Barry Manilow’s ‘Harmony,’ musical about troupe with Jewish members in Nazi Germany, is headed to Broadway

(New York Jewish Week) — Barry Manilow’s “Harmony,” a musical about a real-life performing troupe of Jews and gentiles who combined close harmonies and stage antics in Germany during the 1920s…

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Read more about the article A New Agenda for Peace: Making Peace Plural and Healing Historical Traumas
United Nations, New York, USA, April 18, 2023 - Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the 22nd session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo by: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

A New Agenda for Peace: Making Peace Plural and Healing Historical Traumas

The United Nations (UN) secretary-general’s report “Our Common Agenda” was launched on September 10, 2021 in response to member states’ request for recommendations to strengthen global governance, 75 years after the creation of…

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FILE PHOTO: British Labour MP Diane Abbott takes part in a demonstration against racism outside Downing Street in London, Britain July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Beresford Hodge

UK’s Labour suspends Diane Abbott for saying Jews experience prejudice, not racism

Abbott formerly a close ally of ousted Labour leader Corbyn blocked from leadership over his antisemitism, apologizes in a Tweet claiming published comments to the Observer were from a draft …

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Schwarzenegger reveals family history behind his antisemitism stance

In an exclusive interview with CNN's Dana Bash, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke out against rising antisemitism with an example of his own family history.  https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/04/27/antisemitism-arnold-schwarzenegger-sot-bash-cpt-hnk-vpx.cnn

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