Daily Archives: October 22, 2018
![Uffizi Gallery [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/800px-Germans_transporting_art_to_St._Leonardo-324x235.jpg "The return of looted cultural objects to Israel")
The return of looted cultural objects to Israel
The German Culture Minister has agreed to bring to Israel the Gurlitt collection of some 1,500 art works looted by the Nazis and discovered in 2012. These art works are to be displayed for...
The connection between WWI armistice and WWII Kristallnacht
Two grimly sobering anniversaries fall in November. On the 9th and 10th, we will mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht—the orgy of murder and violence that devastated Jewish communities across Nazi Germany in 1938....
Rare event showcases potential of Israeli-Palestinian business cooperation
The Judea Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JSCOCI), an NGO that promotes Israeli-Palestinian commercial partnerships beyond the Green Line (the pre-1967 ceasefire line), held an event recently in the city of Ariel, an...
Israelis want to look like Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, survey says
A survey of 120 Israeli plastic surgeons released on Sunday showed that of all the famous Hollywood stars, most of their patients want to look like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The survey, conducted by...
Jordan announces decision to terminate peace-treaty land lease to Israel in 2019
Jordan will not renew parts of a 1994 peace treaty that leases two areas on the Jordan River to Israel, saying Jordan aims to practice “full sovereignty on our land.” Israel’s neighboring nation could...
Facebook deletes post by Louis Farrakhan that compares Jews to termites
A video posted on Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s Facebook page, in which the controversial black nationalist compared Jews to termites, was taken down on Thursday by the social-media platform.
Facebook told TheWrap that...
Orthodox Jewish groups urge Supreme Court to overturn 41-year-old precedent
An amicus curiae was filed last week on behalf of 10 Jewish organizations to support a brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 41-year-old precedent that drastically limited a provision of the...
Iranian Kurds wait for regime change, eyeing stability of Tehran
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and other units mobilized near the Iraqi border across from Kurdish forces in recent weeks, indicating that Tehran is seeking to stabilize the Kurdish area and rebel groups based across the...
Top Iranian official threatens to ‘raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground’
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is the special assistant to the speaker of the Iranian parliament and a former Iranian deputy foreign minister, said if Israel “carries out even the smallest mistake” against Iran, Iran would...
Defense Ministry orders Gaza border crossings reopened after weaker Friday riots
Israel’s Defense Ministry ordered the Kerem Shalom goods crossing and Erez pedestrian crossing from Gaza to Israel to be reopened on Sunday morning, noting a decrease in the amount and severity of riots along...