Daily Archives: May 21, 2020
Novel tells of a woman surviving as a man in POW camp
The Prisoner’s Wife by Maggie Brookes, Berkley imprint of Random House, ©2020; ISBN 9789593-197752; 400 pages, $17.
The young wife dressed in men’s clothing, with her breasts tightly corseted. She shaved her head and pretended that...
UK teen who had virtual ‘Friends’ bar mitzvah gets video visit from sitcom star
The first line in the opening theme song of the former TV sitcom “Friends” goes “so no one told you life was gonna be this way”—a sentiment many are feeling amid the coronavirus pandemic...
Netanyahu trial to make history, possibly tumult
Next Sunday, Binyamin Netanyahu is about to make history, but not of the kind for which he wants to be remembered. The court just ordered him to appear in person at the opening of...
The Palestinian ‘right of return’ is a political weapon
The War of Return has just hit the bookstalls. Its authors, ex-Knesset member Einat Wilf and journalist Adi Schwartz, are blitzing Zoom with presentations of the main arguments in the book, which is now available...
The Abbas comedy and the ongoing Palestinian tragedy
If you think you’ve seen this movie before, you’re right.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has declared that he is abrogating all agreements with Israel so many times it’s a wonder that he could do so again...
Iranian leader issues cartoon showing ‘final solution’ of Jewish state
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a cartoon this week showing the “final solution” of the State of Israel, or annihilation similar to what the Nazis attempted to do to the European Jewish...
Netanyahu holds virtual toast with Greek prime minister, marking 30 years of ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a virtual toast by video conference on Thursday from the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to mark 30 years since the establishment...
Cruz calls for DOJ probe into de Blasio closing unapproved opening of yeshivah
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday called for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the New York Police Department shutting down an Orthodox Jewish school that opened...
Jerusalem College of Technology awarded $9 million grant to support nursing program
The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) announced a $9 million grant from the Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for the construction of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences building.
“The grant...
Hackers take down dozens of Israeli websites in coordinated attack
Hackers targeted dozens of Israeli websites on Thursday in a coordinated attack ahead of the Islamic Republic’s Quds Day, which falls on May 22.
Among the sites downed were those of the City of Ramat...