Daily Archives: April 23, 2018
Let My People Know
US is a prime funder of UNRWA education. Therefore US Congress conducted its first GAO study of new PA texts used in UNRWA schools Yet the US State Department has now asked Congress to not publicize the...
Trysts with the Nobel Prize in Literature
RICHMOND, California — The measurement of time changes after you retire. You do not have to go to work, and you can do pretty much what you want to do within financial and physical limits....
Kiddish cup up for auction in Jerusalem not the Rebbe’s
An auction house in Jerusalem is preparing to put up for sale a Kiddush cup they say was used by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, despite the fact that Chabad-Lubavitch representatives have provided them with evidence that they...
Walter Lowdermilk (1888–1974)
How would the State of Israel survive, much less thrive, in a land where water resources were so scarce?
The genius who solved this riddle was Walter Lowdermilk. Raised in the rugged, arid terrain of...
A startup helping other startups in Israel’s periphery
Ready for a tongue-twister? Sagi Shahar is an entrepreneur based in the startup nation, whose startup helps other startups grow their ventures by pairing them with other entrepreneurs who work in the startup nation’s...
Jewish, Christian and congressional leaders laud Israel-Azerbaijan ties
Nearly two-dozen Jewish, Christian and congressional leaders turned out last week for a special event on Capitol Hill to honor Azerbaijan’s longstanding support for Israel amid its 70th-anniversary celebrations.
The event, attended by Northwood Church’s...
Trump asks Netanyahu if he really wants peace with the Palestinians
In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the approval of building projects in Judea and Samaria, commonly known as the West Bank, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly asked the prime...
40 dignitaries to attend dedication of US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14
A sizeable delegation of American dignitaries will arrive in Israel to attend the official dedication ceremony for the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, according to Sunday report on Israel’s Channel 10 news.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury...
The Portman factor
That so many Jews care so deeply about what an actress has to say about the State of Israel and its prime minister tells us a lot about Jewish insecurity in 2018. But while...
A story of tremendous generosity from a family from Mexico
Shaare Zedek Medical Center officially dedicated the Eduardo and Jovita Cojab Building in the hospital's downtown campus. The building has been a Jerusalem landmark for close to one and a half centuries and was...