Daily Archives: October 19, 2020
JDC names Ariel Zwang as agency’s new CEO
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) announced Ariel Zwang as its next CEO, the first woman to hold this position in the organization’s history.
Zwang currently serves as CEO of Safe Horizon, one of...
World Zionist Congress to convene online for first time ever, due to pandemic
The 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC) will be held online for the first time since its inception, with 720 delegates and observers from more than 30 countries participating, Israel’s Government Press Office announced on...
Dumbing down the ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’
Did the Jewish people really need their own Nobel Prize? To the three wealthy Russian Jewish business “oligarchs” who endowed the Genesis Prize with $50 million in contributions, the answer was “yes.”
The Genesis Prize...
Can France’s courts learn from Facebook in the fight against anti-Semitism?
Who is more effective in the fight against resurgent anti-Semitism: Facebook or the French judiciary?
I’m asking this particular question because of two separate developments over the last week that, when taken together, suggest that...
US envoy Carr: 1.7 million anti-Semitic posts on Facebook, Twitter so far in 2020
Elan Carr has served as U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism since February 2019.
Previously, he was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. He was also a judge advocate in the American...
Jerusalem, Manama seal ‘diplomatic, peaceful, friendly’ relations
Israeli National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Sunday signed a joint communique on the establishment of “diplomatic, peaceful and friendly” relations between Jerusalem and...
Poll: 75 percent of US Jews would vote for Biden, while 22 percent for...
Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, some 75 percent of U.S. Jews would vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, while 22 percent would vote to re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a...
ISIS calls for attacks on westerners, oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
An Islamic State spokesman has called for attacks on westerners, oil pipelines and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
“Targets are plenty … Start by hitting and destroying oil pipelines, factories and facilities which are the source...
‘Free speech should not include blasphemy,’ Egyptian TV host says after French teacher murdered...
French President Emmanuel Macron had “offended” Muslims by describing the beheading on Friday of history teacher Samuel Paty as an act of Islamist terrorism, according to Egyptian TV host Mohamed Abdelbaky.
On an Oct. 17...
Senior PLO official Saeb Erekat in critical condition after contracting COVID-19
Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat’s condition has been listed as critical, Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem announced on Monday.
Erekat, 65, was diagnosed with COVID-19 some 10 days ago, and evacuated to the Israeli hospital...