Daily Archives: August 8, 2018
More products on the market for the Jewish consumer
We hear often about declining rates of affiliation in the Jewish community, but retailers apparently are not overly concerned. Affiliated or not, many Jews still identify with Jewish traditions, customs, and history, and therein...
When Palestinian blood isn’t equal
A recently published report by the Action Group for Palestinians in Syria, a human rights group, documented 3,840 cases of Palestinians who have been killed since the onset of the Syrian civil war in...
House Democrats play a double game on Hamas
Is the United States callously ignoring the needs of a suffering population of refugees? That’s the conceit of a letter signed by 70 Democratic members of the House of Representatives last week that condemned the Trump...
Study finds anti-Israel incidents ‘far more likely’ to contribute to hostile campus environment
With the summer winding down and students preparing to head back to campus this fall, a new study highlights the evolving threats Jewish and pro-Israel students will face in the upcoming school year.
According to...
Rappers Tyga and Fat Joe cause cancellation of entire music festival in Israel, citing...
American celebrity rappers Fat Joe and Tyga, who were slated to headline the Shaka music festival in Rishoon Lezion on Thursday, cancelled suddenly on Sunday, citing the “security situation.”
The pair were set to be...
Israel’s air force appoints first female pilot to command a flight squadron
The Israel Air Force has appointed its first female pilot to command a flight squadron.
The pilot, Major G (full name withheld for security reasons), will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in...
2,200 year-old earring found in Jerusalem excavation sheds light on Hellenistic period in Judea
A 2,200 year-old golden earring was discovered at the City of David’s archaeological excavation just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, shedding light on life in the city after it was...
NYT report: Israel was behind Syrian scientist’s assassination
Israel was behind the assassination Saturday of Syrian rocket scientist Aziz Azbar, according to a senior official from a Middle Eastern Eastern intelligence agency quoted in The New York Times on Monday.
Azbar, who headed the...
Parashat Re’eh רְאֵה
HaShem says to Bnei-Yisrael “Re’eh” “רְאֵה“ (look) as you all witness here today, both two options are given to you. The option of blessings or the option of curses will be given to you...
Kuwait Airways agrees to pay damages to Israeli barred from London flight
Kuwait Airways has agreed to pay substantial damages, plus costs, to an Israeli who was refused a ticket on a Kuwait Airways flight from London to Bangkok on the grounds of her nationality.
Mandy Blumenthal,...