Daily Archives: October 20, 2020
March of the Living launches global interfaith initiative to commemorate Kristallnacht: #LetThereBeLight
On November 9, 1938, a two-day pogrom began during which the Nazis burned more than 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria on ‘Kristallnacht’ (The Night of Broken Glass), a critical moment...
The Diary of the Polish Anne Frank
The Secret Diary of the Holocaust, streaming on Amazon is actually a BBC documentary (originally broadcast in January 2009) recounting the life of Rutka Laskier. Rutka was just 14 years old but was best known as...
Life, liberty and the pursuit of victimhood
With so many crises and news events swirling around us, it’s not easy to notice an underlying cultural shift that may threaten the very essence of America.
The COVID-19 pandemic, tribal political warfare, racial unrest...
Is a ‘New Right’ ascending in Israel?
A constant stream of political polls gives clues to the stability of Israel’s current unity government anchored by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and challenger Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party. The two opposing parties...
A look into the IDF’s mysterious new elite unit that could revolutionize the battlefield
In the summer of 2019, the Israel Defense Forces formed a completely new kind of elite unit, and many of the details surrounding its activities remains unknown. What is known, however, is that the...
President Rivlin received the “Mutual Respect Charter” from MK Moshe Arbel
President Rivlin:
“These are difficult days in Israel. Disagreement has become a political tool in the hands of the parties to get votes. It is totally opposite to the wonderful charter you are proposing as...
Israeli envoy asks Belgian news site to remove photo of masked ultra-Orthodox Jew
Israeli Ambassador to Belgium Emmanuel Nahshon is accusing a major English-language news outlet in Belgium, The Brussels Times, of anti-Semitism after the paper used an image of an ultra-Orthodox Jew wearing a mask to illustrate...
Israel, UAE and America announce $3 billion regional development fund
A senior delegation of United Arab Emirate officials visited Israel on Tuesday and signed various agreements that included the establishment of the Abraham Fund, which seeks to raise $3 billion in private investments for...
Israeli health officials: Country no longer contains COVID-19 ‘hotspots’
Israeli health officials said on Tuesday that the country no longer contains “red” coronavirus hotspots that require local lockdowns.
The officials made this claim, according to Ynet, ahead of a coronavirus cabinet meeting (scheduled for Tuesday,...
The Palestinians’ view of the US elections
Four difficult years have passed for the P.A. and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Senior Fatah sources say that in recent days the color has returned to the...