German military to get chief rabbi for first time in 100 years
(Israel Hayom via JNS) For the first time since World War I, the German military is set to appoint a chief rabbi.
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Congregation Beth Torah to host playground meet ‘n greets
Congregation Beth Torah and Rabbi Monica Kleinman, director of lifelong learning, are proud to announce a series of playground dates for those who are currently enrolled or interested in joining the Weiner Religious School. The Weiner Religious School is open to all KC-area Jewish families regardless of their membership at CBT.
Oxford Middle School student is one winner of this year’s White Rose Student Research contest
The White Rose Student Research contest, sponsored annually by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, is open to students in grades eight through 12.
Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press editor who entered US Capitol on Jan. 6, to be replaced
Elliot Resnick, the editor of a politically conservative Jewish newspaper who was identified among the crowd that breached the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, is out of the job.
Jewish journalist from Detroit detained in Myanmar while trying to leave the country
On his way home for a surprise visit to see family and friends, Jewish journalist Danny Fenster was detained last week in Myanmar, where he works for a news site in the country’s largest city of Yangon.
For progressive Democrats, the condemnation of antisemitism is lumped in with other forms of hate
As reports of attacks on Jews broke into the news late last month, Democratic lawmakers moved quickly to condemn antisemitism — but they didn’t stop there.
IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire
The Israel Defense Forces are seeking to fast-track a new system designed to remove Hamas’s ability to terrorize the Israeli home front with mass rocket attacks in future conflicts.
During Jerusalem visit, Lindsey Graham calls Israel the ‘eyes and ears of America’
(JNS) During a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) described the country as “the eyes and ears of America,” and said that “nobody does more to protect America from radical Islam than our friends in Israel.”
Israeli researcher named National Geographic Society ‘Emerging Explorer’
(JNS) The National Geographic Society named University of Haifa professor Dr. Aviad Scheinin as one of its “Emerging Explorers” in 2021—one of 15 individuals it described as changing the world “one idea at a time.”
Rally at JCC supports Israel after recent rocket barrage from Gaza
Approximately 250 attendees rallied Sunday afternoon at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park to stand behind Israel after the country endured days of rocket fire from Gaza during the recent conflict with Hamas.
