Daily Archives: July 14, 2020
COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly: Report from Miami, Pittsburgh and New York
As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when COVID-19 swept through the boroughs of New York City and Upstate New...
Reflections on ‘aliyah’
This week marks the 43rd anniversary of my aliyah. In July 1977, I arrived in Israel for what I had thought was going to be a 12-month stint. But when I completed the one-year program...
Return to rewarding terrorism?
Two years ago, Congress cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority because it pays salaries to terrorists. Now a group of Democratic members of Congress are trying to restore that funding, even though the...
Don’t accept the myth of ‘Jewish privilege’
For one day at least, Twitter became a forum for some honesty, as opposed to the usual orgy of nastiness and pointless memes. After seeing the hashtag #Jewishprivilege used to spread anti-Semitic smears, a...
Israel’s COVID-19 cases surge past 41,000, with 1,681 in the past 24 hours
Israel saw 1,681 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total since the onset of the pandemic to 41,235, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Of the active cases, 177...
Iran executes former defense staffer accused of selling secrets to CIA
The Iranian judiciary announced on Tuesday that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA, reported Reuters.
According to the report, based on Iranian news sources, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili...
Bill to extend sovereignty to entire Judea-Samaria proposed by Knesset lobby
The Land of Israel Caucus of the Knesset proposed a bill on Monday to apply sovereignty to all Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, not just the 30 percent laid out in U.S. President...
Canadian political party leader calls Jews ‘liars and deceivers,’ ‘tribe of parasites’
A Canadian political party leader has called Jews “liars and deceivers” and a “tribe of parasites.”
A flier posted on the Facebook page of the Canadian Nationalist Party, led by Travis Patron, is titled “Beware...
UK Labour Party member apologizes for online anti-Semitic remarks
A senior member of the British Labour Party has apologized for anti-Semitic comments online prior to his current position.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, 33, a shadow environment minister, made the remarks before becoming a member of Parliament...
Jerusalem highway construction aims to modernize traffic flow around historic city
Jerusalem has started construction on parts of an NIS 3 billion (approximately $870 million) major highway that will eventually serve as a ring road around Israel’s largest city, with the goal of significantly alleviating...