Daily Archives: July 2, 2018
What Germans understand about BDS
Who ever thought Germans would have a better grasp of the need to stand up against anti-Semitism than the Scots?
It’s been more than seven decades since the end of World War II, but the...
Mass Society, Presidential Emptiness And America’s “Soul”
“We are the hollow men,
We are the stuffed men”
T S Eliot, The Hollow Men (1925)
Once upon a time, long before T.S. Eliot’s oft-quoted poetic metaphor, Ralph Waldo Emerson called upon Americans to embrace “plain living...
Report: Abbas rejected US appeal for peace summit
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an invitation by senior White House adviser Jared Kushner to participate in a peace summit let by moderate Arab states, the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat reported this weekend.
Saudi...
Zionist Union distances itself from the ‘Children Under Occupation’ conference
Senior Zionist Union lawmakers on Sunday lambasted fellow party member MK Ksenia Svetlova, who, together with Knesset members Michal Rozen (Meretz), Ayman Odeh and Dov Khenin (Joint Arab List) organized the “Children Under Occupation”...
Teens lend a hand in home repair in Puerto Rico
Twenty teens from New Jersey are currently building temporary homes and repairing roofs in storm-damaged Puerto Rico with the NJ NCSY’s Fred and Rose Distenfeld Chesed Mission.
NCSY is an Orthodox Jewish youth group under...
Netanyahu vows to pass nation-state bill by end of Knesset’s current session
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday to ensure that the controversial nation-state bill passes the legislative process by the end of the Knesset’s summer session on July 22.
The bill defines Israel as...
Palestinian terrorists breach Gaza border, torch IDF post
Several Palestinian terrorists breached the Israel-Gaza Strip border on Sunday and torched a nearby abandoned Israel Defense Forces post. Israeli troops scrambled to the area, but the Palestinian cell managed to cross the border...
Rare coin minted 1,900 years ago discovered in Jerusalem
A rare coin minted 1,949 years ago was found last week in a dig in the City of David in Jerusalem.
Reut Vilf of the City of David Foundation said the coin, discovered in the...
Holocaust survivor, women’s rights icon, laid to rest at French Pantheon
Holocaust survivor and women’s rights powerhouse Simone Veil was given one of the highest honors in France on Sunday, being buried at the esteemed Panthéon in a ceremony attended by thousands of people.
Veil, considered...
Iranian regime dealing with first signs of economic collapse
Introduction
While U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to take active measures against Iran, the Iranian regime is already showing signs of economic and political collapse, although throughout the 40 years of its existence it...