After the fires: Californians start to pick up the pieces of their lives
A little more than a month after a brush fire raced through the Northern California countryside on its way to becoming one of the deadliest and costliest wildfires in U.S. history, people from Paradise,...
Venezuela’s Guaidó appoints Jewish envoy to Argentina
Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó, has appointed Elisa Alejandra Trotta Gamus as the country’s envoy to Argentina.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Israeli...
Mexico, ADL ink an anti- hate pact
The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the Mexican Foreign Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement to work collaboratively to assist people of Mexican heritage living in the United States who are victims of discrimination, bigotry,...
Nefesh B’Nefesh ‘Initiative for Zionist Innovation’ grant applications open
Together with the Steinmetz Herskovitz Family Fund, aliyah agency Nefesh B’Nefesh is seeking applications for its 2020 “Initiative for Zionist Innovation” grant, which aims to empower new immigrants to Israel committed to strengthening and building their...
Creator of Amazon series ‘Hunters’ defends show from Auschwitz Memorial criticism
David Weil, creator and executive producer of the new Amazon Prime series “Hunters,” defended the show on Sunday following criticism by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial over its untrue depictions of the Holocaust.
The drama,...
Israeli Holocaust survivor’s testimony to be aired via Facebook live
While official in-person ceremonies are canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Jewish Agency for Israel will host two virtual Yom Hashoah events, bringing Jews around the world together to hear from Holocaust survivor...
Honoring the two-year anniversary of Tree of Life shooting by strengthening communal bridges
Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the religious leader of Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, and several other survivors of the mass shooting that cut short the lives of 11 Jewish members of the three congregations sharing a...
Guinness World Records declares Walter Bingham oldest living journalist
A British-Israeli journalist was inducted into the Guinness World Records last week for being the oldest living journalist.
Walter Bingham, 97, is also the current record holder of “oldest radio talk-show host (living).”
A decorated World War II...
Israel welcomes 104 new immigrants from North America
Israel welcomed 104 olim (new immigrants) from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. The group arrived on a specially chartered New York-Tel Aviv flight, facilitated by the organization Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the...
Russian aliyah spikes in 2022
More than four times as many persons made aliyah from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company.
A total of 32,494 Russian...