Daily Archives: November 29, 2018
IDF starts new department for interested female soldiers: Army Kashrut
Women enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces will now have a new department available in which they can fulfill their years of service: Army Kashrut.
For the first time, women will be able to fill...
The historic nature of Miloš Zeman’s speech in Jerusalem
Shifts in perceptions among European Jews on where they feel safest is not due entirely to demographic change. It also has to do with Eastern European leaders like the Czech Republic’s Miloš Zeman, who,...
PBS TV special whitewashes Iran’s repression of Jews, hatred for Israel
Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour” featured a segment about Iran’s Jews living in apparently relative peace despite the Islamic Republic chanting “Death to Israel.”
“Many people outside of Iran are going to remark that you’re not being...
Jewish Columbia professor finds swastikas, ‘Yid,’ spray-painted in office
A Jewish professor at Columbia University in New York was the target of anti-Semitic vandalism on Wednesday, walking into her office to discover two red swastikas and the slur “Yid” spray painted on the...
Dutch students to teacher: ‘Only reason you’re here is because Germans forgot to gas...
A new poll conducted in the Netherlands finds most of the country’s Jews are afraid to identify as Jewish in public. Half of all Dutch Jews polled said they do not feel safe in...
Bohemian Channukah, an adaptation to Queen’s classic.
United by a strong Jewish identity and driven by the mission of connecting Jews from all over the world with their heritage through music, the a cappella professional group Six13 is the origin of...
The lethal error in appeasing Iran
When the Obama-brokered Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2015, one of the many spurious reasons offered for that agreement was that it would help the supposedly moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani draw the...
South Korea to buy Israeli radar systems to counter potential missile threats
South Korea announced that it is buying two Israeli-made radar systems to counter missile threats, despite warming ties with North Korea, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday.
Seoul is purchasing two Green Pine radar arrays made...
State Department continues to see Saudis as player in Mideast peace process
Despite the criticism that the Trump administration has gotten over its reaction to last month’s killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the State Department stood by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s response.
“It’s a mean, nasty world...
UK student union backs protest commemorating Palestinian terrorists
A student union at King’s College London supported a protest several weeks ago commemorating terrorists from Hamas and other groups.
“F*** KCL! Israel is a terrorist state!” shouted anti-Israel demonstrators, led by KCL Action Palestine,...