Daily Archives: September 22, 2020
Communities worldwide celebrate New Year amid pandemic with help of JDC
In the face of a new, socially distant pandemic reality, thousands of Jews worldwide managed to enjoy JDC-supported holiday programming for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Nearly 9,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet...
Due to pandemic, Israel’s president, justice minister announce pardons process for debt due to...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn on Tuesday announced the launch of a special pardons process for those in debt due to fines and those in financial difficulties, due to the...
Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Washington for talks to ensure Israel’s military edge
In the wake of a reported U.S.-UAE deal in the works for the sale of F-35 fighter jets, Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz departed for the United States on a brief 24-hour visit on...
RBG and how to save a corrosive political culture
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18—the eve of Rosh Hashanah—at the age of 87 was a symbol of female empowerment, as well as a renowned scholar and jurist....
In pre-recorded UN speech, Trump touts Mideast regional accomplishments
In his speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump touted his accomplishments on Iran and Mideast normalization deals with Israel.
In a pre-recorded address from the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room...
The Abraham Accords and the forgotten Mizrahi refugees
Following the signing of the peace deals between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, American Jewish leaders from prominent organizations such as the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, the American Jewish...
Pompeo threatens China, Russia with sanctions if they sell arms to Iran
The United States will sanction China and Russia if they sell arms to Iran, said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday.
“We’re going to go after every violation that we can muster the...
Vilna Partisan and Yiddish cultural activist Chayele Palevsky has died
דעם 20סטן סעפּטעמבער, דעם צווייטן טאָג ראָש־השנה, איז חיהלע פּאָרוס פּאַלעווסקי, אַ יאָרן־לאַנגע קולטור־טוערין פֿאַר ייִדיש און פֿאַרן אָנדענק פֿון דער ווילנער קולטור־ירושה — און איינע פֿון די לעצט־געבליבענע פֿון די ווילנער פּאַרטיזאַנער —...
Enraged over Arab ties with Israel, Palestinians quit chairing Arab League sessions
Angered at the Arab world’s growing ties with Israel, the Palestinian leadership has quit their chairmanship of Arab League meetings, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister announced on Tuesday.
“Palestine has decided to concede its right...
Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official
The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...