Daily Archives: June 23, 2020
Birthright at 20: An interview with power-couple philanthropists Sheldon and Miriam Adelson
Birthright, the project established in 2000 by philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt, has brought 750,000 participants to see Israel for themselves. The Hebrew daily Makor Rishon recently convened the project’s founders, via video-conference, to explain...
Nefesh B’Nefesh signs deal with El Al for 14 ‘Group Aliyah Flights’
The NGO Nefesh B’Nefesh, which facilitates immigration to Israel from North America and the United Kingdom, announced that it had signed a contract with EL AL Airlines for 14 “Group Aliyah Flights” from New...
The problem when revisionist history becomes official dogma
Angry mobs of activists are roaming American streets pulling down or defacing statues of historical figures. In some cases, governments and private institutions are joining their efforts by agreeing to take down examples of...
Retreat To The “Fuhrerbunker”: A Remembrance Of Things Past?
“Is it an end that draws near, or a beginning?”-Karl Jaspers, Man in the Modern Age (1951)
Toward the close of World War II, with the advancing Red Army not yet in Berlin, Adolph Hitler and some...
Israel steps up enforcement measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
Israel on Monday approved a series of steps regarding the country’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including beefing up enforcement measures and authorizing the creation of a new national enforcement authority.
Among the steps approved...
Construction of new Holocaust memorial underway in Vienna
Construction has begun on a Holocaust memorial in Vienna for the 65,000 Austrian Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.
Called “The Memorial to the Jewish Children, Women and Men of Austria who...
Palestinian editorial invokes past terror attacks to warn against Israeli sovereignty moves
An editorial in the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida on Sunday invoked past terrorist attacks to warn against future such violence if Israel extends sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, as outlined in U.S....
‘The terrorists you free today will return to murdering Jews’
According to Israeli defense and security establishment estimates, about half of the some 14,000 terrorists to whom Israel has granted early release over the past 35 years resumed their terrorist activities. Many of the...
New study reveals extreme anti-Semitism on TikTok
The social-media platform TikTok is a growing hotbed of extreme anti-Semitism, according to a new report.
Led by researchers Gabriel Weimann, a professor of communication at the University of Haifa and senior researcher at the...
White House to hold meeting to decide whether to support Israeli annexation
The White House is expected to hold a meeting presided by U.S. President Donald Trump with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and other high-level officials to discuss support over Israel’s plan to annex...