Daily Archives: December 4, 2019
Bloomberg presidential campaign becomes first to hire Jewish liason for 2020 cycle
The presidential campaign of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hired writer Abigail Pogrebin as director of Jewish outreach, becoming the first 2020 campaign to employ such a role.
Bloomberg announced his candidacy last...
Community coalition to aid Holocaust Survivors
True to its roots, when it was founded in 1936 to help European Jews who were being persecuted by the Nazi regime in Germany, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County on Tuesday, Dec....
Is Holocaust education a priority for Congress?
Earlier this year, I wrote an op-ed with 2018 congressional candidate Naomi Levin, calling out members of Congress for their lack of action regarding Holocaust education in America. They seem to have received the message.
As of...
Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?
The announcement last month by U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements are not illegal was either warmly welcomed or hotly rejected, depending on how you interpret international law.
Indeed, recently 107 Democratic lawmakers sent...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib compares U.S.-Mexico border situation to Gaza Strip
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over the weekend compared the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border to that of Gaza and Israel.
“Do you know what I saw at the border? I saw Gaza,” said Tlaib, the...
In a surprise move, 13 countries vote against anti-Israel resolution at the UN
Thirteen countries changed their voting pattern at the United Nations on Tuesday, voting against an annual resolution that supports a pro-Palestinian U.N. agency.
Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania,...
Iran an issue, Netanyahu sets out for meeting with Pompeo in Portugal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Portugal on Wednesday for a working dinner with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The two were originally scheduled to meet in London on the sidelines of the...
Too little, too late? Corbyn says he’s ‘very sorry’ for anti-Semitism
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday morning that he is “very sorry for everything that had has happened” with anti-Semitism in his party after repeatedly being asked to apologize on live television.
While on the...
Actor Hugh Grant stumps for Jewish MP, calls out anti-Semitism in Labour Party
British actor Hugh Grant attacked Labour’s inactivity in combating anti-Semitism within the party on Sunday while on the campaign trail with a Jewish MP who left the party over its controversial policies.
Grant spoke to The...
Israel to introduce resolution in UN calling for recognition of Mideast Jewish refugees
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Tuesday that Israel will submit a resolution to the General Assembly to formally recognize Jewish refugees, or Mizrachi Jews, from Arab countries and Iran.
Danon...