Daily Archives: October 12, 2020
Same-sex couples may become parents, Israeli Orthodox rabbi rules
A religious-Zionist rabbi has decided to tackle a hot-button issue—couples from the LGBTQ+ community raising families.
On Saturday night, Rabbi Benny Lau, formerly of the Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem. published a document—“Couplehood and Relationships for...
Israeli pop star Omer Adam celebrates Simchat Torah in Dubai
Popular Israeli singer Omar Adam was just in Dubai celebrating the Simchat Torah holiday, Israel Hayom has learned.
The American-Israeli superstar, whose music fuses elements of eastern and Western pop instrumentation, was hosted at the home of...
‘Mixed Marriage,’ a one-act play
Written after the contentious election in 2016, my one-act play Mixed Marriage was a winner in the 4th Annual SDC JCC Five Minute Shorts and has even more relevance today.
It all started when I heard of...
Golda Meir: The civilian who exposed Israel’s lack of preparedness for the 1973 war
On the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israel Defense Force’s alertness and preparedness were affected by two conceptions. Both were based on intelligence assessments, but their endorsement by the chief of...
“Good Genes,” Proud Boys and White Supremacy: An International Law Perspective
“The goal is to dominate the street.” – US President Donald J. Trump, June 1, 2020
There are disturbing connections. Before openly embracing the “Proud Boys” during his first debate with Democrat opponent Joe Biden,...
Facebook bans posts denying and distorting the Holocaust
Facebook announced on Monday that it is banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust.
In a post on the social-media site, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is “updating our hate-speech policy to...
DHS: White supremacists ‘remain most persistent and lethal threat in homeland’
White supremacists “will remain the most persistent and lethal threat in the homeland,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in its inaugural threat assessment released last week.
“I am particularly concerned about white...
Top Israeli minister: Country opposes sale of F-35s to Qatar
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that Israel would oppose any U.S. deal to sell F-35 fighter jets to Qatar, which supports Islamist forces in the region.
In an interview with Army Radio, Cohen...
Israeli Cabinet unanimously approves Abraham Accords
The Israeli Cabinet on Monday unanimously approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to submit the Abraham Accords for Knesset approval prior to its submission to the Cabinet for ratification.
“This is the first peace...
Dershowitz’s war for the truth
A couple of weeks ago, former Israeli Health Ministry Director-General Yoram Lass began his weekly radio show with a resounding apology to American legal scholar Alan Dershowitz. In a conversation with a listener on...