewish community”
French politician Marine Le Pen, candidate of the National Rally in the 2022 presidential election, has joined i24NEWS on Sunday evening to discuss a series of important issues for the Jewish community. Faced with the rise of Islamism in…
Presidency 2023: Finally, Yahaya Bello throws his hat in the ring
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State
Richard Elesho
The sustained suspense over the presidential ambition of Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello has come to an end.
Bello on Saturday, April 2, the day which…
KA Nizami Center Lecture Series – Education in India | Latest Education News | World Education…
Aligarh: Eminent Islamic scholars from all over the country participated in detailed deliberations on the Holy Quran as compelling literature expressing collective morality, equality, justice, fairness, brotherhood and mercy…
House Ethics Committee struggles to crack down on bad behavior
As chairman of the House Ethics Committee, Deutch would like to see a bit more vigorous scrutiny of behavior that doesn't violate specific rules but clearly brings discredit to the institution.The past year has brought a number of examples:…
Ramadan is back | Daily Trust
At the time of submitting this article, the announcement of the start of this year's Ramadan fast has not been made. Given the count of lunar month of Sha'aban, yesterday Friday was the 29th; which means that today Saturday April 2, 2022…
Clinical Competence Examination: The Past, Present, and Possible Future of Clinical Board…
The ever-evolving conversation surrounding the requirements for dental hygiene licensure has sparked debate over whether historically accepted prior testing methods are ethical and valid for determining the clinical competence of graduate…
Clarence Thomas would be wise to follow Ketanji Brown Jackson’s lead on recusals
Amid his own beclowing last week during Senate confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas pulled off a useful and remarkable concession from the judge: that, if upheld, she would recuse herself from a highly…
A Jewish-Maican History of Passover – aish.com
How the Jews of Jamaica celebrate Passover as one big family, plus a delicious charoset recipe.
Jews and Jamaica. You might not think there are many similarities to these words or communities besides the fact that they both start with…
Larger donor-advised funds are slower to distribute their assets, study finds
According to a new study of a limited number of account sponsors, nearly 80% of donor-oriented fund accounts distribute money to charities quickly enough to deplete initial contributions to those accounts within 15 years. However, the study…
‘We are that united family’: Russian war uproots Ukrainian Jews amid false Nazi claims
CHISINAU, Moldova — Olena Khorenjenko rolled her eyes at the thought of the Nazis controlling her homeland, the baseless Russian claim President Vladimir Putin to defend its deadly military assault on Ukraine.
A Kyiv-born Orthodox Jew,…
Fuel queues disappear, electricity supply improves as Buhari summons ministers and others
Troubled by the epileptic power supply and persistent fuel queues across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari, during the week under review, summoned Energy Minister Abubakar Aliyu to a meeting on Monday. meeting at the…
There is no shortcut to ethics
It was an extraordinary coincidence that, as part of a philosophy class, we had just read a chapter by Alexander Solzhenitsyn'The Gulag Archipelago' with students when the war in Ukraine broke out. Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was a Russian…
Aaron’s Silence – Commentary on the Torah Shemini portion
Aaron's Silence
Comments on Torah Portion Shemini 2022
Two young men meet a sudden and tragic death in our Torah portion. The scene is described succinctly:
Nadav and Avihu, sons of Aaron, each took his brazier, put fire in it, and put…
Reform and Conservative rabbinical seminaries dwindle – The Forward
Enrollment in non-Orthodox rabbinical seminaries has been on a downward trajectory for years, but the data shows a particularly alarming trend for schools affiliated with major Jewish movements.
While the total number of students studying…
Crypto goes to war in Ukraine
Hello everyone. Among the first signs of spring: an increase in pollen induced by climate change and a new Covid variant on the rise. Can we have six more weeks of winter?
Ordinary sight
Sergey Vasylchuk knew trouble was brewing when…
Rotary rewards student efforts in speech contest | Journal-news
CHARLES TOWN – Charles Town Rotary, in conjunction with the Washington High School Interact Club,…
This Week in Israel’s History: March 24-30
CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN ISRAEL, Israeled.orgMarch 24, 2022March 24, 1993 — Weizman is elected president
Ezer Weizman, a nephew of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann, is elected the nation's seventh president on a 66-53 vote in the…
Ukraine, Russia and the unbearable lightness of “Never Again”
Yehuda Kurtzer
By Yehuda Kurtzer
After decades of fearing that we would forget the horrors of our recent past, I am beginning to fear the opposite possibility: that we Jews remember our history too well but feel powerless to learn from…
Erase Africa’s role in the rise of the West
The West tells a story about its origins, says history writer and Columbia University professor Howard W. French. "Every society, every civilization, looks for virtues within itself, in its own stories, to build myths about how they became…
Training our future leaders – The Australian Jewish News
MEMBERS of Sydney's diverse multicultural communities (pictured) took part in the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' (JBD) We Are All Sydney (WAAS) programme, which provides free leadership training to emerging community leaders.
The…
Beloved Rabbi’s Influence Improved Lives of Black Jews, Too – The Forward
Shimon HaTzadik (the Righteous) was a high priest during the Second Temple period. He said, “The world stands on three things: on Torah, on prayer, and on acts of kindness. Later commentators would add that these three principles were…
Pre-match press conference: Real Madrid Femenino vs Barcelona Femení; UWCL
Both Real Madrid and Barcelona held press conferences ahead of their UEFA Women's Champions League first leg match, which will be played at 4:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday.
I asked coach Alberto Toril and right-back Lucía Rodríguez a question.…
Namwali Serpell’s ‘The Furrows’ Cover Revealed
In 2019, critics faded The old drift, the beginnings of Namwali Serpell; he went on to win the prestigious Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Prize, and the Windham-Campbell…
Half a million mourners attend funeral of rabbi in Israel
The Sunday funeral of a revered rabbi in Israel drew half a million mourners dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox clothing, turning the streets of a religious suburb of Tel Aviv into a sea of black.
The roads…
Jewish groups condemn Latvian parade honoring Nazis, warn it could be used for Russian propaganda
Breadcrumb Links News defense watch The march in honor of the Latvian SS Legion has been a controversial annual event, but pandemic health restrictions have forced the celebration to be canceled for the past two years.…
Building Jewish Pride in South Africa and Beyond: An Interview with Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein |…
Photo credit: CourtesyRabbi Warren Goldstein
Like many other South African Jews, Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein's great-grandparents emigrated from Lithuania. Born in 1971, Rabbi Goldstein grew up in Pretoria and…
Splinters: The Final Edition | openDemocracy
I was reading the famous letter the other day that John Keats sent to his brothers, George and Tom. It was December 1817, and Keats reflected on that amazing quality that an "accomplished man" like Shakespeare possessed "so enormously."…
Ukrainian-born businessman wants to help war relief efforts instead of US jail time
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Ukrainian-born American businessman, convicted last year of campaign finance violations alongside a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, is seeking to help war relief efforts in Ukraine as an alternative to prison, a…
Shechita UK leader joy after MPs back ‘smart amendment’ to Animal Welfare Bill
MPs have backed an amendment to the government's Animal Welfare Bill which mandates a committee to review policy decisions to uphold religious traditions such as shechita.
In a move that was hailed by Shechita UK, the Commons voted on…
The Queen praises the Commonwealth for being ‘ever bigger’ in her annual message
The Queen said she hoped people across the Commonwealth "could draw strength and inspiration from what we share" during these "testing times".The head of state's comments were made in his annual message to the 'family of nations' issued on…
Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta, dies at 94
Arrangements for services are being made by the family and will be at the Temple at 1589 Peachtree St. at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, a family spokesperson said.Born August 26, 1927, Samuel Alan Massell Jr. spent the first month of his life…
Is there a justification for Putin’s war? | Ukraine
Nazis, genocide, NATO, history: Russia has no shortage of apparent justifications for its war in Ukraine.But are any of them valid? Were Russian speakers in danger in the east of the country? Is NATO expansion a material threat to Moscow?…
Sheina Vaspi shines, but does not compromise, at the Paralympic Games
"I said, 'Yes, I want it,'" Vaspi said in English.She swooped down the slopes like a Vermont native ski bird, showing enough promise to convince Erez Foundation volunteers like Pezaro to invest in her potential. They loved that Vaspi…
Watch ‘Joseph and the Incredible Technicolor Dreamcoat’ buzzed, baked and bored
Michigan Daily editors do it all. In addition to being students with full course loads, they roll up their sleeves to consume media and write. For the entertainment of our loyal readership — and to celebrate a holiday that one…
Review: The Seed | Houston Press
Title: SeedDescribe this movie in one star man Quote:
MARK: Have people from your world been here before?STARMAN: Before yes. We are interested in your species.
Brief plot summary: Space invader vs spaced influencers.Review using…
Diversity in the discipline of history
Diverse teams are often associated with rapid discovery, but few studies have examined whether and to what extent demographic diversity, such as an individual's gender and race, leads to new ideas and knowledge. "These questions…
Israel’s Chief Rabbi to Create Special Religious Courts for Ukrainian Refugees | The Jewish…
Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton / Flash 90Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau
In anticipation of a massive influx of Ukrainian refugees hoping to gain citizenship, Israel's Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau announced…
Infrastructure Playbook recommends focusing on projects that last: breakfast on broadband
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2022 -- Advocates for the Affordable Connectivity Program said Tuesday they face language and outreach barriers to encouraging eligible households to apply.
The program, which is an extension of the…
Melbourne embarks on admissions – The Australian Jewish News
dark comedy about white privilege" that "revels in discomfort" as director Gary Abrahams describes it, Admissions asks, "what are you really willing to sacrifice for your ideals?"
Described as "surprising and daring" by The New York…
Local Lawyer Educates Clients with “Our Family in Two Houses”
Alisa Peskin-Berger
Alisa Peskin-Shepherd divides major divorce issues into three categories - emotional, financial and legal.
ALisa Peskin-Shepherd faced divorce issues within her own family, and they sparked a…
I grew up behind the iron curtain. Isolating Russian art and artists will not help us achieve peace
Just two weeks ago, days before the unprovoked assault on Ukraine, I found myself in Prague for the opening of the Kunsthalle Praha. The new institution is a monument to all that has been achieved in Central and Eastern Europe…
LETTERS: Misinformation about public services; clarify GOP event details | Opinion
Misinformation about public servicesColorado Springs Utilities said the 175-megawatt Pike Solar Plant will…
Pro-Russian groups wear “Z” to show support for invading Ukraine
A new emblem has surfaced in the Ukraine-Russia conflict: a 'Z', stylized in a thick brushstroke.
The "Z" has been spotted on Russian tanks invading Ukraine and…
Critique of “The Moisés Ville Murders”: A Forgotten “Jerusalem”
Argentinian journalist Javier Sinay's family memoir, "The Moisés Ville Murders: The Rise and Fall of South America's Jerusalem," is as fascinating as it is eccentric - a journey that begins in the impoverished Jewish communities of late…
How the faith-based abortion narrative omits pro-choice Jewish values
Various nonpartisan and distinguished sources like PEW research acknowledge more than 4000 established religions in the world — most of whom approve of abortions, especially when the pregnancy would endanger the life of the mother.A recent…
The Dropout: Disney+’s Terrific True Crime Drama Theranos Leads the Way for Netflix
REVIEW: Another week, another headline-grabbing true-crime drama. But where The stall (which begins streaming on Disney+ tonight, Thursday) succeeds Netflix's much-hyped, but ultimately disappointing Invent Anna is in its narrower focus…
Scouting patrons meet JC’s first female Eagle Scout
Jefferson City, meet your first female Eagle Scout.
Josephine "Josie" Hall, a high school student from Capital City, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in February.
Many community leaders were able to meet and greet Hall at the BSA…
The fight to criminalize abortion is a matter of religion, and as a non-Christian it is a violation…
Colleen Hogan
Whether on social media or on protest signs, the fight to permanently legalize abortion has never stopped since the birth of Roe v. Wade in the 1970s. One thing remains the same in the fight: opposition in the name of…
Park East Synagogue, the New York congregation that fired the assistant rabbi, seeks a ‘worthy…
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Park East Synagogue, the Manhattan congregation that made headlines when it fired an assistant rabbi in what was reported as a succession fight, is seeking a successor for its nonagenarian!-->…
Best Online Payday Loan Companies for Instant & Same-Day Loans | Guaranteed Loan Approval with…
Financial hitches seem to always creep up on you when your cash flow is less than favorable. So much so that it’s almost like they can sense dwindling savings. Thankfully, online payday loan companies can cover you during…
Best Short Term Loans For Bad Credit 2022: Top 4 Payday Loan Lenders For No Credit Check Loans…
Securing a short-term loan is a viable option for emergency needs, and there are a few companies that offer such loans. However, many lenders are more willing to lend to borrowers with a good credit score than bad credit.…
Fighting rages in Ukraine as Russian troops take the city
Kyiv (AFP) – Russian forces said they captured a Ukrainian port on Wednesday as Russian and Ukrainian troops battled for another urban center and President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow wanted to "wipe out" his country.…
The continued relevance of modernism
Amid the ongoing celebrations of the centenary of Modernism from 2022 to 1922, the year of Modernism's most famous texts, eerie echoes of the traumas that overshadowed the early 20th century arise. Celebrating major works like that of TS…
Bet on Buffett using this Japanese ETF
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway released fourth quarter results over the weekend, and with that, the conglomerate included Buffett's long-awaited letter to shareholders.
This letter informs investors about Berkshire's stock…
Top Senate Republican says Wendy Rogers could be censured for speaking to white nationalists
Republican State Senator Wendy Rogers speaking January 15, 2022 at a rally for former President Donald Trump in Florence. Photo of Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0…
Self-driving car revolution could leave some Jews behind
Evangelists of the autonomous future of cars often say that their arrival is inevitable, that people would be much happier minding other business than wasting time driving a car.Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been promoting the promise of Tesla's…
Payday Loan Statistics | The bank rate
Here's a breakdown of payday loan demographics by parental status. Parents are more likely to take out payday loans than non-parents.
Parental status
Percentage having used a personal loan
non-relative
5%
relative
8%
payday…
Putin faces stronger than expected resistance inside and outside Ukraine
The United States is taking immediate action on Monday to ban U.S. dollar transactions with Russia's central bank and completely block Russia's direct investment fund, senior administration officials said, targeting some of the most potent…
Why Crypto Seems to Grow Faster Than It Shrinks
Jack Dorsey's payments company Block had a stellar fourth quarter, thanks in large part to its growing bitcoin base.
Bitcoin's revenue from its Cash App mobile payment service accounted for nearly half of the $4.08 billion total revenue…
Need for urgent transformation | The star
WHAT drives a respectable academic, never known to be controversial, at the age of 79, to write an explosive book chastising Malay and Muslim politicians for!-->…
The Lighter Side: Q&A with St. Louis Press Club President Joan Berkman
The Jewish Light recently spoke with Joan Berkman, president of the St. Louis Press Club and president of Face Watchers Public Relations, as part of The Lighter Side series – short interviews with interesting people from the Jewish…
Community book Kayasth Encyclopedia sheds new light on the study of caste
Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Uday Sahay is passionate when talking about the history, culture and traditions of the Kayasth community in India because he wrote a book from the…
How Germany and the United States Became Best Friends
A-Z
This is not a purely theoretical question. A few years ago, Die Linke MP Gregor Gysi actually sought to get a party representative to join the Atlantic-Brücke. After…
Putin, Rasputin & Pravda (truth)
How to explain the medieval return, the horror that is taking place in Ukraine? Is Putin's paranoia the only…
Day Pitney LLP – bocaratonobserver.com
Attorney
Gary Betensky, a seasoned litigator with nearly 40 years of experience, joined Day Pitney LLP, an East Coast law firm with national and international reach, when it merged with Richman Greer in 2019. The firm's 300…
Jewish Groups Condemn Invasion of Ukraine, Pledge to Support Jewish Communities in the Crossfire |…
Jewish organizations from all walks of life condemn Russia's military invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday.The…
Movie: Minian
by ERIC STEEL Minian (Cert. 15) derives its title from the Jewish practice of requiring a quorum of ten adults present for religious occasions. The almost tableau-like film opens with a funeral prayer for David's (Samuel H. Levine)…
A priori science in the service of power ⋆ Brownstone Institute
From 1564 to 1966, the Vatican regularly published and updated its famous Index Librorum Prohibitorum; that is, a list of books considered forbidden to any well-meaning Catholic. The church's reasoning on this was simple. And…
An extraordinary account of a Hasidic enclave
In an old joke, a secular Jew sits on a park bench next to a man in a tall black hat and a long black coat. The secular Jew turns to the man dressed in black and says, "What's wrong with you Hasids?" It's not the old country, it's the…
Support for people with disabilities throughout the year
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JENNIFER DUBROW WEISSCEO of the Jewish Federation
February marks Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, otherwise!-->…
Meet the entrepreneur who turns Israel’s trash into someone’s dashboard
For about a decade now, Israel's Environmental Protection Ministry has been working to improve the country's recycling rates, in part by trying to educate and persuade the public to separate their waste and put it in the correct recycling…
Reviews | Ukraine and America’s Crisis of Self-Confidence
At the center of much of the skepticism about America's involvement in the Ukraine crisis is the question "Who are we?"Who are we, with our long history of invasions and interventions, to lecture Vladimir Putin on respect for national…
American Jewish University plans to sell its campus
This story was published on February 17 by striker. Register here to receive the latest Forward stories each morning.
When American Jewish University announced earlier this month that it planned to sell its campus, there were, as you…
Putin recognizes Ukrainian separatist territories as independent, defying the West
Putin accuses West of threatening Russia, may recognize separatist rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Western powers are using Moscow's feud with Ukraine to threaten Russia's own security and said he is…
France authorizes the return of 15 works of art stolen from Jews
Gustav Klimt's 'Rosebushes under the Trees', currently held by the Musée d'Orsay, is one of 15…
Fidelity Bank appoints Stanley Chiedoziem Amuchie as chief executive
Wema Bank's Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Oluwayemisi Olorunshola and Mr. Bolarin Okunowo as independent non-executive directors of the bank.
The lender disclosed this in a statement signed by Johnson Lebile, Corporate…
To renew America, look to the past
America is disjointed. Its inhabitants have divided into factions. The government is dysfunctional and the economy is beginning to deteriorate. Nearly two-thirds of the nation say things are on the wrong track, according to the latest…
The view of Budapest | Opinion
I am writing to you from Budapest, the beautiful Hungarian capital that spans the Danube. Hungary, although a remote and modest country both in terms of size and population, has played a disproportionate role at the American curator…
Can you get a payday loan with a credit score of 550?
If your credit score is 550, you can only qualify for a personal loan. However, it is almost impossible to obtain large loans with low credit scores. This means you need to look for alternative financial solutions or improve your…