Daily Archives: December 15, 2017
Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative Inducts Third Hall of Fame Class
On Wednesday, November 29, The Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative inducted its third Hall of Fame Class. The ceremony took place at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, which is located in the former Young...
The Cooking Classes that Americanized Jewish Immigrants
With every new wave of immigration, there are those who ask how the newcomers can ever become truly American. At the end of the nineteenth century, a Wisconsin woman named Elizabeth “Lizzie” Black Kander...
Iraqi Shi’ite Militia Commander Qais Al-Khazali Enters Lebanon, Visits Israeli Border
Qais Al-Khazali, the leader of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq, entered Lebanon and went on a tour of the Israeli-Lebanese border. In a video aired by the Iraqi Al-Ahd TV on December...
Amid Jerusalem fallout, Trump envoy heads to Israel to try salvage peace push
WASHINGTON — Amid violent regional protests over US President Donald Trump’s decision last week to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his top peace envoy will head to Israel early next week to try to...
How Christmas Transformed Hanukkah in America
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory, in 164 BCE of armed Jewish rebels led by Judah the Maccabee over the army of the Syrian despot Antiochus IV. Against all odds, the courageous, resourceful,...
Real-Life Grinch: To Protest Trump, Nazareth Mayor Cancels Christmas Performances
While it was originally reported on Thursday that Nazareth mayor Ali Salam would protest the US’ recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by cancelling Christmas celebrations, this policy was later clarified to explain that...
Al Quds speaker who blamed Grenfell on ‘Zionists’ won’t face prosecution by CPS
An anti-Israel campaigner who claimed victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were “murdered by supporters of Zionist ideologies” will not face prosecution for hate speech.
Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) speaker Nazim Ali will not...
Un quotidien iranien : Nous devons nous préparer à édifier un nouvel ordre mondial...
Dans un éditorial paru le 29 novembre 2017 dans le quotidien iranien Javan, affilié au camp idéologique, le commentateur Abdollah Motevalian évoque la supériorité de la Révolution islamique sur les autres révolutions dans le...