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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 ...

How the Holocaust Motto “Never Again” Became a Rallying Cry for Gun Control

March 24, 2018Thedreidel

After a gunman took the lives of 17 students and staff at their high school in Parkland, Florida, students there launched a national campaign to promote gun control. They called for a major protest in Washington, D.C., on Ma...

Israeli University Develops Multi-Use Robotic Arm

March 22, 2018Thedreidel

A robotic arm that could be used in outer space and in factories, for harvesting fruit, for search and rescue, for performing medical procedures in the body and in many other applications has been developed by researchers in...

Meet the Jewish Teenager Who Is Running For Governor of Kansas

March 20, 2018Thedreidel

One day he hopes to visit Kansas. And turn 18. And be able to vote. And graduate from high school. BY BEN SALES/JTA Ilan Cohen loves Kansas. He knows a couple of people in Kansas. He’s currently, officially, running to...

Israeli Army: Two Gaza Tunnels Destroyed Overnight

March 18, 2018Thedreidel

Reprinted from Haaretz One of the tunnels was struck before Hamas could make it operational, military spokesman says by Yaniv Kubovich and Noa Landau The Israeli military said it destroyed overnight Sunday two tunnels i...

Israel Students Walk Out For Gun Control

March 15, 2018Thedreidel

The walkout at Walworth Barbour American International School in Even Yehuda, Israel, was organized by three students, including Eduard Štrébl. "I was inspired to organize this walkout because I watched the movement get b...