Daily Archives: January 2, 2018
El Salvador, last nation to shut down its Jerusalem embassy, will not move back
El Salvador, the last nation to shut down its Jerusalem embassy, will not be moving back to the Israeli capital.
“We will not move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem out of respect for...
Decade of restoration for churches, synagogues in Turkey
Although the number of devoted followers of Christianity and Judaism visiting the country has slowed down in the past few years, Turkey's drive to upkeep and revive ancient churches and synagogues has not.
The Directorate-General...
2,700-year-old ‘governor of Jerusalem’ seal found
JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists unveiled today a 2,700-year-old clay seal imprinted with images and Hebrew words that may have belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem.
The round button-sized seal was found in a building in...
Hate crimes targeting Muslims and Jews have increased during Donald Trump’s rise to power....
There was a 67 percent increase in antisemitic incidents across the United States from January 1 to September 30, 2017 in comparison with the same period in 2016, according to the Anti Defamation League’s...
The rise of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Trump’s America
It was a Friday afternoon, just before rush hour, when two teenage girls boarded a packed train in Portland, Oregon. One of them was wearing a hijab.
“Get off the bus (sic) and get out...
(Short Film) A Bookstore in Six Chapters
Renee Saltiel and Solon Molho grew up in the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world, Salonika, or Thessaloniki, in today’s Greece.
More than 90,000 Jews lived there then. But by the time the Germans...
Israel arrests ex-Palestinian police officer for incitement
Border Police arrested a former senior officer in the Palestinian Authority police on suspicion of incitement and organizing protest rallies, police said Tuesday.
The suspect, who was not named by police, allegedly organized a demonstration...