Daily Archives: June 5, 2019
Vindication
The New York Sun was virtually the only news outlet in North America to cover the scandal that the State Dept blocked the GAO from issuing is report on the PA and UNRWA school...
How Bahrain Conference can lead to peace
The return of Israel to election mode is no reason to change the Trump administration’s plans for the U.S.-led economic conference set for Bahrain in late June. The Palestinian decision to boycott the meeting...
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Cheesecake for the soul: Finding our perfect slice of Torah
Over the last several decades, it has become a tradition to eat cheesecake on Shavuot. While there is much speculation as to how the holiday commemorating the giving of the Torah became entwined with a...
YouTube channel ‘Unpacked’ aims to teach younger generations about Israel and Judaism
According to the most recent Pew Research Study on American Jewish life, American Millennial Jews (ages 18-34) are increasingly disconnecting from traditional Jewish institutions. Additionally, as age decreases, so does identification with Judaism.
While 32...
Campus activists call-in ‘reserves’ to counter new anti-Israel tactics
Every spring, pro-Israel and Jewish students across American college campuses brace themselves for a slew of anti-Israel activity. Dubbed “Apartheid Season,” the months of March to May are rife with anti-Israel protests, lectures and the...
Jewish dating app exposes records of 200,000 users
The Jewish dating app JCrush exposed around 200,000 user records due to an unencrypted database, reportedTechCrunch, which exclusively obtained the data from security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar.
The records consisted of user names and...
YouTube to delete thousands of neo-Nazi and white supremacist videos
YouTube announced on Wednesday that it will delete thousands of neo-Nazi and white supremacist videos and channels as part of the video platform’s initiative to remove extremist views on the site.
It will block “videos...
Trump: ‘Always a chance’ of military action regarding Iran, but ‘I’d rather not’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there’s “always a chance” the United States could use military force against Iran, tough he added that he’d “rather not.”
“Iran is a place that was extremely...
Medical discovery in early stages of Parkinson’s could slow disease progression
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a new way to detect a protein associated with Parkinson’s disease that could “significantly delay” the progression of the disease, for which there is currently no cure.
According...
Memorial for concentration camp and ghetto resistance fighters unveiled in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the unveiling ceremony for a new memorial dedicated to the heroes of the resistance movement in concentration camps and ghettos during World War II. The memorial is housed in...