Daily Archives: January 25, 2019
How not to remember the Holocaust
While Israel and Jewish communities commemorate the Holocaust with a Yom Hashoah on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (which this year falls on May 2), the rest of the world...
Fearful Continuities From Goebbels To Trump
“Intellect rots the brain.”
Joseph Goebbels, Third Reich Minister of Propaganda
“I love the poorly educated“
Donald J. Trump, Candidate for President of the United States
One should hesitate to make any such fearful comparisons, but if truth...
Belgian high court hears lawsuit against kosher slaughter ban
Belgium’s Constitutional Court heard a lawsuit against laws passed by two of the country’s largest regional governments, banning kosher and halal slaughter.
It was brought by the Belgian Federation of Jewish Organizations (CCOJB), the representative...
Key document on Bezeq could clear Netanyahu in Case 4,000
A newly unearthed document could undermine a key premise in Case 4,000, a corruption case in which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considered suspect.
Case 4,000 centers on an alleged conflict of interest involving...
Venezuela’s Jews describe chaos, uncertain future
Juan Guaidó has been sworn in as temporary president of Venezuela—two weeks after Nicolás Maduro, the president elected in a disputed vote last year took the oath of office—and Venezuela is in chaos.
Venezuela is...
Birthright Israel sees record participation in 2018
Birthright Israel reached a new milestone in 2018, with a record 48,000 participants from around abroad and 8,300 Israelis.
Birthright Israel, also known as Taglit in Hebrew, brings Jewish youths from around the world to...
Germany vows to prevent BDS activity at Berlin Jewish museum
The German government vowed this week that it would not let the Jewish Museum Berlin serve as a platform for the BDS movement, Israel Hayom has learned.
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Grütters,...
Trilingual reading to feature award-winning Mexican poet
The Jewish History Museum will co-sponsor a poetry reading on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Spanish, English and Ladino with acclaimed Mexican poet Myriam Moscona. Joining her on stage will be the translators of her...
World Jewish Congress partners with NATO to raise Holocaust awareness
Tens of thousands of photographs taken by during in the World Jewish Congress’s #WeRemember campaign to evoke awareness about the atrocities of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism will be screened on Thursday and Friday—days before International Holocaust...
Carol Miller, lone Republican woman elected to Congress, invokes Judeo-Christian heritage in standing with...
Republican Rep. Carol Miller, 68, defeated West Virginia State Sen. Democrat and former Army Maj. Richard Ojeda in the state’s 3rd Congressional District in the 2018 midterm elections as the only new Republican woman elected to...