Jewish Ledger
WHAT’S HAPPENING – April 20 – June 17
Jewish organizations are invited to submit their upcoming events to the our What’s Happening section. Events are placed on the Ledger website on Tuesday afternoons. Deadline for submission of calendar items is the previous Tuesday. Send items to: judiej@jewishledger.com.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
How digital platforms and spaces can enable hate and bias
“Social Media and Extremism” is the focus of a panel discussion hosted by ADL Connecticut on April 20, 12 noon – 1 p.m. The discussion will explore the intersections of extremism, free speech, technology, and the future of public digital discourse. Panelists include Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic; Susan Benesch, director of The Dangerous Speech Project; Oren Segal, ADL vice presidents of the Center on Extremism; and Lauren Krapt, ADL National Policy Counsel. For more information, email Nora Cohen at ncohen@adl.org. Register at: https:/
Say “labor” and “Akron” and the likely response will be “rubber.” That’s as it should be, but in “Labor in Akron, 1825-1945” the historian John Tully reaches back far earlier, even as far back as the founding of the city.
The laborers who dug the Ohio & Erie Canal, mostly Irish immigrants seeking opportunity after a famine and cholera epidemic, were paid a pittance and vulnerable to rattlesnakes and diseases like malaria. There were a few unorganized strikes, but conditions did not improve.
Other early labor activities included the forming of a carpenters’ union in 1837 and a factory workers’ strike in 1845. Akron was important in women’s rights, with early suffrage efforts and the momentous 1851 “Ain’t I A Woman” speech by Sojourner Truth.
Foreclosure lawsuit filed against Downtown Orlando Marriott
Foreclosure lawsuit filed against Downtown Orlando Marriott
Orlando’s Downtown Marriott is a franchise, not directly owned by Marriott. Creditors say the owners missed their loan payment last March, and they are now demanding they pay back the full principal balance, plus fees.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The big red M on Orlando’s Downtown Marriott hotel is a familiar sight to anyone driving through the city on Interstate 4. The hotel s days may be numbered though, as creditors have filed a complaint for foreclosure in state court.
The hotel is an easy walk to downtown s major attractions, and it s in Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill s district.