Workers in France, Germany and Britain have joined others across Europe in a series of strikes amid bitter discord as the economies of Europe struggle to show strong growth years after the global financial crisis. Railway workers in France Tuesday (April 26) staged the latest in a string of walkouts in a dispute over […]
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Israel divides the Jews
By Lawrence Davidson Reform Judaism vs Israel Something significant recently happened in the ongoing political-ethical drama that grips Israel and, by extension, Jewish communities worldwide. As reported by the Jewish Daily Forward on 6 November 2015, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism (a position that makes him the leader of […]
Warning as children shun books in favour of Facebook
Graeme PatonLondon Telegraph Aug 22, 2011 One in six children are failing to read books as they spend an increasing amount of time texting friends, sending emails and searching Facebook and Twitter, research suggests. Schoolchildren are more likely to be exposed to mobile phones and computers than novels outside school, it was revealed. Researchers also […]