Daily Archives: March 1, 2018
Report: U.S. peace plan to include eastern Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Israel-Palestinian peace plan will call for an independent Palestinian state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital, the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported Wednesday.
A French diplomat told the Arabic-language daily that the Trump...
Permits requested to expand egalitarian prayer section at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has recently requested permits to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the Prime Minister’s Office made the request, which was approved...
Likud insiders rally behind Netanyahu, rule out his resignation
The new revelation that a lawyer involved in a case investigating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the judge were allegedly colluding has temporarily shifted the media narrative of the scandals away from the Israeli...
All spaced out: Exhibit boldly goes where Jews go . . . into the...
A new exhibition debuted in New York on Monday that explores the connection between Jews and something outside of our own world: outer space. (And no, it’s not a reshowing of the Mel Brooks...
Awards to be granted at Salute to Jewish Educators
The 2018 Salute to Jewish Educators awards are to be granted to Jerry Benjamin and Ellie Gettinger, among others.
An awards event will be held 3 p.m., Sunday, March 11 at the Harry & Rose...
GOP Congressman says Jews were killed in WWII because they didn’t have guns
A Republican Congressman from Alaska has suggested Jews wouldn't have died in the Holocaust if they had owned guns.
Donald Young, who is also an NRA board member, made his comments during a conference in...
Seattle Jewish Film Festival offers a ‘kaleidoscopic look’ at filmmaking
Festival Preview
When filmmaker Tiffany Shlain lived in Seattle briefly during the early ’90s, she had an apartment in Pioneer Square that she was very excited about.
“I remember , ‘Dad, I have a view of...
Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival kicks off at Taste of India
The 33rd annual Buffalo International Jewish Film Festival -- the third longest festival of its kind in North America -- is back with a dozen films from around the world, including Israel, India, Hungary,...
Support to Houston Jewish Community
The Azerbaijani community in Houston, the Embassy of Azerbaijan in the US, the Azerbaijan-Israel International Association (AZIZ) and US Congress representatives visited the Jewish community’s largest religious temple in Houston-Congregation Beth Yeshurun synanogue and...
European Jewish leader: ‘Anti-Semitism will not be eradicated, but it can be opposed, it...
VIENNA—“This must be the beginning of the end of anti-Semitism. Because talking about anti-Semitism is not enough. We must be ambitious and pragmatic in order to find enduring solutions to this problem,” stated Moshe...