Daily Archives: February 24, 2020
Remembering Ofra Haza in song and tears
Twenty years ago, the voice of one of Israel’s most remarkable performers was silenced. On Feb. 23, 2000, Ofra Haza died at the age of 42. Haza left a singular legacy for her ability...
Las Kuklas
LAS FAMOZAS MATRIOUSHKAS (o BABOUSHKAS) TRADISYONALAS RUSAS
Son figurinas de tavla kortadas de manera ke entren una ariento de la otra … 7 deyas en total ke van aminguandosen. Se desparten en la talya de...
Will Bernie turn Jews into Trump supporters?
This is a scary moment for centrist and pro-Israel Democrats. Sen. Bernie Sanders’s overwhelming victory in the Nevada caucuses, coupled with the disastrous debut of Michael Bloomberg in last week’s Las Vegas debate, has...
J’Accuse! Our Dreyfus and theirs
Two months after its shellacking in the United Kingdom’s general elections, the Labour Party continues to remind British voters of why they chose the “anyone-but-Jeremy-Corbyn” option.
Last week, it was the turn of John McDonnell—Corbyn’s...
The Overriding Strategic Threat: Donald Trump, American “Mass” And Nuclear War
“The mass crushes out the insight and reflection that are still possible with the individual, and this necessarily leads to doctrinaire and authoritarian tyranny if ever the constitutional State should succumb to a fit...
A dozen-plus JCCs in New York, New Jersey evacuated due to bomb threats
A Jewish community center in Albany, N.Y., and another in West Orange, N.J., were among as many as 19 JCCs that reported bomb threats on Sunday.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo visited the Sidney Albert...
55,000 students miss school as rockets rain down on southern Israel
At least 14 Palestinian rockets rained down on southwestern Israel on Monday, with one striking and damaging a playground in the town of Sderot and another shattering a car windshield in Nir Am.
Twelve of...
Lapid reprimands Belgian ambassador over anti-Semitic carnival in Aalst
Blue and White Party No. 2 MK Yair Lapid said on Sunday that he had reprimanded Belgian Ambassador to Israel Olivier Belle regarding an anti-Semitic parade in Belgium over the weekend.
“I had a long...
Jordanian MP: ‘I dare any lawyer, engineer or doctor to say hello to a...
A Jordanian MP said during a television interview last week that “all Arab peoples completely reject” U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan and called for the region’s people to pressure their governments to...
Sanders says he will skip AIPAC conference, pro-Israel lobby group calls move ‘shameful’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential primary, announced on Sunday that he will skip the annual AIPAC Policy Conference next week.
“The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security....