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Israelis’ baby joy as they welcome the New Year
Dozens of babies were born in hospitals across Israel on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning as Jews welcomed the New Year.
Right after the holiday began, at 6:50pm, Sigal and Yariv Guttliv welcomed a baby...
John Kerry was right about terrorism in 2004, and Donald Trump and his Generals...
Last week I explained how the foreign-policy establishment, both Democratic and Republican, has used Donald Trump to whitewash a bipartisan catalog of catastrophic failures abroad dating back to Sept. 11, 2001. Whichever party’s recent-vintage foreign policy...
Mosul is liberated—But not yet free
There are joyous liberations. Of Paris in 1944, for example—a liberation insurrectionary and exultant. And then there are leaden liberations: Warsaw’s in 1944; Berlin’s in 1945; and, more recently, Sarajevo’s.
The liberation of Mosul obviously...
World Jewish relief launches Mexico earthquake appeal
The community’s leading humanitarian charity has launched an appeal to help those affected by a deadly earthquake in Mexico claimed more than 200 lives.
World Jewish Relief has initiated an emergency fundraising appeal to support...
Tens of thousands flock to Israel’s national parks during Rosh Hashanah
70,000 holidaymakers visited the country's many nature reserves during Rosh Hashanah, reported the Israel Nature and Parks Authority Thursday afternoon.
Gan HaShlosha National Park (also known as the Sakhne) in the Valley of Springs area...
Memoryas de un pesemisto
En la juderiya paso los diyas de mi manseves,
Siento alegriya kuando me akodro kada ves.
Una vida kalma i siempre yena de simplesidad,
Eramos orozos se remarkava en kada edad.
Todos de vida muy modesta,no mostravan rikezas,
No...
How to help the victims of Mexico Earthquake 9/19/17
CIAM 24/7 Call center: 1-855-4636-395 (24 horas)
Update: Mexico Customs (SAT) has announced flexibilization regarding donations from abroad to support the victims of the Earthquake. These donations will be authorized without the need to pay neither...
From Poland to Lithuania: A writer’s search for her Jewish past
I think I was in an iced-over bus lot in northeastern Poland, standing in front of a mound of desecrated gravestones, when I first had the feeling that Jewish heritage travel in Europe might...
Jews fail to bring home the Gold at 2017 Emmys
In a night filled with political content and anger directed at the sitting US president, Jewish shows and performers didn’t win big – but they got in a few jabs of their own.
Most of...
Jerusalem post 50 most influential Jews: number 11 – Chuck Shumer
After 19 years in Congress, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York still surprises Washington. The nation’s highest-ranking Democrat is willing to rattle his party establishment after climbing to its top. And in a tumultuous...