Monthly Archives: October 2018
Top 7 gubernatorial races Jewish voters should watch
With many of the nation’s voters fixated on the races for control of Congress, arguably elections on the state level have more of an impact on the people’s daily lives. Similar to the federal...
Tree of Life community in Pittsburgh seems split on potential visit by Trump
The Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue community is apparently split regarding a potential visit by U.S. President Donald Trump after a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others, including four responding law-enforcement officers, during...
Activists block Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza
Early Monday a group of residents from the south together with activists from the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu blocked the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza.
The activists blocked dozens of trucks from delivering supplies into...
After 13 years as chancellor, Merkel to step down in 2021
With her popularity waning, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down from her position and as leader of the right-wing CDU party in 2021, having served 18 years as party leader and almost 13...
In Pittsburgh memorial service, rabbi vows that shooting ‘will not break us’
Thousands attended a memorial service for the victims of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Sunday night, where many decried the growing toxic political discourse in the United States, while vowing to come together...
Right-wing, pro-Israel congressman wins presidential election in Brazil
Pro-Israel, right-wing Brazilian congressman Jair Bolsonaro will be his country’s next president, after winning the national election on Sunday.
With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, Bolsonaro came out with 55.6 percent, according...
D.C. professor: ‘Pittsburgh attack not hate crime, strictly political, blames Trump’
Abeer Kayed, professor of political science at Howard University in Washington D.C., said that the Pittsburgh synagogue attack was “strictly political” and not a hate crime, and that the media was trying to distort...
Palestinian Authority: ‘Don’t kill American Jews (kill Israeli Jews)’
In an unusual move, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Oct. 27 murder of 11 Jews in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh by the anti-Semite Robert Bowers:
“The ...
Palestinians schoolbooks still promote terror and the demise of Israel
A new study on Palestinian textbooks found that the Palestinians still support terror and destroying Israel, and funnel misinformation to their children, which doesn’t exactly surprise Israeli experts.
The four-year study by the Israel-based Meir Amit Intelligence...
Israeli judokas win medals in UAE, for first time with Israeli flag and anthem
Three Israeli judokas in the United Arab Emirates, competing in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam competition under the Israeli flag for the first time, won bronze medals.
Gili Cohen, Baruch Shmailov and Timna Nelson Levy...