Daily Archives: May 14, 2020
Streaming movies about American anti-Semitism
Street Scene (1931): Elmer Rice play about immigrants living in a tenement reveals the stereotypes they have of each other.
Black Legion (1937): Bogart movie about nativist racist group in Detroit. Euphemisms are used, but Jews also...
Einstein documentary includes historic San Diego footage
In the trailer below for the documentary Einstein: Still a Revolutionary, the children seen and heard chanting “Einstein! Einstein! Rah! Rah!” are San Diegans. Possibly some of them may be centenarians still alive today. ...
COVID-19’s long-term impact on the health system
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sea change in how countries are managed internally, as well as changes in relations between countries. It is also causing significant changes in health-care systems everywhere
It has become...
The security border Israelis want
In his talks during his visit to Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will certainly be discussing the application of Israeli sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria as part of the Trump peace plan....
Is the panic about a rise in American anti-Semitism justified?
American Jews are more worried about anti-Semitism than at any time in recent memory. Recent surveys conducted by the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee show that they feel less safe with large numbers claiming personal experience...
UK chief rabbi: ‘Synagogues will not open for a long time’
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis projected on Thursday that all houses of worship affiliated with the United Synagogue—the largest network of Orthodox communities in the United Kingdom—“will not open for a...
Israel moving forward with exports of medical cannabis
Israel approved the export of medical cannabis on Wednesday in what could lead to an industry boom worth many millions of dollars.
“This is a significant step for exporters and the Israeli industry, which will...
Congress members write Pompeo, urging action against anti-Israel bias at ICC
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate sent similar letters on Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling on him to combat the International Criminal Court’s alleged anti-Israel bias.
Out...
Netanyahu officially announces formation of new government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially announced on Wednesday evening that he had succeeded in forming a new government 18 months after the first of three rounds of Knesset elections was held.
Netanyahu sent letters...
Trump campaign to mark two-year Jerusalem embassy opening with fundraiser
The Trump re-election campaign is scheduled to host a virtual fundraiser on Thursday to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
Jewish Insider first reported on the fundraiser, which requires a...