Provides the latest RSS feeds for Jewish News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/cat/eca75446a1a10a7a/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:54:35 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:54:35 -0400 30 Tel Aviv -raised Burshtein is in a uniquely insightful position to represent the often-cloistered ultra-Orthodox sect, whose members number in the hundreds of thousands. Having grown up in a secular family, Burshtein joined the Haredim at the age of 27, and thus enjoys the status of an insider and the perspective of an outsider. (Throughout the interview, she often switched between "we" ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307929/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:11:23 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307929/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Thanks to a grant from the Jewish Foundation, Xavier University took 20 ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307930/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:17 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307930/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a A new group looking to provide fun and unique volunteer events while learning a new skill in the process for young professionals around the Cleveland area will hold its first official event Sunday, June ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307477/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:35:49 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215307477/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Matthew Cutler said a strange man buzzed the doorbell of Congregation Gates of Heaven in April 2012. Crawford was let in to the Schenectady synagogue and began discussing a device he developed that would protect the Jewish people, though he did not specify what it was, Cutler said. When they told him they were not interested, he asked for suggestions on what he could do with his creation. The ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306568/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:50 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306568/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a the Golden Calf , he wasn't giving a go at his people worshipping something golden. It wasn't an early warning against the evils of Mammon. The problem was that it made the divine into some sort of object or thing. But as his experience collecting the Ten Commandments up on the mountaintop demonstrated, the closer one gets to the divine, the less clear things are. The higher up the ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306569/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:36 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306569/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The world of the Israeli kibbutz and the broader Middle East comes to us in Zvi ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215305735/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:18 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215305735/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306164/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:24:51 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215306164/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a But as the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, the 17-year-old Washingtonian felt a special attachment to the variations on a Polish patriotic theme that Leon Kaczmarek put together in Dachau during World War II. On Tuesday, after just two weeks of rehearsal, he sat down at a baby grand piano in an auditorium at the U.S. State Department in Washington and played Kaczmarek's composition to ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304381/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:44:13 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304381/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Barbra Streisand, after receiving an honorary doctorate from The Hebrew University, stands in front of the plaque of the Institute of Jewish Studies Building, established in 1984 in honor ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215305193/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:00 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215305193/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a "Lake Erie: Past, Present and Our Future - Environment, Energy and Economy," a panel discussion, is set for 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, at Park Synagogue East, 27500 Shaker Blvd. in Pepper ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304863/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:16:53 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304863/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304864/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:16:52 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304864/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a CJN PHOTO / MICHAEL C. BUTZ Budish announcement State Rep. Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, answers a question during a news conference to announce his candidacy for Cuyahoga County executive May 30 in the lobby of Ernst & Young Tower in downtown Cleveland. Behind Budish, from left, are current executive Ed FitzGerald; U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo; state Rep. Nicki Antonio, D-Lakewood; and ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304865/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:16:51 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215304865/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a "Meditation from the Heart of Judaism" from the owner of Jewish Lights Publishing, a company that uses my art on the covers of its books, like the one shown to the right. I’m pretty well versed in Judaism, but I had no idea there were so many different ways to meditate from a Jewish perspective. My friend Daniel Matt was among the many contributors, and his chapter inspired me to ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303961/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:28:18 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303961/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Rabbi Mordecai Weiss By Rabbi Mordechai Weiss I have been active in Jewish education for nearly four decades. During that time I was fortunate to lead two schools as principal - one in the Atlantic City, N.J. area and the other in my current post in West Hartford. In addition, I have also been involved, at least passively, with the Jewish community in Vineland, N.J. These communities are ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303962/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:28:17 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303962/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303614/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:09:16 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303614/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a "Steve and Penni understand keenly the value of giving, of being generous," Rabbi Yossi Marozov said. "Over these past couple years, they have shown such wonderful support and have become catalysts for much of the success of Friendship Circle. They're just tremendous people." Steve Weinberg said he has known the rabbi for many years and quickly connected with him and ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303615/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:09:15 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303615/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Dr. Joel and Sharon Peerless WHAT: 'Recycling Good' WHEN: Thursday, June 6, 7 p.m. WHERE: Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland. WHO: Honored will be Dr. Joel and Sharon Peerless and family as well as teenage volunteers. TICKETS: General seating $50 per person or $90 per couple. Preferred seating $100 per person or $180 per couple. INFO: 216-377-3000 or ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303616/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:09:14 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215303616/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Author Ken Setterington joins Hannah Sung to discuss his book, Branded by the Pink Triangle, which details the often-overlooked history of the Nazi targeting of gay ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302675/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:41:22 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302675/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a A new study by the Reut Institute, an Israeli think-tank, focuses on how Israeli-Canadians in the Toronto area are integrating with their Jewish North American peers and vice versa. The case study, Engaging the Israeli Diaspora: Toronto as a Case Study, explores the challenges faced by what the institute terms "North America Jewish Sabras" and how to overcome them. According to the ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302677/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:29 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302677/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Rev. Greg Smith-Young A little while ago, an elderly lady walked into Rev. Greg Smith-Young’s office, apparently spoiling for a fight. The Jewish woman, from the Elora area, wanted to get something off her chest, in particular, the United Church’s apparently hostile attitude toward Israel. "She was ready for a battle, but she didn’t know where I stood on it," said ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302676/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:29 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215302676/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Hundreds of Holocaust survivors gathered for senior prom, celebrating life. Scott Lightfoot has more on the celebration spanning ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215301058/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:38 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215301058/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a By Cindy Mindell HARTFORD -- A University of Connecticut professor and a state archeologist made national and international headlines last week with an unexpected discovery in Chesterfield, a former Jewish farming community in eastern ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215301059/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:12 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215301059/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a We have received reports that in Cleveland, a Messianic organization has returned for door-to-door evangelizing. Teams of young, well-mannered individuals who are dressed to appear "Orthodox," try to engage Jewish individuals in religious discussions while distributing their proselytizing ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215300354/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:47:01 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215300354/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215300355/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:46:59 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215300355/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a A DESPERATE global search is underway to locate the twin brother of Holocaust child survivor Menachem Bodner, who is appealing to Australia's Jewish community to join the hunt. Now living in Israel, Bodner, 73, was four-and-a-half when he was left for dead at Auschwitz in the final days of World War II. At the time, his name was Elias Gottesman. His tattoo number was A-7733. He and his twin ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298676/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:21 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298676/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a FEDERAL Greens leader Senator Christine Milne has reiterated her party's support for Israel's sovereignty after the NSW Young Greens posted a poll on Facebook questioning whether the Jewish State should exist or not. The poll, posted last Thursday - but which has since been taken down - asked users if they "believe that Israel has a right to exist", to which they could select ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298677/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:20 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298677/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Rabbi Hershel Fogelman Rabbi Hershel Fogelman, the longest serving Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, who led the growth of Jewish life in Massachusetts, died on June 2 at the age of 91. Fogelman immigrated to the United States from Poland, and in the early 1940s was sent to Worcester, Mass. on shlichus - the term for a Chabad posting or mission -- by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298678/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:56:47 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298678/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Before you settle into your seat, bucket of popcorn in hand, to see the new Superman movie "Man of Steel," already a box office sensation, you may want to read all about the Jewish roots of one of our favorite superheroes. Author Marc Tyler Nobleman - who was born and raised in Connecticut - wrote all about it in his book Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, in which he examines ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298679/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:56:31 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298679/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Seven new gifts - three of $500,000 or more, the others from $25,000 to $100,000 - add up to major growth in endowment for The Agnon School in Beachwood. School officials expect the endowment to reach $4 million by the end of 2015, more than triple the endowment balance of $1.2 million in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298299/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:57 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298299/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The board of directors is happy to confirm that the print newspaper will continue. We are acting upon the recommendations of an expert adviser who has given us a viable blueprint for continuing. However, that is only possible if you do your part. As I have said on previous occasions, The CJN must make some strategic changes to its business model and the way in which we produce the newspaper. We ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298680/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:36:50 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215298680/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Ed Abramson and Ellen Pill are looking for family stories, anecdotes, pictures, personal information or newspaper clippings - anything prior to ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215296754/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:44 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215296754/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited the Western Wall on Tuesday, June 18, calling the visit "an amazing visit to a place that opens one's eyes," the Jerusalem Post reported. Clinton also toured the Western Wall tunnels and expressed admiration for Jerusalem’s long history. "I really love this place," Clinton said, the Jerusalem Post reported. "Here ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297182/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:35 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297182/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Norwegian edition of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. [Magnum35 via Wikimedia Commons photo] North Korea’s enigmatic leader Kim Jong-un gave out copies of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf to North Korean leaders during his birthday celebrations last January, according to a report on Monday by New Focus International, a website that covers news from North Korea. "Kim Jong-un gave a ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297181/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:35 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297181/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran. The Iranian election doesn't have the power to change Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday. [Nanking2012/Wikimedia Commons photo]. Iran president-elect Hassan Rohani, who is considered a relative moderate, "doesn’t call the shots" when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, but ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297185/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:34 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297185/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Michael Applebaum resigned as interim mayor of Montreal on June 18, while maintaining he is not guilty of the series of criminal charges laid against him the day before. "I maintain my innocence, but I have every intention of continuing to fight, like I always have and I have never taken a penny from anyone," he said at a news conference. Applebaum, 50, a city councillor for 19 years, ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297184/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:34 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297184/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Seen in front of the newly-installed Stivelman Family Holocaust Memorial at Chabad @ Flamingo are, from left, Superintendent Graham Beverly of the York Regional Police, Rabbi Yona Metzger, Chief Rabbi of Israel; Michael Stivelman, Holocaust survivor and donor of the monument; Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, spiritual leader of Chabad@Flamingo and chaplain with the York Regional Police (holding rank of ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297183/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:34 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297183/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Pet Shop Boys [Wikimedia Commons photo] The British electric pop duo The Pet Shop Boys are the latest celebrities to voice their support for Israel and reject the ongoing pressure from anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) groups to shun the Jewish state. A group of BDS activists plan on protesting an event attended by the Pet Shop Boys this week to persuade the musicians to ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297186/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:32 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215297186/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a 6/18/2013 Legendary songstress Barbra Streisand made a recent visit to Israel and commented on the gender inequality in Orthodox Jewish communities. Streisand was in Israel on Monday to receive an honorary doctorate in Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, reported ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295265/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:00 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295265/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Portable shul inaugurated on Israel's electronic toll highway aims to put an end to dangerous prayers by side of road. 'There is no doubt that this synagogue will protect and shelter the road and those traveling on it,' says rabbi who initiated ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295266/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:23:34 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295266/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Sunday, June 16 marks the first anniversary of the death of WNIR radio personality Howie Chizek, who passed away while en route to Disney World with a group of teens from his New Adventures mentoring ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215294930/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:18:18 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215294930/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz carries the Sefer Torah commissioned by Congregation Beth Tikvah in his and his wife Charlotte’s honour to mark his 49 years of spiritual leadership of synagogue in Dollard des Ormeaux. He becomes rabbi emeritus of the congregation on June ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295267/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:18:12 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295267/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Jewish Maccabi Games are one the largest sports events of the world. In July they will be held for the first time in Vienna - and in the German-speaking area. More than 2,000 participants from about 40 nations - among them 185 Austrians - will compete for medals in 19 disciplines from 5 to 13 July 2011. The event will be formally opened by Federal President Heinz ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295268/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:00 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295268/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a With this issue of Jewish News from Austria, we are happy to provide you with a broad selection of articles which have appeared in the Austrian media in the course of the last five months. Last month the Jewish Community Vienna held its elections, resulting in the re-election of current IKG President, Ariel Muzicant, and his "Atid" party. We bring articles on the elections and other ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295269/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:58 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295269/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a With this issue of Jewish News from Austria, we are happy to provide you with a broad selection of articles which have appeared in the Austrian media in the course of the last three months. Within the framework of a joint project by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG), a collection of valuable archival holdings, highly significant for ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295270/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:57 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295270/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a In year 2000, employees of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) made a startling discovery. In a vacant apartment in one of the community's tenement buildings in Vienna's 15th district they came upon dozens of wooden cabinets containing index cards, a pile of large-sized books reaching from the floor to the ceiling and 800 cardboard boxes filled with files and documents from IKG ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295272/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:56 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295272/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a With this issue of Jewish News from Austria, we are happy to be able to provide you with a broad selection of articles which have appeared in the Austrian media since the beginning of the year.We would also like to point out to all readers of Jewish News from Austria an important change: Since January 2007 you will find actual news items, information on events, publications as well as useful ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295271/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:56 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295271/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a December, 2006 It is a great pleasure for me to introduce myself to you. I have recently assumed the position of Christoph Meran, former Director of the Austrian Press & Information Service, who left at the end of September. Over the years I have been working in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs dealing with Austrian-American and European-American relations. One of the most ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295276/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:55 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295276/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Six months have passed since you received the last issue of this newsletter. The trials and tribulations of Austria’s six-month Presidency of the European Union have unfortunately kept us very busy and have distracted us from our editorial tasks. But we hope to make good on the delay by offering you a wide array of articles spanning six months on cultural, historical and political topics. ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295275/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:54 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295275/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The year 2005 is one of remembrance for Austria and the whole world. Sixty years after the liberation of the concentration camps we mourn the loss of millions of innocent lives and strive to instill in our youth - we are down to the fourth post-war generation - an understanding of history combined with a sense of responsibility and justice. The current issue includes two articles on this topic: A ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295277/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:53 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295277/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Vienna - With the conclusion of the Commemorative Year 2005, the first payments will be made from the General Settlement Fund, the core of the restitution agreement reached between the governments of Austria and the United States, and the representatives of victims’ organizations. The first one hundred letters to victims will be sent out today, Thursday. Until the end of the year this ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295274/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:53 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295274/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The first three articles of this summer issue are dedicated to outstanding individuals: Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa, who was a tireless negotiator on restitution matters; Ari Rath, former publisher and editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post; and Stuart Eizenstat, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Special Representative for Holocaust Issues. You will find a press release by the Israelite ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295273/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:53 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295273/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a As the year 2004 draws to a rapid close, let me point out some Austrian highlights of the past months. The long-awaited visit of President Moshe Katzav took place in October. He met with Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel and was the first foreign dignitary to encounter the newly sworn-in Austrian Foreign Minister, Ursula Plassnik. A month earlier the President of the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, also ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295282/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:52 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295282/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Holocaust Memorial sites of Yad Vashem in Israel and Mauthausen in Austria have exhibited exemplary cooperation. Austria's Minister of the Interior, Ernst Strasser, announced the intensification of exchange, particularly in educational training.The largest Holocaust research project in Austrian schools is entering phase II in which personal encounters between pupils and survivors will ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295281/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:51 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295281/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The three-day convention of the Rabbinical Center of Europe in Vienna earlier this year was such a milestone for Austria that we brought several articles to your attention in the last issue. Here is one more report on the same topic.Israel’s President, Moshe Katzav, will come to Austria on an official visit at the beginning of July. His stay will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295280/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:51 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295280/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Several weeks ago, a meeting between Rabbis and Cardinals took place in New York City, during which Vienna’s Archbishop, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, stressed the importance for catholics to learn from orthodox judaism. At the beginning of this month, more than one hundred chief rabbis from throughout Europe met in Vienna. You will find four articles dedicated to this extraordinary ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295279/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:50 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295279/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a July 23, 2003 The past few weeks have been filled with dynamic developments and informative cultural events, highlighted in this issue. We hope you will find the reportage compelling.Three articles concentrate on a symposium on Austria and National Socialism held at the University of Vienna in June, including an interview with the Nobel Prize winner for Medicine, Eric Kandel. Those who are ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295283/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:49 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295283/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The year 2003 is a commemorative one for Austria: we celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Jewish Welcome Service, forty years of the establishment of the Austrian- Israeli Society, and we commemorate the victims of the "Night of the Broken Glass" sixty-five years ago. A symbolic tribute has recently been paid in New York City to former slave and forced laborers and their ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295278/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:49 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295278/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a With this second issue of Jewish News from Austria, I would like you to know that we have created a link on our homepage at www.austria.org where you can find an electronic archive of current and previous newsletters by clicking on "Jewish News from Austria." Our other newsletter, a bi-monthly publication entitled Austrian Information which has been issued for many years, can also be ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295286/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:48 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295286/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a We have extended our distribution to include new readers in Australia. Welcome to Jewish News from Austria.In this third issue of our newsletter, we are bringing you mainly articles on the results publicized by the Historical Commission in Vienna. In addition, you will find information on the extension of deadlines for restitution applications.You may also read about the work of the ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295284/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:48 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295284/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a We have had a tremendous amount of relevant news from Austria in the last two months. So, instead of flooding you with too much information at once, we decided to break this issue down into two separate ones. The next issue will, therefore, appear shortly.We will also keep you posted on the ongoing developments involving the Austrian Israelite Religious Community as soon as we get more ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295285/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:48 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295285/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Austrian Press and Information Service in Washington, D.C. would like to introduce a new newsletter entitled "Jewish News from Austria."The newsletter will inform you about events in Austria which concern not only Austrian Jews but may also interest the Jewish community and media in the United States and Canada, where a large number of Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors from ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295287/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:47 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215295287/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a A mother of five, Kozak survived two strokes and the Spanish flu throughout her lifetime. She outlived two of her children and two husbands, and is survived by her 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Kozak was known for having an affinity for literature - and the game scrabble, of course - and was the former valedictorian at her grammar school in Brooklyn. She ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215293701/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:26 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215293701/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a With the creation of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, the City of Vienna will become a leading location for historical research on the Shoa. The institute named after Simon Wiesenthal, who passed away in 2003 and would have been one hundred years old this year, will serve as a research institute for visiting scholars and as a showcase for themed exhibitions. It will house ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215293702/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:07:56 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215293702/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a US first lady Michelle Obama visits the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on June 19, 2013. Michelle Obama and her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, on Wednesday visited Berlin's Holocaust Memorial as part of a tour of key sites of Germany's troubled Nazi and Cold War ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291922/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:58 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291922/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Barbra Streisand join Israeli President Shimon Peres as he celebrates his 90th birthday and calls for peace in the Middle ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291062/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:39:54 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291062/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Originally aired on PBS, the documentary Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy explores the storied connection of the two halves of its title, asking the question, "Why were so many famous American composers in musical theatre also Jews?" The Gershwins, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Kurt Weill, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim--just about everyone but Cole Porter was Jewish. ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291376/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:19:12 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215291376/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Idaho Jewish Cultural Festival Events: Jewish Dinner Theater--Millie and the Mentshn perform Heavy Mettle: From Shtetl to Tin Pan Alley, with a buffet dinner followed by Klezmer music and dancing. Wednesday, June 19, 6 p.m., $35. Sapphire Room, Riverside Hotel. 2900 W. Chinden ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215290432/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:15:25 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215290432/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a jn1.tv "For the Jewish people, Russia has been a homeland for centuries, as it remains so today," Putin said while visiting the museum to launch its latest exhibition. "I hope that moving the Schneerson library to the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center...will put an end to this problem once and for all," said the former KGB spy, who has sought to celebrate Russia as country of ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215288648/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:12 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215288648/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Ralph Toledano Ralph Toledano est l’auteur d’une magnifique fresque romanesque sur les Juifs du Maroc des annees 70, Un prince a Casablanca, qui vient de paraître aux Éditions de la Grande Ourse. Un roman très captivant, ecrit avec un style elegant et raffine, qui relate un episode très marquant de l’Histoire contemporaine du Maroc: la sanglante ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215288649/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:48:36 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215288649/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a US Senate unfazed on sanctions after Rohani win "More fundamentally," the memo continued, "there is no indication that Supreme Leader Khamenei will limit his absolute control over Iran's nuclear policy. Even if Rouhani wished to change the country's policy, he may have no ability to do so."Pointing to a speech Rowhani gave in March 2006, in which he spoke of ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215287104/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:16:10 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215287104/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Jewish group blasts Facebook post by Iranian supreme leader on eve of presidential elections, featuring 'a visual representation of the classic anti-Semitic conspiracy theory of Jewish control of the United States ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215287865/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:51:04 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215287865/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Like many of us active in the civil rights movement of the 1960's, Alice Walker felt a great sense of hope and solidarity with the young state of Israel. But we have been disillusioned. Whether you call it Fascism, Jim Crow, Apartheid, Manifest Destiny, White Man's Burden or Zionism, these names all describe the same racist principle - that one people is superior with full rights ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215286979/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:59:13 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215286979/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The world shouldn't expect a change from Iran because it has elected a self-declared moderate as president, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed. Reacting to the Islamic Republic's choice of Hassan Rowhani, who has said that he will follow a "path of moderation", Netanyahu said: "It must be remembered that the Iranian ruler, at the outset, ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215286088/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:52 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215286088/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a RETURNING for his second Maccabiah Games, this time as an open player, tennis star David Sofaer will be looking to continue the form that won him gold in the junior event four years ago. The 21-year-old will have a tough task ahead of him, set to take on national players who represented their countries at Davis Cup level. "It's going to be difficult, but he's been doing well in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284336/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:17 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284336/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Rothschild, of Solon, recently served as Northern Ohio regional director of the Jewish National Fund. In her last nine years there, she increased the number of overall donors and dollars raised for the state of Israel. Previously, Rothschild served as development director at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in Beachwood and as director of membership and marketing at the Mandel Jewish Community ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284033/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:20:28 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284033/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The 2013 National Senior Games is looking for volunteers to help with events taking place from Friday, July 19 to Thursday, Aug. 1 in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284032/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:20:27 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215284032/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a AFTER a successful effort at the 2009 Maccabiah Games that saw the golf team win five medals - including a gold - the open, masters and Stableford sides will be out for a repeat effort at next month's Games in Israel. Veteran Roy Vandersluis, who was recently crowned the National Seniors Masters Champion, will be looking to achieve back-to-back masters medals when he ventures to his 10th ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215283237/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:40:39 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215283237/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit Yehudi) said on Tuesday that if Likud were to support any candidate for the position of Ashkenazi chief rabbi other than the one recommended by Bayit Yehudi, it would constitute a violation of the coalition agreement between the two parties.Ben-Dahan was reacting to reports in the media that Natan Eshel - a senior advisor to Prime ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215281123/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:10 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215281123/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a William Slany, a top State Department historian who helped oversee a study in the 1990s that exposed Nazi looting of Jewish property and that led to $8 billion in belated compensation for Holocaust victims and their families, died May 13 in his home in Reston, Va. He was ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215282055/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:50 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215282055/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Kevin S. Adelstein, the new publisher and CEO of the Cleveland Jewish News, will appear on "Shalom America" Sunday, June 16. The interview by Phil Fink will air between 7 and 9 a.m. on WELW (1330 ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215281691/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:12:37 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215281691/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Plain Dealer managing editor Thom Fladung and editorial page editor Elizabeth Sullivan will speak at the American Jewish Committee's First Thursdays at the J program from 7:45 to 9:15 a.m. Thursday, June 6. The event will take place at the Simon and Rose Mandel Community Room at the Mandel JCC, 26001 S. Woodland Road in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279333/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:58 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279333/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Dr. Herbert S. Bell, a retired Cleveland neurosurgeon, was recently honored by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurosurgery in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279334/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:56 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279334/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The Alzheimer's Association Cleveland area chapter will offer a dementia care training session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 5 at its office, 23215 Commerce Drive, Suite 300 in ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279335/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:55 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279335/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Dr. Perry Brickman WHAT: "From Silence to Recognition: Confronting Discrimination in Emory's Dental School History" WHO: Dr. Perry Brickman, a retired maxillofacial surgeon WHERE: Temple Emanu El, 4545 Brainard Road, Orange WHEN: Wednesday, June 5, 7 p.m. TICKETS: $18 per person INFO: Sylvia M. Kramer at 216-319-5555 or ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279336/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:54 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279336/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279332/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:53 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215279332/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Notre Dame College will hold a two-day course Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27 to teach instructors how to use new electronic learning tools offered at the Cleveland Museum of Art in their ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278081/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:31 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278081/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Quebec’s proposed legislation to permanently fix provincial election dates should be amended to allow for flexibility in setting the actual day, says the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). However, the centre has not specifically requested that the main vote not be held on a Jewish High Holiday. "In drafting a new election act," said CIJA Quebec chair Eric Maldoff, ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278455/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:29 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278455/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Israel may be the startup nation, excelling in almost every field in the high tech industry, but there is one field in Israel has yet to conquer– heavy-duty gaming. In a country full of technological development, it was impossible however, for Roy Shapira, CEO and Creative Director of Space Cowboys Studio, to study game development. ';In Israel,'; Shapira explains to ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278456/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:27 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215278456/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Hungarian prosecutors have indicted a 98-year-old former police officer for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215276154/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:16:10 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215276154/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a The complete archive of the Cleveland Jewish News is now accessible to everyone. Search for relatives, friends and events; and see every article, every photo, every ad since ... http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215276765/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:44:52 -0400 http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/sid/215276765/scat/eca75446a1a10a7a