Daily Archives: January 7, 2020
Hila Schlakman finishes daily Talmud learning cycle, may be youngest woman yet
As hundreds of thousands of Jews worldwide celebrate the completion of the seven-and-a-half-year-long cycle of daily Talmud study—and as women for the first time in history held their own celebration in Jerusalem—one 17-year-old is...
Soleimani, the Blob and the Echo Chamber
A review of initial comments from well-known former officials and journalists shows that their sense of their own wisdom and indispensability is undiminished. Given their links with the Democratic presidential candidates, their comments offer...
Jews needed to show pride by marching. Now can they show smarts?
After a year in which there was a surge of violent anti-Semitic attacks on ultra-Orthodox Jews in the greater New York area, the rest of the Jewish community, which had often ignored assaults on...
Ukraine leaves UN committee on Palestinians
Ukraine has quit the U.N. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
The decision was greenlighted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Founded in 1975, the 25-country committee seeks “to enable Palestinian...
As Israel baseball team preps for Olympics, it’s soon to get its own field...
Israel might be known globally as a high-tech juggernaut, but the “Startup Nation” is on the verge of being a superpower in diamonds as well. No, not the kinds that shine, but the kinds...
Loss of Soleimani won’t stop Iran’s long-term goal of regional hegemony
Despite the substantial blow absorbed by Iran due to the Jan. 3 assassination of the notorious Quds Force commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, by U.S. military forces, the regime is set to continue its...
New US special Mideast envoy Berkowitz meets Netanyahu to discuss peace effort
Avi Berkowitz, U.S. President Donald Trump’s new special representative for international negotiations, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss the rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan.
Also attending the meeting...
Jewish director Sam Mendes wins two Golden Globes for World War I film ‘1917’
Jewish director Sam Mendes won big at the 77th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night in Los Angeles, taking home two honors for his World War I epic “1917.”
After Mendes won the award for...
Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) named Joel Rubin, a former Obama official, as its liaison to Jewish community.
JTA first reported the appointment on Friday.
“It’s really exciting because Bernie is building a movement...
Republican Party leader in Delaware blames Jews for Trump’s impeachment
A Republican Party leader in Delaware blamed Jews for being behind the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump.
“What amazes me the most in these theatrical Congress hearings, is to see how many Jews ‘In...