Daily Archives: October 7, 2020
For descendants of Austrian Holocaust victims, becoming a citizen has never been easier
At some point during the video conference call, Scott Morse of Ashburn, Va., whipped out a faux Austrian-European Union license plate that read: DUAL CTZN. He bought the novelty item off eBay, proud that...
“Bundist Counterculture In Interwar Poland”, by Jack Jacobs
In the years between the two world wars, the Jewish community of Poland-the largest in Europe-was the cultural heart of the Jewish diaspora.
The Jewish Workers’ Bund, which had a socialist, secularist, Yiddishist, and anti-Zionist...
Downsizing generations of family photos
I owned a Kodak Brownie, 16 mm Minox, Petri, Minolta, film in a box, Cannon and a Polaroid. Karen had an Olympus and a Fuji. Between us we have owned three Cannons. Fabled German...
The world must wake up to the megalomaniac in Ankara
Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Muslim Brotherhood is the enemy of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, Cyprus, Greece, the E.U., the Kurds (who comprise a third of the country’s...
What happens to us when too much is happening?
We are approaching a psychic and emotional danger zone. Too much is happening. We’re on news overload. The multiple crises that have shaken us in 2020 seem to be converging and climaxing. The weight...
Rep. Castro seeks to welcome Palestinians before Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), who is running for the chairmanship of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee following the loss of current chair Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) in the New York primary race, promised...
How one Israeli startup changed the global landscape of cyber security
In March of this year, as the first wave of the novel coronavirus rippled through the world, the Israeli application security company Checkmarx secured a $1.2 billion acquisition from private-equity firm Hellman and Friedman....
CUFI founder and chairman John Hagee diagnosed with COVID-19
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) founder and chairman Pastor John Hagee has been diagnosed with coronavirus, announced his son during Sunday services at the Texas church founded by his father.
“He is receiving extremely good...
Netanyahu, Putin discuss Iran, Syria and COVID-19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning to discuss regional security issues, the Prime Minister’s Office reported.
The conversation between the two leaders focused on...
Israeli NGO challenges tax benefits for ‘hostile’ organizations
A document released by the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) recently and obtained by Israel Hayom indicates that the government is unwilling to supply information about hundreds of millions of shekels worth of tax exemptions given to...