Daily Archives: July 17, 2018
David Solomon to become CEO of Goldman Sachs
David Solomon will become CEO of Goldman Sachs on October 1, with Lloyd Blankfein remaining as chairman through year-end (after which Solomon will hold both titles).
We knew the announcement was coming — Solomon's promotion...
Library of Congress Appoints Shari Rosenstein Werb and David S. Mandel Directors of New...
The Library of Congress has selected Shari Rosenstein Werb and David S. Mandel to be the directors, respectively, of the Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement and the Center for Exhibits and Interpretation. These key...
סעפּטעמבער-ליד
ניט מאָלן מיט פּענזל און פֿאַרב - נאָר שאַפֿן אַ פּלאַסטיש בילד, מיט װערטער װעגן דעם גאָלדיקן חוֹדש, װעלכער פֿאַרענדיקט דעם זומער און פֿאַרװאַנדלט זיך אין האַרבסט - װען גרינע בלעטער װערן געל...
Esta Sharopika
Miri en los kashones…… Topi esto …. Lo troki,
lo lavi…..lo visti ….
Kon una immensa soriza para todos !
ESTA SHAROPIKA KE ME AZE MIRADAS !
Yo i Sharope Blanco somos en vezes muy amigas
Afita ke mos...
Declining language, politics
Perhaps I am becoming my own grandfather, a gentle architect born in the 19th century who prided himself on being a proper and decorous man. Recently, I wrote a column decrying the bitter partisanship that...
Nation-state bill poised to pass after key hurdle overcome
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Habayit Hayehudi chairman Naftali Bennett on Sunday agreed on a revised version of the controversial nation-state bill after hours of intense talks.
The nation-state bill aims to legally redefine...
After Helsinki: US Abandons Legal Obligations in Syria
Among several noteworthy and interrelated Helsinki summit policy derelictions – most obviously, Vladimir Putin’s still unpunished aggressions in Crimea – US President Donald Trump chose to ignore America’s binding legal obligations regarding Russian war crimes in Syria....
Hungarian premier to visit Israel, but only deputy to visit PA
In a sign of burgeoning diplomatic ties, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will arrive in Israel on Wednesday for an official visit as a guest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Orbán is expected to visit...
Historians accuse Croatia of covering up World War II crimes
Croatia’s parliament passed legislation last month barring public access to archive materials on individuals aged 100 and over, living and deceased. Critics say the legislation, which was presented to lawmakers in Zagreb as aimed...
‘Plastic-bag’ law in Israel slashed bag waste in 2017
The Environmental Protection Ministry lauded the success of a “plastic bag law” that has led to a drastic drop in the use of plastic grocery bags by Israeli consumers.
A law went into effect on...