Daily Archives: August 1, 2017
Spain announces bid to preserve the Judeo-Spanish language — in Israel
Spain’s leading authority on the Spanish language is to establish a special branch in Israel that will work to preserve Djudeo Espanyol — the language of Jewish communities that once hailed from Spain before...
Curious case of Jewish camp’s disappearing apology about flying Palestinian flag
Jewish camp in Washington state apologized for causing “upset” to some after flying a Palestinian flag “as a sign of friendship and acceptance” to visiting Palestinian Muslim and Christian students.
It posted the letter containing...
The real lesson of Tisha B’Av
Tisha B’Av, the fast day that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, comes this year at a particularly fraught moment for the Jewish people. The only surviving architectural element of the...
Have we learned the lesson of Tisha B’Av?
According the Talmud, the main reason for the destruction of the second Holy Temple was baseless hatred. As the Tosefta (additional commentaries) at the end of Tractate Menachot explain, this tragedy befell the Jewish people because...
10 calamities that took place on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av
Judaism is mainly a religion of rejoicing and, but occasionally there are sad days too. Monday night sees the start of the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, known in Hebrew as Tisha B'Av...
Let Ethiopia’s Jewish children make Aliyah
Gabrielle Sasson is entering seventh grade at Ramaz. Her family, in connection with her bat mitzvah, visited the Jewish communities of Addis Ababa and Gondar for ten days during early July. These are her...
Time to Reconsider Misleading Terms Used in Middle East Coverage
This week marks 30 years since my launch of Israel Resource News Agency, with the task of working with reporters who cover Israel. At that time, the Palestine Press Service was also launched by...
Le dernier tunnelier du camp de Drancy disparaît
Le récit débute en 1923, à Budapest. Voilà pour l’état civil.
«Dans la famille, on a toujours été à gauche, poursuit Eugène Handschuh. Mon père était communiste. Il faisait même partie de l’armée rouge hongroise. Les chiens...
MEMRI répond à la déclaration du centre islamique Davis suite à sa diffusion du...
MEMRI a dernièrement mis en ligne la vidéo d’un sermon de l’imam Ammar Shahin, prononcé le 21 juillet 2017 au Centre islamique Davis (ICD) à Davis, en Californie, dans lequel il priait Dieu,...
Al-Aqsa : Israël supprime les mesures de sécurité ; Abbas et le Fatah appellent à poursuivre...
Tout au long de la crise actuelle autour de la mosquée Al-Aqsa, le président de l’Autorité palestinienne Mahmoud Abbas a maintenu un ton relativement modéré dans ses déclarations définissant la position de l’Autorité palestinienne....