Daily Archives: September 3, 2020
Shofar: A love song
As first-chair trumpet in the Orville Wright Junior High School band in Los Angeles in 1966, Robbie Weinger didn’t know it, but he was training his lips for their destiny: to enable their owner...
More Than 16,500 Tune into Weekly Movie Series about Heroism of Rescuers During the...
More than 16,500 people tuned into The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous’ (JFR) weekly summer movie series on Facebook. The Foundation aired one of its award-winning documentaries highlighting the Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews...
Kushner’s snarkiness hampered Black-Jewish relations
Perhaps Jared Kushner could not resist. When the NBA shut down last week, Kushner told CNBC. “The NBA players are very fortunate that they have the financial position where they’re able to take a...
Who should Jews fear most during an ‘uprising’?
It was a summer of discontent as the coronavirus pandemic raged on. The death of George Floyd, which set off a season of protests about police brutality and racial discrimination, further added to the...
Israel Antiquities Authority reveals remains of First Temple-era Jerusalem palace
The Israel Antiquities Authority on Thursday unveiled the discovery of a number of artifacts that decorated a palace dating back to the First Temple Period and overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City.
“A rare, impressive, and very...
World Zionist Organization to send permanent emissaries to UAE Jewish community
The World Zionist Organization has selected a young couple as pioneer permanent emissaries to the Jewish community in Dubai.
According to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, which said that it received an update on this...
Following normalization, American Jewish Committee to open office in UAE
The American Jewish Committee announced on Wednesday its plans to open an office in the United Arab Emirates.
The move comes in the aftermath of last month’s U.S.-brokered Israel-UAE normalization agreement.
“The establishment of diplomatic relations...
Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders meet in Beirut to coordinate activity
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Secretary-General Ziad al-Nahala in Beirut on Wednesday to discuss cooperation between the two terrorist groups.
The two organizations held talks about how they can coordinate...
Dubai deputy police chief: Iran and Turkey, threaten the Gulf states, not Israel
Dubai Deputy Police Chief Lt.-Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said on Tuesday that the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is good for regional stability and security.
“Israel never threatened us. Erdoğan...
Honduran official: Embassy relocation to Jerusalem moving forward
Honduras’s plan to relocate its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem was delayed by COVID-19 but will move forward in the coming days, the country’s government said on Wednesday.
Honduran Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales Banegas told local...