Jewish Life

"Jerusalem of Gold" (ירושלים של זהב‎, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), a song so well known it might be considered by some as the better alternative to the national anthem than Hatikvah, was written originally by Naomi Shemer, an Israeli musician and songwriter.

“Avenu Malkenu,” classically associated with Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Awe, and Yom Kippur, was originally an ancient Hebrew prayer for rains during a season of drought.

Moshe ben Maimon, more commonly referrred to as “Maimonides” as derived from the the Greek translation of “Moses, son of Maimon,” or the equivalent Hebrew word, Rambam (רמבּ״ם), was a Sephardic Jew born to a well-educated, affluent family on Passover Eve of 1137 or 1138 in Córdoba, an ancient Andalucian town in southern Spain with world reowned Moorish architecture and many Islamic and Byzantine overtones flavoring the regional history.

Shavuot is a Biblical holiday as well as an Israeli national holiday.

President of the Zionists Organization of America Mort Klein recently issued statements at a House Judiciary committee meeting regarding several aspects of white nationalism and hate crimes, ranging from proposing the removal of Minnesota Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar from her seats on various congressional committees to commentary on the mosque shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, to the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to other related issues.

The President elect of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was formerly a comedian.

At a recent conference at an American college campus in North Carolina, Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar of the hip hop group DAM used the platform to voice an anti-Semitic, anti-Israel message to the conference attendees.

The Jewish community seems divided over how to respond to US congress person Ilhan Omar and her open anti-Semitism.