Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Reclaiming the Jewish heritage of the uncle I never knew
By Rabbi John Franken My uncle, Pvt. Allan C. Franken succumbed to face wounds in an army field hospital on…
Jewish Future Pledge calls on Jews to give big
By Eliana Rudee (JNS) A newly launched nonprofit is calling on worldwide Jewish donors, young and old, to allocate at…
Groups co-op Black Lives Matter to target Israel
By Sean Savage (JNS) Groups on the far-right and far-left, including pro-Palestinian organizations with links to terrorism, have been engaged…
AIPAC gives lawmakers OK to criticize Israel over annexation
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States is telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize…
800 rabbis sign statement supporting peaceful protest against racism
(JTA) – More than 800 rabbis, including the leaders of three major denominations, signed a statement in support of peaceful…
Rapper Ice Cube tweets mural critics call antisemitic
(JTA) – Rapper Ice Cube tweeted an image of a mural that was removed from a wall in London in…
UC Davis student gov’t president vetoes boycott Israel resolution
(JTA) – The president of the student government at the University of California, Davis, vetoed a resolution supporting the Boycott,…
Drive-through corona testing in Congo, courtesy of Israel
(Israel21c via JNS) The Israeli coronavirus drive-through testing concept is now coming to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in…
