Daily Archives: February 12, 2020
Mazel tov: First edition of Yiddish ‘Harry Potter’ sells out in less than 48...
Less than 48 hours after the Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies....
15th-century prayer book fully restored, put online by National Library of Israel
Restoration of the National Library of Israel’s renowned Moskowitz Mahzor has been completed with the manuscript online for the first time.
It was created on parchment in the 15th century by Joel ben Simeon, considered by many...
![Samuel Augustus Mitchell [Public domain]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/1864_Mitchell_Map_of_Palestine_Israel_or_the_Holy_Land_-_Geographicus_-_Palestine-mitchell-1864-324x235.jpg "The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution’")
The sordid 100-year history of the ‘two-state solution’
With both friends and enemies of Israel exercised over the latest incarnation of what we know as the “two-state solution,” it’s worth remembering that the very first such solution was enacted in infamy nearly...
Why are Democrats skipping out on AIPAC?
Who’s going to #SkipAIPAC? The hashtag campaign created by the anti-Zionist IfNotNow group is winning even when their demands that Democrats, and especially their presidential candidates, stay away from the annual AIPAC policy conference...
The ‘new phase’ of the Islamic State’s war against Israel
A group of militants blew up a gas pipeline in the northern Sinai on Feb. 2, about a week after Islamic State (ISIS) encouraged its fighters to launch attacks against Israel as part of...
Former US Ambassador to United Nations Nikki Haley to receive Emet Award
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has been chosen to receive the Emet Award given annually by CAMERA.
Haley, also a former governor of South Carolina, served at the United Nations from...
ADL: Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distribution doubled in 2019
White-supremacist propaganda distribution more than doubled in 2019 over the previous year, making it the highest year on record for such activity in the United States, according to new data released on Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation...
Report: Netanyahu seeks to push Otzma Yehudit over electoral threshold
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers are holding talks with the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party to try to find a way for Otzma to pass the electoral threshold in Israel’s March...
Dutch city to keep street signs claiming Israelis cities are located in ‘Palestine’
A Dutch city has decided to postpone a decision to change street signs that identify Israeli cities as Palestinian, JTA reported on Sunday.
A spokesperson of the municipality of Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands on Friday wrote on Twitter...
TikTok removes animated video depicting deadly attacks against Israelis
The popular video-sharing app TikTok deleted from its platform an animated video that glorifies Palestinian terror and features four real-life deadly attacks against Israelis.
Palestinian Media Watch drew attention to the clip last week. It reported on...