Daily Archives: April 16, 2019
![By U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/President_Trump_at_the_Israel_Museum._Jerusalem_May_23_2017_President_Trump_at_the_Israel_Museum._Jerusalem_May_23_2017_34460983290-324x235.jpg "Trump’s clear view of the Golan Heights")
Trump’s clear view of the Golan Heights
The Middle East is vast, and within it Israel is no more than a speck, a shard, a sliver clinging to the easternmost shore of the Mediterranean Sea. At present, it is the only...
Jewish critics of Israel have a problem with Israelis, not with Netanyahu
The last time the outcome of a U.S. presidential election was as decisive as the vote held last week in Israel, Americans were pretty much unanimous as to what to call it. The word...
Administrators at Washington Jewish preschool accused of child sex abuse
The families of eight children between the ages of three and four have accused a Jewish preschool in Washington, D.C., of sexual abuse against the children over a two-year period.
A 74-count lawsuit filed in...
Got the munchies? Israeli company raises $1 million to infuse cannabis in pizza
Cannibble FoodTech Ltd., has raised more than $1 million to infuse pizza with cannabis, announced the Israeli food company on Monday.
Cannibble, through 1,100 backers, was the first to raise more that amount by utilizing...
French far-right activist jailed for Holocaust denial
French far-right activist and essayist Alain Soral, 60, was sentenced on Monday by a Paris court to a year in prison for denying the Holocaust.
Soral was convicted by the court for publishing on his...
Has the body of Israeli hero Eli Cohen been recovered?
The Syrian opposition recently issued reports according to which the remains of Israeli spy Eli Cohen have been delivered to the Russians, in preparation for their return to Israel. The reports also gave details...
Three more arrested for savage attack on Argentinian chief rabbi
Three more suspects in the savage February attack against Argentina’s chief rabbi were arrested on Monday morning in Buenos Aires, bringing the total to five following the arrest last month of two more suspects.
The...
Shabbat student dinner for 1,850 goes off without a hitch
While Israelis spent their Shabbat on April 5 gearing up for national elections, a group of Americans—a very large group, at that—was getting their Shabbat underway with a little more than the usual pre-preparations....
Jewish community reacts to fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Members of the Jewish community reacted with sadness to the massive fire that burst through the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday and toppled its spire.
“Terrible images of the Cathedral of...
‘Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’ wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Tree of Life shooting
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize on Monday for breaking-news reporting, covering the October 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, where 11 Jewish...