AJC Honors Hillel Chapters in Ukraine, Indiana for Resilience and Fight Against Antisemitism

On Tuesday, the American Jewish Committee honored students at the Hillel chapters in the Ukraine city of Kharkiv, and Indiana University, where students marshaled an effort to create campus-wide solidarity in the face of rising acts of antisemitism. The Hillel chapters received the AJC Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy, which recognizes college-based advocates who…

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Kiser to Run For School Board

Melba Kiser has announced she is running for Noblesville School Board. Kiser emigrated from Cuba as a child. She has experienced firsthand the opportunities the US provides to live the American dream. “I was fortunate to live that dream. I want our children and grandchildren to have the same opportunities.” In large part, the answer…

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Senators Young, Booker Applaud Committee Passage of Bill to Help Americans in Saving for the Future

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) applauded the passage of their Emergency Savings Act by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday, as part of S. 4353, Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Healthy Investments for the Nest Egg (RISE & SHINE) Act. The bipartisan bill…

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Daily Almanac: June 16, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset: RISE: 6:14 a.m. SET: 9:15 p.m. High/Low Temperatures: High: 94 °F Low: 77 °F Today is…: • Bloomsday Day • Corpus Christi • World Sea Turtle Day What Happened On This Day: • 1960 Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho is premiered • 1963 Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space • 1976 South African…

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