Daily Archives: April 25, 2018
‘Evening with Groucho’ brings back funnyman Marx
SOLANA BEACH, California — A delighted North Coast Repertory Theater audience watched in amazement Tuesday night, as Frank Ferrante became funnyman Groucho Marx. Before our very eyes, Ferrante painted on his mustache, donned rimmed...
Well-meaning American Jews are helping import anti-Semitism
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has finally woken up and smelled the coffee.
Speaking after a 19-year-old Syrian refugee lunged with a belt at an Israeli wearing a kipah, Merkel denounced a “different type of anti-Semitism” that...
Zionism meets feminism: Talking shop over a crisp glass of Chardonnay
In a quintessential “only in Israel” moment, nearly 60 women (and a few dozen men) gathered on a breezy mid-April evening under the Nachlaot stars, sipping good Israeli wine and talking about the intersection...
Israeli chief rabbi, European Jewish leaders, condemn calls to remove kipahs in Germany
Rabbi David Lau, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, along with several European Jewish rabbis, called on German Jews to keep wearing kipahs, or yarmulkes, in public following a recommendation by a German Jewish leader...
Residents of Ben-Gurion’s Polish hometown of Plonsk march to honor Israel at 70
Several hundred residents of Plonsk, a small town in the center of Poland that was the birthplace of David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of the State of Israel, took part in a procession...
Middle East media watchdog prompts ‘Correction of the year’ on Israel in ‘New York...
The Middle East media watchdog CAMERA prompted a correction in The New York Times which Israeli ambassador Dani Dayan is describing as the “Correction of the Year.”
In a tweet on April 24, Dayan, who serves as the Consul General of Israel...
Daniel Inouye (1924–2012)
A Democratic senator from Hawaii, Daniel Inouye was a staggeringly brave man. He served as a medical volunteer when Pearl Harbor was attacked, but it wasn’t until 1943 that the United States permitted military...
Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926–2006)
A recent article by historian Peter Collier about Jeane Kirkpatrick was titled, “When Israel Had a Champion at the U.N.,” aptly describing Ronald Reagan’s first U.N. ambassador and the first American woman to serve...
Fatah names children’s camp after arch-terrorist responsible for murder of 125 Israelis
The Martyr Abu Jihad Camp was held at a Palestinian Authority National Security Forces facility.
P.A. Ministry of Information: “Abu Jihad, the one of a kind military mind … his heritage will remain … a source of...
Trump calls Iran nuclear deal ‘insane,’ warning Tehran not to restart program
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at the Iranian nuclear deal on Tuesday during a press conference at the White House with French President Emmanuel Macron, calling the agreement “insane” and a “terrible deal,” while...