Is the US Supreme Court overturning parts of the labor law because of an evangelical who wants to legally enforce what he believes to be a religious right, the “Sabbath” rest? In an April 18 hearing, top US justices expressed sympathy for Gerald Groff’s position. The former postal worker, a devout conservative Christian from Pennsylvania, … Read more
The secret is out: Sophie Rtveliashvili and Garry Fischmann will lead through the next Jewrovision show. So this time there is again a team of moderators. “I’m really looking forward to it, and I like hosting the evening for two,” said Sophie Rtveliashvili at the announcement on Friday in Berlin. It is a great honor … Read more
The United Nations want to explore opportunities to combat racism and anti-Semitism through and at major sporting events with Bundesliga soccer team Borussia Dortmund and the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The European Football Association UEFA and Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas will also be present at the event on March 29 at the … Read more
According to the organizers, more than 100,000 people took to the streets for the seventh Saturday in a row against the controversial judicial reform in Israel. In Tel Aviv, the demonstrators gathered in the center of the city in the evening and waved Israeli flags. Among other things, signs read: “Israel must not become a … Read more
Several European countries, the EU Commission and the USA want to work together to counteract anti-Semitic attitudes and violence. After a meeting with his counterparts on Monday in Berlin, the federal government’s anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, said: “Attacks on synagogues, attacks on Jews, on students – these were also the topics we exchanged about”. The … Read more
The Frankfurt Institute for Social Research (IfS) has stood for a critical analysis of social conditions for 100 years. According to the current director, the sociologist Stephan Lessenich, the intellectual legacy of its protagonists Horkheimer, Adorno, Marcuse or Freud still shapes the work today. Professor Lessenich, for a year and a half you have been … Read more
The association “Spurensuche Harzregion” has asked the city of Bad Harzburg to rename the Rudolf-Huch-Straße to the spa town. The honor for the anti-Semitic and anti-democratic lawyer and writer Huch must finally come to an end, the association asked on Monday. According to a flyer from the German Association of Towns, when naming a street … Read more
The crow is the first bird mentioned in the Torah (Genesis 8:7). According to Resch Lakish (Sanhedrin 108b), this did not happen to the raven’s delight: »The raven gave Noah an appropriate answer. In fact, he said to him: “Your master hates me and you hate me too”. Your master hates me: seven of the … Read more
Shira is the new Sabra! Disney has confirmed that successful Israeli actress Shira Haas will be the new superhero in the white and blue dress with the Star of David on her chest. She should be the Sabra in the next Captain America-Impersonate the Marvel Cinematic movie. Haas isn’t the first Israeli to transform into … Read more
Our sages have given us a beautiful story about a couple from the city of Sidon. In the turbulent and difficult years after the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem, a very pious couple there were not blessed with children for a long time (Midrash Rabbah, Shir Hashirim 1). The two loved and honored each … Read more