Daily Archives: December 26, 2019
The Hanukkah challenge for young Jews
Hanukkah’s popularity with American Jews was largely the result of a futile though determined effort to compete with Christmas. While enjoying freedom, prosperity and influence that was unprecedented in the history of the Diaspora,...
Judezmo in “Languages in Jewish Communities, Past and Present”
The interaction in medieval Iberia of Jews, Christians, and, from 711, Muslims, led to the rise of Jewish varieties of medieval Ibero-Romance. Since the largest group of Sephardim, or medieval Iberian Jews, was concentrated...
Upcoming Concert: Ikh Zing: The Yiddish Tradition
Preservation New Jersey presents IKH ZING: The Yiddish Tradition, a celebration of Yiddish culture from Europe and the Americas through song, performed by The Murad – Zinger Duo featuring Nicole Murad, vocalist and and Pablo Zinger, piano.
The program will...
יונגע ייִדישיסטן פֿאַרברענגען אַ סוף־וואָך אין אַמסטערדאַם
אין מײַ 2019 האָט „די ייִדישע שטוב לאָנדאָן‟ — אַ גרופּע יונגע ייִדישיסטן וואָס פֿירן דורך ייִדישע אונטערנעמונגען אין דער ענגלישער קרוינשטאָט — אָנגעהױבן אַן אייגנאַרטיקן פּראָיעקט צו פֿאַרשטאַרקן די סאָציאַלע און קולטורעלע נעץ...
UN Panel Accepts Palestinian Demand to Probe Israel Over ‘Apartheid’
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), which the Palestinians joined in 2014, will summon Israel and the Palestinians to a hearing and conciliation efforts, senior sources in the Foreign Ministry...
A Boris bear hug against British anti-Semitism
Is the British government beginning to change its century-old attitude of ambiguity towards Israel and come out instead as its unequivocal friend? Don’t get too excited just yet.
It’s certainly true that, fresh from his...
Should Israel sign non-aggression pacts with Arab countries?
Israel’s relationship with the surrounding Arab countries requires no shortage of diplomatic prowess to maintain good relations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Oman in 2018 was seen as a major step in...
Muslims stood up repeatedly for Jews in 2019
The proliferation of antisemitic attacks this year in the United States and globally shook the global Jewish community to its core – the attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue, a synagogue in Halle,...
Saeb Erekat, sec. gén. du Comité exécutif de l’OLP : Le Hamas a participé...
Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV
Saeb Erekat, secrétaire général du Comité exécutif de l’OLP, a déclaré, dans une interview diffusée sur Palestine TV le 21 décembre 2019, que le président de l’Autorité palestinienne...
Le journaliste libanais Nadim Koteich refuse de qualifier Israël d’« ennemi » – Je...
Le journaliste libanais Nadim Koteich a déclaré, dans une interview diffusée le 18 décembre 2019 sur la chaîne Al-Jadeed (Liban), que plus de terres libanaises ont été occupées depuis la guerre de 2006 qu’avant....