Daily Archives: December 10, 2019
Shooting in kosher market in New Jersey leaves multiple dead, wounded
At least six people were killed on Tuesday afternoon inside the JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, N.J.
Three civilians, one officer and two suspects were reported killed. An eyewitness confirmed that two of the...
Natan Sharansky is awarded 2020 Genesis Prize
Natan Sharansky, the former Russian Prisoner of Zion who would later become head of Israel’s Jewish Agency, was named on Tuesday as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize in recognition of his “extraordinary...
A ‘Top 10’ of Hanukkah gifts for kids
The eight days of Hanukkah (this year the first candle is lit on Sunday night, Dec. 22 and the last one on Sunday, Dec. 29) are the highlight of the year for nearly every...
Italian Jewish survivor of Auschwitz dies at age 91
A man considered the last remaining survivor of Roman Jews who were deported from Italy’s capital to Nazi death camps during World War II died on Sunday at the age of 91.
Piero Terracina was...
The IAC is transforming the status of Israeli Americans
More than 4,000 Israelis living in the United States attended the sixth annual Israeli-American Council National Summit over the weekend at the Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla. In his address to the group near...
Is it anti-Semitic to urge Jews to support Israel and oppose a wealth tax?
How could a speech that centered on advocating support for Israel and opposition to anti-Semitism, and in particular, the BDS movement, be considered anti-Semitic incitement?
It can if the person who delivered was President Donald...
Corbyn-led British Labour Party named No. 1 anti-Semitic threat worldwide
The Simon Wiesenthal Center released its annual list of the top 10 global anti-Semitic incidents, along with anti-Semitic people, and the No. 1 spot was given to the Jeremy Corbyn-led British Labour Party.
“No one...
Nikki Haley targets Venezuela, even Canada, while criticizing the UN for corruption, hypocrisy
In a scathing speech last week about corruption in the United Nations, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Canada of making a “deal with the devil” and called again for the removal...
Netanyahu has no chance to form a government, says rival Gideon Sa’ar
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying the Likud leader would not be able to form a government even with a third round of elections.
A tentative date of March...
Sa’ar: The world’s lack of ‘moral clarity’ on terrorism, Israel is ‘dangerous’
Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar said on Tuesday that the world is currently being endangered by a “lack of moral clarity.”
Speaking to 25 pro-Israel parliamentarians from around the world on the final day of...