Daily Archives: October 21, 2019
Poll: Majority of Germans express alarm over anti-Semitism following synagogue attack
A majority of Germans expressed that “a lot more” anti-Semitism has spread throughout their country, according to a new poll taken one week after the Oct. 9 attack on a synagogue in the German...
Belief in Saints and Spirits Among Muslims and Jews in Morocco
The concept of saints and spirits has been a part of Moroccan religious beliefs and an influence behind cultural practices for as long as history can tell. The modern beliefs, traditions, and celebrations inspired...
Turkey Erdogan kills Syrian Kurds and excoriates Israel’s treatment of Palestinians
Who says that Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has something against a homeland for a displaced people?
Not for the Kurds, of course, but he must want a homeland for…you’ll never guess…the Palestinians.
Erdogan’s passion for...
Journalist calls for a revival of Abbas’s ‘Arab Keren Hayesod’ concept
In a two-part article in the Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida last month, journalist Muwaffaq Matar called for the adoption of an idea presented by P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in a 1982 booklet titled “We Need...
Netanyahu condemns violence against IDF following Yitzhar riot
Israel has “no tolerance” for violence towards its military personnel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The prime minister called on all Israelis, “without exception,” to support the Israel Defense Forces, which...
Anti-Semitic graffiti spray-painted on project commemorating Jewish life in Lithuania
Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered in Vilnius, Lithuania, last week on a project depicting Jewish life before World War II.
The project Walls That Remember is a series of murals on the walls of Vilnius’ former...
Jewish father of Sandy Hook shooting victim wins $450,000 in defamation lawsuit
The father of a Jewish boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 was awarded $450,000 in a defamation lawsuit against the editor of a book that claimed the massacre never happened.
The judgement...
Israel to send biggest delegation ever to 2020 Olympics
Israel is set to send to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo its largest delegation of athletes ever.
An estimated 85 athletes will be competing in 18 sports on behalf of the Jewish state. Vered Buskila,...
Meir Shamgar, former chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, dies at 94
Former Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Meir Shamgar died on Oct. 18 at the age of 94.
Shamgar joined Israel’s highest court in 1975 and became chief justice eight years later. He retired in 1995.
He...
Being Seduced Into Giving Up One’s Control Of Things
Driving has become more and more frictionless and more and more mediated. From gear shift to automatic. From manual steering to power steering. From manual brakes to power brakes. Then there is cruise control. ...