Daily Archives: June 8, 2020
Suspect arrested for attack on Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick
A suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with the assault on former Likud Knesset member Yehuda Glick a day earlier, at the mourning tent of an autistic Arab man shot by Jerusalem police...
Suspect on trial for rape, murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher confesses
Arafat Irfaiya, who is on trial for the nationalistically motivated rape and murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher a year-and-a-half ago, confessed to the deeds in court on Sunday.
In a court appearance last December, Irfaiya refrained from...
‘It’s time Gulf states normalized ties with Israel,’ says former top Dubai official
Former Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim in Dubai sparked controversy over the weekend when, in a series of tweets, he called for Persian Gulf states and the rest of the Arab world...
Another Cause Of The Aftermath Of The George Floyd Murder
The Corona virus has been temporarily replaced as the outstanding narrative in the United States by the sadistic murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As a symbol of the horrors of centuries of white...
The ventriloquist who teaches Yiddish
Jonathan Geffner and his puppet partners have enchanted audiences of all ages and sizes throughout the USA and beyond. They have appeared on the nationally seen television programs: Late Night (NBC), Hour Magazine (FOX),...
June 8, 1912: Universal Pictures was incorporated by Carl Laemmle
Universal Pictures was incorporated on this date in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, a German-born pioneer of the American film industry. Laemmle (pronounced lem-lee) was one of the first entrepreneurs to buy up nickelodeons and...
Verter fun der Vokh: דער ראַסי֜זם – Racism
In light of current events, we are posting a selection of words in connection with the issue of racism. We thank Anthony Mordkhe-Tzvi Russell and Jonah S. Boyarin, who are leading a broader initiative...