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Daily Archives: March 11, 2019

Gadeer Mreeh could become the first female Druze member of the Knesset. Credit: Screenshot.

First Druze woman could be part of next Knesset

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Israel could elect its first female Druze member during next month’s election. TV anchor Gadeer Mreeh, who is running on the Blue and White Party headed by former Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Benny...
The main event of “Hagigah Ivrit” (“The Celebration of Hebrew”) from March 9 to April 7, 2019, will be “The Hebrew Choir Festival 2019” on Sunday, March 24, at the 92 Street Y in Manhattan with New York-area Hebrew charter-school and Jewish day-school choirs performing Hebrew songs. Credit: Courtesy.

Hebrew language, arts and culture take center stage in March throughout Diaspora

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The Council for Hebrew Language and Culture in North America is launching a month-long festival as part of its mission to promote Hebrew as a common global Jewish language. Called Hagigah Ivrit (“The Celebration of Hebrew”), it...
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to troops while visiting the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida on Feb. 6, 2017. Credit: Department of Defense photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released.

To GOP donors in Florida, Trump says the ‘Democrats hate Jewish people’

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U.S. President Donald Trump told Republican donors on Friday at Mar-a-Lago in Florida that the “Democrats hate Jewish people,” reported Axios. The president made the statement following the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passing a resolution on Thursday condemning anti-Semitism...
ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav briefs volunteers as they travel to Ethiopia to recover the bodies of two Israelis killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Source: ZAKA.

ZAKA dispatched to Ethiopia to recover remains of two Israelis who died in crash

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Two ZAKA International Rescue Teams were dispatched to Ethiopia to assist in the identification and recovery of the Israeli victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa airport, killing...
An Ethiopian Airlines airplane. Source: Mark Harkin, Wikimedia Commons.

Ethiopian Airlines crashes near Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members, has crashed near Addis Ababa, with initial reports indicating that there were no survivors. Ethiopia’s state broadcaster EBC said the passengers included travelers from...
Lebanon Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. Credit: Screenshot.

Lebanon warns neighbors not to use Israel-EU pipeline

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Lebanon warned its neighbors on Thursday not to use a planned gas pipeline that will go from Israel to the European Union, citing a maritime border disagreement with the Jewish state, which it considers...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

Trump calls House resolution on anti-Semitism ‘disgraceful’

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Following the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passing a resolution on Thursday, condemning anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred, U.S. President Donald Trump labeled Democrats as “anti-Jewish” and “anti-Israel.” “I thought yesterday’s vote by the House was...
The author in Volubilis, once a provincial Roman capital. (Ken Gruber photo)

Morocco’s songs of Jewish past

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Days have passed, time zones have changed, continents have been traversed, yet I can’t – nor do I want to – shake a magical moment in Morocco that sent shivers down my spine, right...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Ilhan Omar for Congress via Facebook.

Call her what she is….an anti-semite

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The poet James Whitcomb Riley was the first to coin the “duck test.”  He wrote, “If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is...

Savory Caramelized Onion Hamantaschen

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Recipe type: Appetizer Prep time:  45 mins Cook time:  12 mins Total time:  57 mins Serves: 12 pieces A savory twist on traditional hamantaschen with goat cheese, red onions and tomatoes! Ingredients For filling: 1 medium red onion, cut into thin...