Houston Jewish Professionals begin new season with fresh leadership, exciting vision

Attending the June 25 Houston Jewish Professionals networking meeting were (front) Dr. Danna Fertsch, Sue Levy, Wayne Dorris, Dana Little, Debbie Gersh and (back) Jane Shapiro, Marian Bell, Loren Gordon, Syd Waldman and Phyllis Crowell. The Houston Jewish …

Jewish school children taunted with ‘Heil Hitler’

Get The AJN Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up A NSW parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism has been told about Jewish school children being afraid to wear their uniforms in public, Jews being excluded, stigmatised and …

Acting Columbia president Claire Shipman apologizes for texts suggesting removal of Jewish trustee

Call for political protests ban to protect Jewish community after Westcliff march

James Courtenay, leader of the Conservative Group, has tabled a motion calling for political protests to be included in Southend’s Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs). The orders prevent a range of antisocial behaviour and public nuisance along the …

THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Jewish Book & Arts Festival coming to Houston Nov. 2-15

The Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Books & Arts Festival, one of Houston’s leading cultural and literary events, returns this November. For more than 50 years, the Festival has featured prominent and emerging literary luminaries, spotlighting Jewish …

Jewish school kids taunted by strangers shouting ‘Heil Hitler’

A principal has told a parliamentary inquiry the "unacceptable has been normalised" after lifting the lid on the horrific antisemitism Sydney's Jewish school children have been subjected to since October 7.  On Friday morning, the inquiry …

Jewish parents say their kids were expelled from their school for reporting antisemitism on campus

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Michael Gove tells Jewish Care he’s ‘proud to support its vital work’

Former minister Michael Gove addressed 120 guests at a business breakfast that raised more than £46,000 for Jewish Care.  The editor of The Spectator and former MP for Surrey Heath was in conversation with James Harding, journalist and author, editor-in- …

A Bisl Torah — Tiny, Little Jewish Joys

Journalist Jancee Dunn asks us to look for life’s tiny, little joys. Often, the grandeur of happiness feels unattainable; it’s too lofty and fleeting. But tiny, little joys can be seen and felt every day. Dunn cites author Bree Groff, who says we tend to …

Private School in Northern Virginia Being Sued by Jewish Family Releases Quite the Statement

Earlier this week, as we covered at the time, the parents of three minor Jewish children sued The Nysmith School for the Gifted, Inc., a private school in Herndon, Virginia. The parents, Brian Vazquez and Ashok Roy, alleged that the school conducted …