Daily Archives: September 23, 2020
Jewish Agency collects prayers to place in Western Wall ahead of Yom Kippur
The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced a global campaign to gather the prayers of Jews from Israel and around the world and place them among the stones of the Western Wall.
Because of restrictions...
Fourth Yahrzeit for Shimon Peres Observed
The Peres Center for Peace & Innovation on Tuesday hosted the first virtual ceremony of its kind, to commemorate the fourth anniversary since the passing of the Ninth President of the State of Israel,...
Minority rules in selection of President, composition of U.S. Senate
“Americans re-elected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018…”
Slow down, Mitch McConnell. As you mock the memory of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you can thank the delegates to the Constitutional...
Conference of Presidents drops civility complaints between longtime members
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the leading U.S. Jewish umbrella group, recently came to a decision to drop all “civility” complaints between factions headed by two longtime member organizations.
Last spring,...
Israel, UAE ambassadors to UN hold inaugural meeting
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan met with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to the United Nations Lana Nusseibeh on Wednesday for the first time.
The meeting was held at the UAE Mission...
Sweden’s right-wing populist party seeks to draw support from local Jewish community
In the last decade, Sweden has been the target of praise and criticism for two major policies: the acceptance of more than 100,000 migrants from Middle Eastern countries at the height of the Syrian...
Boston ‘Jewish Advocate’ ends weekly print publication
The Jewish Advocate announced this week it has ended publication of its print edition after 118 years.
The Sept. 25 print edition will be the final print version, according to an announcement on its front page. The outlet cited...
Arms depot operated by Hezbollah explodes in southern Lebanon
A Hezbollah arms depot exploded in the village of Ain Qana in southern Lebanon on Tuesday was caused by a “technical error,” a security source told Reuters.
The blast, which reportedly did not cause many injuries,...
Ambassador Friedman: Delivery of F-35 jets to UAE to take ‘six or seven years’
A day after Reuters reported on an emerging deal between the United States and the United Arab Emirates over the sale of the advanced F-35 fighter jets, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reassured Israelis that...
Israel poised to tighten lockdown as daily COVID-19 tally soars to 6,923
Israel set another negative record on Wednesday, as the Health Ministry pegged the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed in the span of 24 hours at 6,782.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Israel had recorded 200,041...