Monthly Archives: May 2020
Online concert benefits Ugandan Jewry
When thinking about Jewish communities around the world, most of us probably don’t give much thought to Uganda. But tucked away in the Savannah, over very rough roads, live the Abayudaya. Like the rest of...
Video art by Israeli students light up Times Square during pandemic
Some 20 video artworks created by Israeli art students and graduates are currently on display on large LED screens in Manhattan’s Times Square.
The art was created in recent years by students and graduates of the department...
Surviving Der Fűhrer: An American Rise and Fall
“The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news.” -Bertolt Brecht
Any explicit comparisons of the Trump presidency with the Third Reich will elicit multiple cries of horror and execration across the United...
Whatever happened to the Emergency Committee for Israel?
Ten years ago, it came in with a bang, but this spring, it disbanded without even a whimper.
The Emergency Committee for Israel came into existence in 2010 in response to President Barack Obama’s increasingly...
What would Ben-Gurion do?
My colleague, Nave Dromi, disagrees with my negative view of Israel’s annexing some parts of the West Bank.
My six-part argument, as spelled out here, boils down to dismissing annexation as too-expensive symbolism. It brings no...
Trump signs into law the Never Again Education Act
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Never Again Education Act, which seeks to expand Holocaust education in the United States, into law on Thursday.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the legislation in January, while the U.S....
New Fiddler on the Roof Movie Is Coming from Hamilton Director Thomas Kail
Fiddler On The Roof is moving from Broadway to the big screen. MGM is gearing up to produce a new movie adaptation of the hit musical, with Thomas Kail set to direct. Kail is known...
Report: UN, WHO coronavirus relief used for terror-linked NGOs
Funding from the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) to Gaza and the West Bank are being directed to non-emergency advocacy efforts and projects with terror-linked NGOs, according to a new report...
Museum of Jewish Montreal told to vacate premises by end of June
The Museum of Jewish Montreal announced on Monday that it has been informed that it must leave its space by the end of June.
The building’s landlord told the museum that he sold their property...
May 29, 1938: Hungary enacts its first anti-Jewish law
On May 29, 1938, Hungary enacted its first anti-Jewish law. Although the country had not been occupied or annexed by Germany, under pressure from the Nazis it began to adopt restrictions on its Jewish...