Daily Archives: February 19, 2020
Newly renovated Alexandria synagogue hosts Egypt’s largest service in decades
A recently restored synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, just hosted the country’s biggest Jewish prayer service in decades.
About 180 Diaspora Jews who have Egyptian roots traveled to Egypt to participate in Shabbat services celebrating the...
Iceland Jewish community celebrates its first permanent Torah scroll
The Jewish community in Reykjavik, Iceland, celebrated the completion and inauguration of the island’s first permanent Torah scroll on Sunday.
Celebrants danced down the streets of the nation’s capital, and guests came from Europe and Israel for...
Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship
Blue and White Party leaders Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid are establishing their diplomatic credentials in the immediate run-up to Israel’s March 2 election with an insult to a U.S. administration that has arguably...
Identifying Israeli political parties’ supporters
Israel is complex. It’s one country, but . . .
Leaving aside the problem of vague borders, here we’ll concentrate on its demography.
Recent election ties, the likelihood of another one in two weeks, and the...
Netanyahu challenges Gantz to a debate before elections
With Israel’s March 2 general elections just around the corner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday challenged his main rival, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, to a live debate.
During an interview...
In talk to American Jewish leaders, Sa’ar throws water on idea of Palestinian state
Likud Knesset Member Gideon Sa’ar said on Wednesday that while the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan is better than any proposal Israel has seen in decades, a Palestinian state just miles from Israeli population...
‘All Israeli positions within range of Iranian fire,’ says top Iranian general
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on Tuesday that all of Israel’s military positions were within range of Iranian attack, adding that such an attack would not necessarily come from...
Israeli leader in artificial intelligence earns $1 million Dan David Prize
Israeli tech leader Amnon Shashua will be awarded the 2020 Dan David Prize for his contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as CEO of Mobileye and co-founder of OrCam, a tech company...
The Netherlands reports record number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019
The highest number of anti-Semitic incidents ever recorded in the Netherlands took place in 2019, according to a report released on Monday.
The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI) has been monitoring anti-Semitism...
Netanyahu’s trial to start just weeks after Israeli elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will start on March 17, just two weeks after Israel holds its third election in less than a year, the country’s Justice Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The Justice...