Daily Archives: June 2, 2020
Is using A Lot Of Apps All That Appropriate?
There is something almost magical about all the different apps available on our smartphones to help us with almost every conceivable task and project that we may have. Supposedly there are 2.56 million apps...
A tale of adventure, romance, and Russian anti-Semitism
A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum, Grand Central Publishing, © 2019; ISBN 9781537-46288; 451 pages plus acknowledgments; reading group guide; author Q&A; $16.99.
Now in paperback, A Bend in the Stars takes its name from the...
No time like a pandemic to make aliyah, say North American Jews
May saw the highest number of American and Canadian Jews requesting to make aliyah through the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization since it was founded in 2002, according to numbers obtained by Israel Hayom.
The figures indicate that the number...
Tawakkol Karman, Facebook’s Oversight Committee and anti-Israel rhetoric
As social media becomes increasingly dominant, a clear shift has been occurring among the tech giants of Silicon Valley. Major Internet platforms have been gradually moving from operating as neutral online platforms to full-fledged...
Israel and the annexation muddle
We’re a month away from a potential shock to what is more or less peace involving Israel, Palestinians, and other Arabs.
July 1 is the date in the agreement between Likud and Blue and White...
Outrage over the murder of George Floyd doesn’t justify intersectional myths
The outrageous murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, by local police is a crime that cannot be tolerated or excused. Efforts by extremist agitators to hijack peaceful demonstrations and turn...
Palestinians, Jordan are bluffing on Israeli sovereignty, say former US officials
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushing ahead with plans to apply sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, there are concerns being raised that it could ignite tensions with...
‘Historic opportunity cannot be missed,’ Netanyahu tells settlers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with the heads of the settler movement to discuss the sovereignty bid he plans to promote over the next few weeks.
Israel’s plan to apply its law...
Proposed Israeli ‘Coronavirus Law’ to be softened due to civil-rights concerns
Following a public outcry this week, proposed legislation seeking to increase the Israeli government’s powers to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be softened.
In its current form, the “Coronavirus Law”—a memorandum of...
Some 200,000 Israelis have had COVID-19, new study shows
According to a new study by Tel Aviv University in conjunction with Magen David Adom and the Israeli Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control, some 2.5 percent of Israel’s population, or some 200,000 people,...