Monthly Archives: February 2019
How anti-Israel bias in a Boston suburb’s public schools is a case study of...
Over the past decade, the Boston suburb of Newton has been beset by controversy over how the conflict in the Middle East is being taught in its public schools.
The concern over anti-Israel bias in...
Boosting online Jewish philanthropy, one dollar and one day at a time
A new online initiative has been launched to make the positive commandment of charitable giving easier and more accessible. Titled Daily Giving, it was inspired by a well-known Jewish principle that one should endeavor to give...
Poll: Most Israelis think legal system biased in favor of left
Much of the Israeli public believes that the legal system is biased, shows a poll commissioned by the Movement for Governability and Democracy, an organization that advocates for a strong separation of powers and...
U.S. focusing on Iran as major adversary
Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress and the presidents alike have had no sustained policy review to establish militarily achievable objectives, coherent political goals, or even a workable definition of “the enemy”...
Report: Hezbollah terror group in midst of deep economic crisis
Are U.S. sanctions beginning to have an impact on Hezbollah? Sky News Arabia has reported that the Shi’ite terrorist organization has postponed a number of payments, including to Hezbollah members as a result of...
Gantz’s first speech gives him huge boost in election polls
The first campaign speech by former Israel Defense Forces’ chief and Israel Resilience party leader Benny Gantz has given Gantz an enormous boost, polls published on Wednesday show.
According to a polls by Hadashot 12 News, Israel...
Lapid denies leaked Yesh Atid threat of political ‘hit’ on Gantz
Yesh Atid, which dropped in election polls this week following former Israel Defense Forces’ chief Benny Gantz’s debut campaign speech on Tuesday, is under pressure and trying to let Gantz know that Yesh Atid leader Yair...
Outrage ensues over sausage-museum, hotel and theater plans at site of Buchenwald
Plans to build a sausage museum at the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald has prompted outrage over Germany’s apparent “lack of historical awareness.”
A group called Friends of the Thuringer Bratwurst had...
Relatives of victims seek Holocaust compensation from Belgium’s railway
Descendants of Holocaust victims in Belgium are pressing the country’s railway company SNCB to compensate them for its role in the deportations of Jews during the Holocaust, following the examples of France and the...
Israel’s largest credit-card firm leaning towards $1 billion IPO, instead of sale
Israel’s largest credit-card business is leaning towards a $1 billion initial public offering, instead of a sale or giving its portion to shareholders.
Bank Hapoalim Ltd., Israel’s second-biggest bank, “has been working with Citigroup Inc....