Daily Archives: December 17, 2019
In JewishWebsite.com we are deeply consterned by the irreparable loss of our friend Haïm...
An outstanding defender of Judeo-Espanyol and Sephardic culture, Haim graduated from the Sorbonne University and served as Director emeritus of the "Rincón Sefaradí" in DiarioJudio.com among many other achievements.
An Auschwitz survivor, Haïm Vidal Sephiha...
Kids in the kitchen light up Hanukkah
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is one of those holidays that takes over everything. The pantry overflows with bottles of oil and baking ingredients at the ready, kids decorate the house with dreidels and...
Fingers point as Israel fails to form a government
Another election. This one on Monday, March 2.
Why?
It depends on who is analyzing.
The Likud explanation is that Blue and White and Avigdor Lieberman did not accept the decision of the voters, and join a...
Can Labour overcome anti-Semitism after Corbyn?
History will not be kind to Jeremy Corbyn, the vanquished and soon-to-be former leader of the opposition British Labour Party.
Having been trounced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party in last week’s general...
Jews shouldn’t ignore the real lesson of Corbyn’s defeat
British Jewry heaved a collective sigh of relief when Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in last week’s parliamentary elections in the United...
Israel to export natural gas to Egypt starting in January
Israel’s National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Minister Yuval Steinitz has signed the paperwork for Israel to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt from its Tamar and Leviathan fields in January, Israel business daily Globes reported...
‘Forbes’ names Tel Aviv second-best city in world to visit in 2020
Between its sandy beaches and vast array of culinary delights, Tel Avivians already know that they live in one of the best cities in the world. Now, however, it’s official: Last week Forbes named Israel’s White...
IDF chief: ‘The number of Israel’s enemies is greater than the number of fronts’
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Monday that Israel faces a growing number of enemies, as well as expanding fronts.
Speaking at an awards ceremony in central Israel, Kochavi said...
Arab League chief accuses Iran of ‘destabilizing the Middle East’
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit blamed Iran earlier this week for the violent events in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.
Speaking to Arab media outlets on Sunday, he said that Iran was endangering not...
UNESCO removes Belgium carnival with anti-Semitic float from heritage list
UNESCO withdrew on Friday an annual carnival in the Belgian city of Aalst from the organization’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity over repeated charges of anti-Semitism.
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding...