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Three Trailblazing Jewish Women These women are working to make a difference in their communities – and the world. Throughout Jewish history, Jewish women have sustained our people, giving us hope and maintaining the high moral and spiritual standards of Jewish communities around the world. Today, Jewish women are continuing this tradition, fighting to improve conditions for others. Here are three trailblazing Jewish women making a difference today. Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Deputy Mayor of Jerusa...

An Update on the Rollout of IR35 As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction in the UK of changes to the IR35 tax regime for individual service providers has been delayed until April 2021. In anticipation of the delayed rollout, we revisit the rules and what private sector companies operating in the UK should be doing now to prepare for the new regime. The tax rules, known as IR35, apply to individuals who provide services to a client through their own personal service company or par...

Survey finds lack of Holocaust knowledge among young Americans A Holocaust survivor who lives in Maine, Edith Pagelson, says educators have to do their part to teach about this moment in history, to never forget. Author: Hannah Yechivi (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:36 PM EST January 21, 2021 Updated: 6:28 PM EST January 28, 2021 MAINE, USA — A recent national Holocaust knowledge and awareness survey by the Claims Conference found many younge...

50 Violinists from 50 States, One Big Thank You Jan 23, 2021 Expressing our profound gratitude to healthcare workers through the language of art. As a professional classical violinist, I had a lot of time on my hands during the pandemic since concerts and gigs were canceled or postponed. I began practicing new pieces, like “Salut d’Amour”, a beautiful short song by the English composer Edward Elgar, written as an engagement present to his soon-to-be wife. It’s full of love and romance a...

A Holocaust survivor who lives in Maine, Edith Pagelson, says educators have to do their part to teach about this moment in history and to 'never forget.'

  Mahony previously taught a similar class at University of Louisville as an assistant professor and at Kansas State as a dean, but co-instructed the course after he moved to Winthrop and joined the SIU system.    “This past semester, I actually taught a class that was in the Honors Program that was for both Carbondale and Edwardsville students with Dr. Bobbi Knapp here, she was my co-instructor. So Dr. Hughes will be the third co-instructor I’ve had in this class, and so Iâ...

Our Education: SIU Pres. Mahony and SEHHB Dean Hughes team up to offer new SIUE class The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail SIU System President Dan Mahony, PhD, and SIUE SEHHB Dean Robin Hughes, PhD. EDWARDSVILLE — A new undergraduate course at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville that will chart the history of intercollegiate athletics from its start as student-run sporting clubs in the 1800s, to the multi-billion-dollar industry it is today, is being offered this spring semester. Souther...

‘Qatar has enhanced economic laws’  16 Dec 2020 - 10:55 The Peninsula Doha: The State of Qatar attaches great importance to arbitration, particularly through the issuance of Law No (2) of 2017 promulgating the Civil and Commercial Arbitration and selecting Qatar as a seat of arbitration in a myriad of arbitration cases, according to Sheikh Dr. Thani bin Ali Al Thani (pictured), Member of Court of International Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and representative of the...

‘A school within a school’ — Forsyth Central High School opens new Humanities Institute to all students Forsyth Central High School opened up its new Humanities Institute to students across the county, allowing rising ninth graders to apply for the 2021-22 school year and join their own cohort of students. - photo by Sabrina Kerns Forsyth Central High School Principal Mitch Young recently thought back to when he was a tea...

SIU president to spend spring semester at SIUE Mahony will eventually relocate to Springfield Scott Marion, smarion@edwpub.net FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Southern Illinois University President Dan Mahony was among the speakers on Oct. 6 in a press conference at the Biotechnology Laboratory Incubator on the SIUE campus to announce a $1.47 million state grant to provide training for displaced workers.Intelligencer file photosShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chance...