Daily Archives: August 12, 2019
Letter: A tip of the hat to Pumpsie Green
Shortly before my ninth birthday, my Grandpa Abe from Winthrop took me to Fenway Park. It was exactly 60 years ago this week, when Pumpsie Green, Boston’s first African-American player, had his first at...
Trump, McConnell share blame for mass shootings
President Trump’s rhetoric that might have inspired killers like Patrick Crusius in El Paso and Connor Betts in Dayton, Ohio, last Saturday (Aug. 3) along with Mitch McConnell’s refusal to move gun control legislation,...
What Congress members did on their summer vacation in Israel
Americans spend a lot of time complaining about Congress. They complain that nothing gets done, and they carp that its members spend too much time playing politics. But whether or not you think that...
‘We Will Fight’: Over 40 Arrested as Jewish Activists and Allies Confront Amazon for...
More than 1,000 Jewish activists and allies gathered at an Amazon book store in New York City on Sunday to protest the online retail behemoth's collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which swept up nearly...
Arab countries blast Israel over Tisha B’Av Temple Mount clashes
Voices from across the Arab and Muslim world expressed outrage Sunday in the wake of violent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Israeli security forces on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tisha B’Av, which this...
Some 2,500 teens worldwide make deeper connections with Israel this summer
The National Council of Synagogue Youth—the Orthodox Union’s youth movement—brought together in Israel more than 2,500 Jewish teens, staff and guests from 29 U.S. states, Canada, Israel, Argentina and the United Kingdom to celebrate...
What Motivates Mass Murders
Two in one day. Mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton within a period of twenty-four hours. They are happening more and more frequently now. And more and more people are crying out in...
The unique status of Jerusalem’s Wadi Hummus suburb
What’s going on in Wadi Hummus? Behind the tumult and the Supreme Court ruling that approved Israel’s demolition of 12 buildings in Wadi Hummus on July 22 stands the murky and unusual legal status...
German foreign minister visits Berlin synagogue to show support following anti-Semitic attack
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas paid a special visit to a Chabad synagogue in Berlin over the weekend to show support for the country’s Jewish community, two weeks after the city’s rabbi was attacked.
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72 representatives don’t #skipthetrip, join largest-ever delegation to Israel
A total of 41 Democrats and 31 Republicans are in Israel on overlapping party tours to get a firsthand view of the complex security challenges Israel faces and to express their unconditional, bipartisan support...