Daily Archives: March 9, 2020
March of the Living program in Poland postponed due to coronavirus
March of the Living, the largest annual international Holocaust-education program that takes groups to the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and then Israel, will not take place in this month because of concerns related...
Giving women the license to dream big
As the first woman CEO at a major Jewish nonprofit, I’m a bit of an anomaly.
A 2018 survey by Leading Edge: Alliance for Excellence in Jewish Leadership found that while women comprise 70 percent of employees...
![Marc Nozell from Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Bernie-sanders-franklin-nh-20150802-DSC02574_Modified_20054491688-324x235.jpg "Did bashing AIPAC damage Sanders’s momentum?")
Did bashing AIPAC damage Sanders’s momentum?
After continuing his career-long trend of skipping the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, this time calling it a platform for those who “express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights,” Democratic...
Israel reports 39 cases of coronavirus, including first of unknown origin
Thirteen new cases of coronavirus were reported by Israel’s Health Ministry on Sunday, bringing the total number of Israelis infected with COVID-19 to 39.
Of the new cases, seven recently returned from Europe, and six...
Israeli Police launch nine-month campaign to maintain order in eastern Jerusalem
Almost every day for the past nine months, Israeli Police have raided the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in eastern Jerusalem in a campaign to maintain law and order.
Rights groups say the police search homes...
It’s time to abolish the Law of Return, says Joint List MK
Joint Arab List Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman stated on Sunday that one of the conditions her party will present for supporting any coalition will be the repeal of Israel’s Law of Return.
The Joint List,...
Israel’s attorney general opposes Netanyahu’s request for trial delay
Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed a Jerusalem District Court on Monday that he is opposed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to delay his trial.
On Sunday, Netanyahu’s defense team filed a formal...
Gantz agrees to Lieberman’s conditions for joining a center-left coalition
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz agreed to Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman’s coalition demands on Sunday, tweeting a Facebook post by Lieberman showing his party’s preconditions for joining a Gantz-led government and...
Celebrating International Women’s Day with the female chefs shaping Israeli dining
In a traditionally male-dominated industry, it is female Israeli restaurateurs at the forefront of Tel Aviv’s thriving culinary scene who are charting the way forward for Israel’s food culture. Ruti Broudo, Merav Barzilay and...
Netanyahu lays out five-point plan to combat ‘worst pandemic in 100 years’
Eight more Israelis contracted SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) over the weekend, bringing the total number to 25, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared it the worst pandemic in 100 years.
Israel’s Health Ministry reported that patients...