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Jewish Teens Attacked In France – How You Can Stay Safe

October 15, 2018Thedreidel

French police arrested four men they said may have been assaulted four Jewish youths in an anti-Semitic assault in Nice, triggered by one of the victims wearing a Star of David pendant. The incident in the southern French...

Kim Kardashian Adds 10,000 to Israel Bone Marrow Donor Roll

October 10, 2018Thedreidel

Kim Kardashian West will be recognized for helping to connect an organ donor and recipient through the Gift of Life bone marrow registry, and by adding 10,000 new donors. Kardashian West will be honored Oct. 29 with the...

The Mistakes You Make In High School Can Follow You Forever

October 3, 2018Thedreidel

Last night the United States reached a new low. A sitting president mocked the testimony of a victim of sexual abuse. No matter what your politics, the notion of whether or not you believe someone's recollection of the nig...

Pope warns Lithuanians against rebirth of anti-Semitism

September 23, 2018Thedreidel

Pope Francis warned against historic revisionism and any rebirth of anti-Semitism that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual remembrance Sunday for Lithuania’s centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped ou...

Jewish Teens Trained to Confront, Contest Anti-Israel Rhetoric

September 16, 2018Thedreidel

An Irish-American college student has taken on the role of coordinator of an internship program that's designed to prepare Jewish teens for challenges they may face regarding Israel when they enter college. Liz Brough –...

Jewish Teens Enlisted to Fight Anti-Semitism in Germany

August 20, 2018Thedreidel

Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her in their high school classroom. "They're really yummy," Steiert, 16, says with an enticing smile. "And by the...

Battle to Save Africa’s Elephants is Gaining Some Ground

April 13, 2018Thedreidel

MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania (AP) — The elephant staggered and keeled over in the tall grass in southern Tanzania, where some of the world’s worst poaching has happened. It wasn’t a killer who targeted her but a c...

International Jewish NGO’s Urge German Bank to Stop Enabling BDS

April 9, 2018Thedreidel

Editors note: NGO stands for 'Non-Governmental Agency' - usually a foundation or organization that operates outside of government guidance and oversight. BDS is the 'Boycott, Divest and Sanction' campaign that seeks to d...

France’s Far-Right and Far-Left to Join March Honoring Slain Holocaust Survivor

March 28, 2018Thedreidel

Editor's Note: On Friday, March 23, 2018 - French firefighters were called to a small fire in a Parisian apartment. To their horror, an elderly Holocaust survivor was beaten and then set on fire in her own bed. It was ...

‘No more’ Or We Vote You Out: Students Lead Huge U.S. Anti-Gun Rallies

March 26, 2018Thedreidel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chanting “never again,” hundreds of thousands of young Americans and their supporters answered a call to action from survivors of last month’s Florida high school massacre and rallied across the ...