Daily Archives: July 10, 2019
“Verter fun der Vokh : אימיגראַציע – Immigration
IMMIGRATION
אימיגראַציע
asylum: דער אַזי֜ל
asylum-seeker: דער אַזי֜ל־זו֜כער, ־ס
border: די/דער גרע֜נעץ, ־ן
For the complete list, click here to go to the archive at "Verter fun der Vokh"
Is support for open borders really in tune with Jewish values?
American Jews have a long and understandable tradition of advocacy for immigrants. That’s due in part to the fact that most Jews were the children and grandchildren of immigrants as the community first began...
There’s No Historical Guide for This: Assessing the Risks of a US-North Korea Nuclear...
“The worst does sometimes happen.”
— Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss playwright
Seeking to dissuade North Korean leader Kim Jung Un from continuing nuclearization, US President Donald Trump has relied largely upon various economic incentives. Still, the North...
Britain’s Boris Johnson to Iran: ‘Cease this madness’ or sanctions will be reimposed
Boris Johnson, who is expected to become Britain’s next prime minister, has warned Iran to “cease this madness” over violating the 2015 nuclear deal, adding that he’s “prepared” to reimpose sanctions on the regime.
In what...
Anti-Semitic cartoonist no longer to attend White House social-media summit
Ben Garrison, a political cartoonist who has drawn anti-Semitic illustrations, will no longer be attending the White House’s social-media summit on Thursday, reported Politico.
The invite sparked condemnation from the Jewish community, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Republican...
Department of Justice to host summit on combating anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Justice will host a “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” next week, consisting of Jewish communal leaders alongside “administration leadership.”
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency first reported the event.
Sessions during the July 15 summit include “combating...
Israeli Arab athlete shrugs off pressure in representing nation in competition
Israeli high-jump champion Hanin Nasser, 22, was targeted by anti-Israel groups this week for representing Israel in the upcoming 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Hirak Haifa, a vocal Arab-Israeli youth group in Haifa, accused Nasser—one of...
Iranian ayatollah to America: ‘Attack us if you want the Persian Gulf to turn...
Iranian Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts and Expediency Council, said in a sermon in Tehran on Friday that starting on July 7, Iran will enrich uranium “in any...
More illegal migrants are leaving Israel due to the Deposit Law
New statistics published by the Israeli government show that voluntary self-deportations by illegal infiltrators from Africa have surged by 57 percent since the country’s implementation of the 2017 Deposit Law, according to a report...
Netanyahu to Iran: Israeli jets can reach ‘every place in the Middle East’
In light of increasingly tense relations between Iran and the United States, and recent threats against Israel made by a top Iranian official, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Islamic Republic on Tuesday...