Daily Archives: December 11, 2019
Israeli lawmakers expedite bill to dissolve the 22nd Knesset
A bill to dissolve Israel’s 22nd Knesset and set a date for new elections was expedited by lawmakers on Wednesday. If a coalition deal is not inked by midnight, then the country will head...
Some 165,000 Christians to visit Israel during holiday season, says Tourism Ministry
An estimated 165,000 Christians are expected to visit Israel during the Christmas holiday season, according to Israel’s Tourism Ministry.
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin will host the annual pre-Christmas reception for Israeli Christians and church leaders, which will also...
Belgian BDS activist to be awarded prize at Holocaust memorial
Belgian Catholic NGO Pax Christi Vlaanderen (Flanders) will award its “ambassador for peace” prize to Brigitte Herremans, a leading anti-Israel activist and former employee of the BDS-supporting organization Broederlijk Delen, on Dec. 12. The...
Trump to sign executive order addressing anti-Semitism in US education, particularly on campus
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday addressing anti-Semitism amid the rise in hatred towards Jews in education in the United States, announced the White House in a...
New Contemporary Yiddish “Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah”
On YouTube
A new contemporary choral arrangement of the classic song
"Oy, Khanike, Oy, Khanike" ("Chanukah, Oh, Chanukah")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhT8GcQj9o
in the original Yiddish.
Performed by the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
For more info regarding this song,...
וואַלערי דימשיצעס קאַמף קעגן עם־האָרצדיקע איבערזעצער
דער רוסישער זשורנאַל „דאָס פֿאָלק פֿונעם בוך אין דער װעלט פֿון ביכער‟, וואָס איז דער דרוק־אָרגאַן פֿונעם ייִדישן קולטור־צענטער אין פּעטערבורג, גיט זיך אַ סך אָפּ מיט די פּראָבלעמען פֿון דער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור. די...
„ווער דאַרף הײַנט אַשכּנזישע קולטור?‟ וועט זײַן די טעמע אויף ישׂראל־קאָנפֿערענץ
ס׳רובֿ ישׂראלים — בפֿרט די ניט־פֿרומע — האַלטן מסתּמא, אַז די טערמינען אַשכּנזיש, ספֿרדיש און מיזרחיש זענען הײַנט אַנאַכראָניסטיש, און אויב ניט, וואָלטן זיי געדאַרפֿט אַזוי זײַן. די ישׂראלדיקע קולטור, וואָלטן זיי געטענהט, איז...
Winter Program Registration Is Live
We are offering two sessions this winter each for the low price of $500. This price includes, tuition, room and board. Session 1 runs from December 24-26th (Channukah!) and session 2 runs December 31st-January...