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Poland teens share Jewish life with Newton Falls students
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (790+ words) At a time when Israel and the Jewish people have become the focus of political agendas, several local teens have taken on the mission to share their lives with non-Jewish teens in an effort to foster good relationships. The program…...
Talk addresses blacks’, Jews’ shared history
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (925+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " As she scanned her audience, Cryshanna Jackson Leftwich was pleased to see diversity staring back at her. "We are bonded by similar exclusions by American society," Jackson Leftwich, a Youngstown State University professor of politics and international relations, said....
Jewish groups urge heightened security
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (872+ words) The groups " including three which specialize in security issues " said Jewish public events in the coming days should be open only to people who had been screened after preregistering. "Provide details of location, time, and other information only upon confirmed…...
As religion weakens, socialism strengthens
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (599+ words) Per new polling reported by Gallup, religion is no longer important to most Americans. In response to the question "Is religion an important part of your daily life," 49% said yes. Ten years ago, in 2015, 66% responded affirmatively. Gallup notes that this…...
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation issues its reaction
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (206+ words) Youngstown Area Jewish Federation statement on the agreement between Israel and Hamas: "Two years and one day since Hamas carried out the deadliest massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation celebrates the news of…...
Candles illuminate the past
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (688+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation hosted its 32nd Annual Community Holocaust Commemoration event, one of several annual Holocaust commemoration programs for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) on Tuesday in the rotunda of the Mahoning County…...
Ceremony remembers lives lost in Holocaust
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) YOUNGSTOWN " Those who lost their lives during the Holocaust, as well as the survivors, were remembered at a special Shoah Memorial ceremony Sunday at the Jewish Community Center. The descendants of Holocaust survivors, including their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, paid…...
Takeaways from AP’s report involving religious and moral undercurrents in Superman comics
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) Superman comics are not overtly religious. Yet faith and morality have been baked into this superhero character who was born Kryptonian, raised Methodist and created by two young Jewish men in 1930s Cleveland. Superman's character has been portrayed in the mold…...