Daily Archives: November 9, 2020
Jewish groups mourn loss of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Jewish groups expressed their condolences over the passing of former U.K. Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died early Saturday morning at the age of 72 after recently being diagnosed with cancer.
“Rabbi Sacks was a towering figure of...
The ‘Squad’ prevented Biden’s victory from being bigger
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC)’s Squad is proving to be more than a chink in the Democratic armor, most especially in Florida “North.”
That would be Florida “North” in political, ideological, Cuban -and especially Jewish – terms....
US enacts new sanctions on Syrian entities, individuals
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on 19 entities and individuals on Monday that it accused of providing support to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Among those sanctioned were the National Defense Forces, the Syrian Ministry of...
After the American Election: Overcoming Plague, Chaos and “Mass”
“The mass-man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh.” – Jose Ortega y’Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses (1930)
In the United States, prima facie, presidential elections represent a core fixture...
Following months of friction, Trump fires US Defense Secretary Mark Esper
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has fired U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
“I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously...
Wiesenthal Centre Outraged at UK Pharmaceutical Council Ruling that Jew-Hatred Libel was “Grossly Offensive”...
Paris, 8 November
Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels, expressed support for the UK Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) action against Nazim Ali, a London chemist and organizer of the annual “Al-Quds...
Israel Prize-winning poet Natan Zach dies at 89
Natan Zach, an Israeli writer who had a major impact on the development of modern Hebrew poetry, died on Friday at the age of 89.
Zach published more than two dozen books, including several that...
On Kristallnacht anniversary, presidents of Israel, Austria, Germany call for stand against hatred
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday issued a joint call to fight all forms of hatred.
“Eighty-two years since Kristallnacht and the dark shadows...
In surprise move, third top Israeli health official resigns
Israel’s Health Ministry Deputy Director Itamar Grotto announced his resignation on Sunday in what some in the health-care system described as a “surprising move.”
Grotto is the third senior Health Ministry official to resign since...
Israeli government approves establishment of new town in Western Negev
The Israeli government on Sunday approved the establishment of a new town, tentatively named Hanun, in the Sdot Negev Regional Council adjacent to the Gaza Strip. The town, east of Kibbutz Saad, will initially...