Daily Archives: January 4, 2018

The US Ambassador to the UN has now questioned the credibility of UNRWA as a recipient of US AID. By no small coincidence, the GAO, the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of the US...

Rivkele, Rebeka Music: Z.Białostocki, Yiddish text: unknown vocal: Olga Avigail, piano: Hadrian Tabęcki, bandoneon: Grzegorz Bożewicz, guitar: Piotr Malicki Performed in Cultural Center Wilanów Warsaw …(from Polish Jewish Cabaret): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENSFSYqqfOk The tango Rebeka was perhaps Polish Jewish composer Zygmunt Białostocki’s...

UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen announced on Wednesday he will forgo his senior season with the Bruins to enter the 2018 NFL draft. Rosen has been in the spotlight since the moment he stepped on campus. Along with playing under the bright...

David Mazouz is protecting Gotham City while at the same time learning the Talmud. Mazouz, who plays a young Bruce Wayne on Fox’s hit TV series “Gotham,” proudly acknowledges his commitment to a Torah-observant...

A solid majority of Israeli Jews opposed Palestinian Authority demands that Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem, be partitioned as part of a future final status agreement. According to a poll released Wednesday by the Israel Democracy...

Holocaust survivor Leah Goltzman spent her time in Corpus Christi sharing stories of moving from place to place to survive during World War II. Goltzman, who frequently volunteereed helping the Jewish community, died Dec. 29,...

The annual Winter Limmud FSU event will be taking place at the Schwartz-Reisman Centre on Sunday, Feb. 11, and will feature lectures and programs for Russian-speaking Jews of all ages. There will be 10 presenters at this...

Far more than 80,000 people have signed a petition to ban the so-called Lukov March in Sofia, a procession organised by Nazis in honour of Hristo Lukov, the former leader of the Union of Bulgarian...

The New Year begins with news that Facebook has at long last removed the notorious "Jewish Ritual Murder" page from its site. There is nothing to welcome or applaud in this scandalously late decision. The...

A Jewish leader from Kenya who was denied entry and deported from Israel despite having a valid visa will be able to enter Israel at a later date, after a stormy Knesset committee meeting...