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Daily Archives: July 6, 2017

20th Maccabiah Games open with spectacular Jerusalem ceremony

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Hosting about 10,000 Jewish and Israeli athletes and tens of thousands of fans, Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium brimmed with excitement on Thursday night as the 20th Maccabiah Games opened. Participants from over 80 countries gathered at...

Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar

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One of the world’s most confounding literary mysteries may finally be, in part, solved: the author of the mysterious and as-yet untranslatable Voynich manuscript has been identified as a Jewish physician based in northern Italy, an...

Springfield Council of Jewish Women awards 59 scholarships

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For 59 local students, the recent Eleanor A. Dunn Memorial Scholarship Breakfast, held at the Jewish Community Center, was a special event. In all, about 100 guests were on hand to honor the recipients of...

Knesset votes down Kotel compromise

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The government plan regarding an expanded egalitarian section of the Western Wall was rejected yet again on Wednesday, when it was brought to a vote in the form of a bill. Zionist Union MK Nachman...

In Warsaw with father, Ivanka Trump honors Polish Jews killed during Holocaust

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While in Warsaw on Thursday, Ivanka Trump visited the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. In a social media post, President Donald Trump’s Jewish daughter called the...

Jewish exhibit now open in West Hartford

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The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford opened the traveling exhibit "From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America," at the Mandell JCC on June 28. Michael Feldberg, who curated the exhibit...

UNESCO vote condemning Israel as ‘occupying power’ in Jerusalem invokes ‘Jewish fake graves’ conspiracy...

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A resolution condemning Israel as the “occupying power” in Jerusalem passed on Tuesday by the UN’s global cultural agency, UNESCO, took as one of its foundations an earlier resolution that falsely accused Israel of planting...

New study reveals Europe’s rising anti-Semitism forces Jews to leave or hide

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Why do half of French Jews want to leave France? The rise of violent anti-Semitism beginning around the turn of the century has made French Jews justifiably concerned about their personal safety. A University of...

Steeped in Jewish history: The Kerala relics Modi gifted to Netanyahu on his maiden...

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On Monday, Narendra Modi became the first ever Indian Prime Minister to set foot on Israeli soil. In his historic meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, Modi said that he was looking to...

Esta es toda la diferensia

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Ir a durmir en ora komoda No sonyar koshmares No gritar en el esfuenyo No alevantar empapado de sudor yelada Alevantarte demanyana sin miedo Araparte i lavarte Kon agua kaente, en la dush Vistirte kon kalmo Komer un buen dezayuno Abrasar a tu...