Daily Archives: February 23, 2018
U.S. plans to open Jerusalem embassy in May for Yom Hatzmaut, Israel’s 70th anniversary
The United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, in time for Israel’s 70th anniversary, according to a State Department official.
Steven Goldstein, undersecretary of State for public diplomacy,...
New Israeli line of Passover wine launched by former NBA all-star Amar’re Stoudemire
At a news conference at the Jewish National Fund House on Tuesday, 6-foot-10 former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire effused over his new line of kosher-for-Passover wines, grown and produced in Israel.
“It’s a blessing for...
Jewish Federation honors retiring U.S. representative at Miami event
More than 1,000 people recently attended Greater Miami Jewish Federation's The Main Event.
At the recent annual event in Miami, the Federation honored U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Miami) with its 2018 Friend of Israel Humanitarian Award. The...
Jewish prisoner Miriam Rosenthal gave birth in a Nazi camp
Miriam Rosenthal, who ran a store that was for decades a fixture of Toronto's Jewish community, was also one of the few women who gave birth in a Nazi concentration camp and survived with...
Hannah Arendt, Adolf Eichmann, and the Jews
In 1963—a year after Adolf Eichmann’s sentencing by an Israeli court—reports on the trial by the German-born Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt appeared in the New Yorker and were soon published as a book. This “report on...
What we thought of the Rev. Billy Graham
Perhaps the saddest thing about the death of the Rev. Billy Graham on Feb. 21, at the age of 99, was the fact that virtually every obituary gave prominent mention to what was arguably...
WJC welcomes landmark agreement to combat anti-Semitism reached between Spanish government and Jewish community
NEW YORK - The World Jewish Congress on Thursday welcomed a landmark agreement reached between Spain’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain (FCJE), aimed at combating...
E.U. lawmakers urge the classification of entire Hezbollah as terror group
Lawmakers at the European Union urged E.U. foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday to classify all of Hezbollah as a terror organization.
“It’s outrageous that the European Union still has not denounced Hezbollah in its...