Daily Archives: September 13, 2018
Bringing down UNRWA
Coincidence played a part in getting the truth out about UNRWA: Hard work made it available.
I happened to sit next to someone from Trump’s transition team in December 2016 at a conference in Jerusalemn and...
EU passes resolution blasting Israel over plans for Bedouin neighborhood
The European Union passed a resolution on Thursday condemning Israel and instructing the country not to demolish the Bedouin neighborhood of Khan al-Ahmar, whose 180 residents Israel wants to relocate. The final tally was 320 votes in...
Chabad poised to help as more than 1 million flee Florence
For the last 11 years, the Lieblich family of Wilmington, N.C., have always held Rosh Hashanah services on both days of the holiday.
This year, for the first time ever, they did not have a minyan for the second...
UAE permits Israel to display flag, sing anthem at Judo Grand Slam championship
Israel will be allowed to compete at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam competition in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi, complete with flag and national anthem during medal ceremonies.
The federation...
US Congress votes $38 billion defense aid to Israel into law
A bipartisan bill that would cement U.S. military aid to Israel into law has passed a major hurdle on Wednesday night.
The U.S. House of Representative approved the measure, known as the Ileana Ros-Lehtinen U.S.-Israel Security Assistance...
בת הים הכשרה ~ The Kosher Mermaid
דיסני ביידיש? הו כן! לכבוד ראש השנה צללתי למעמקים בעקבות המאכלים היהודיים הכשרים (ואלו ש...פחות) והגעתי למסקנה מעניינת! לובסטר או גפילטע פיש? צמחונים? חכו לזה :) Disney in... Yiddish? YO! In honor of ROSH...
OECD report sheds light on education spending in Israel
A new Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report released on Tuesday shows that Israel invests below the average on education compared to other member countries.
The “Education at a Glance” report reveals that...
Responses to closure: PLO is ‘not a state’, has ‘no right to mission in...
Amid tensions between the Trump administration and the Palestinian Authority, the former announced on Monday that the Washington offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization will close in the same week as the 25th anniversary of the signing of...
US Department of Education reopens Rutgers case, considers new definition of anti-Semitism
At the same time that the U.S. Department of Education is reopening a seven-year-old case concerning Rutgers University allowing discrimination against Jewish students, the agency is expected to adopt a new definition of anti-Semitism.
In...
A look at the eight candidates vying to succeed Nir Barkat as Jerusalem’s mayor
The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wants to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require the U.N. Security Council. He was not exaggerating.
Jerusalem is home...