Daily Archives: January 6, 2020
Moti Giladi: ‘My Way’ in Yiddish (2007)
Moti Giladi sings “My Way” in Yiddish (Mayn veg) at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw: “Singer’s Warsaw” in Warsaw, Poland, in 2007. The festival, which has been taking place since 2004, is named after...
A portrait of Canadian Jewry and B’nai Brith Canada
Canadian Jewry may not get as much attention as their American counterparts, but representing a strong voice as staunch defenders of the State of Israel and global Jewry, they cannot be underestimated.
Meet B’nai Brith:...
Gun Violence: Surviving the Next Year
Only a year to go until sensible gun safety laws might be adopted. For those of us who can survive that long.
Certainly a year too late for Leah Mindel Ferencz, 33, Moshe Deutsch, 24,...
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens US forces in the Middle East
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that the U.S. military “will pay a price” for the assassination in Iraq on Friday of Iranian Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the AP reported.
In a speech broadcast...
Monsey suspect indicted on attempted murder charges
The suspect in the Dec. 28 machete attack at a home and prayer hall known as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., slashing and injuring five people, has been indicted by a grand jury on six attempted murder charges,...
Erdoğan’s ‘quiet jihad’
Palestinian Authority officials are calling the gift the Turkish government gave them a few years ago “the treasure.” The trove comprises 140,000 pages of carefully arranged microfilm that could have a dramatic effect on...
The implications of Qassem Soleimani’s assassination
The assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport on Jan. 3, 2020, was a major escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran. To...
Several wounded in rocket attack near US embassy in Iraq
Three Katyusha rockets landed inside Iraq’s Green Zone close to the U.S. embassy on Sunday night, the Iraqi military reported, with three additional rockets falling in the nearby Al-Jadriya neighborhood of Baghdad.
Six people were wounded in...
Jerusalem zoo sends aid to help animals injured in Australia fires
Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo announced on Sunday that it will donate burn creams, milk replacers, wound sprays and hydration concentrates to aid animals in Victoria, Australia.
The donation comes as massive brush fires rage across Australia,...
Netanyahu appoints Likud, Shas MKs to ministerial posts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday appointed several Knesset members to ministerial posts after having resigned from his own ministerial posts following a petition to the Supreme Court.
Netanyahu named Likud Knesset member David Bitan agriculture...