Daily Archives: November 13, 2020
‘Jewbans’ prosperous in America, while brethren in Cuba ‘hangs on the precipice’
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Designating anti-Semitism: Positives and pitfalls
One of the more reprehensible aspects of the global campaign to strip Israel of its legitimacy is the fact that so many leading human-rights organizations have been co-opted by it.
Under the cover of concern...
Soaring Above Politics: Death, Time and Immortality
“An immortal person is a contradiction in terms.”
Emmanuel Levinas, Being-Toward Death as the Origin of Time (1976)
Nowadays, at least as metaphor, it’s easy to confuse the symptoms with disease. Though we are all more-or-less...
Terrorist attacks stark reminder for European Jewry, loud alarm for general society
As Austrians were making the most of their last night in restaurants, cafes and bars on Nov. 2 before the onset of a new lockdown, a 20-year-old Islamic terrorist fired at passersby in Vienna’s...
Israel to pay more than $237.5 million for potential Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Israel signed a deal on Friday with Pfizer to receive 8 million doses of the pharmaceutical company’s potential coronavirus vaccine, announced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli leader said that the two-dose treatment of the potential...
A Jewish guide to Biden’s possible picks for his administration
As President-elect Joe Biden forms his upcoming administration, certain positions should spark interest in the Jewish and pro-Israel community. Whoever is nominated would likely signal the direction that the next White House would take...
Will Biden follow Obama’s path on Iran or forge his own?
One of the top foreign-policy issues President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to address upon taking office in January will be the Iranian threat.
During the campaign trail, in what was seen as a dig...
Report: Pompeo to make unprecedented trip to Golan Heights, Judea and Samaria
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to be the first in his role to both visit the Golan Heights, as well as Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank, reported Axios on Thursday.
It...
The IDF’s new Iran and Strategy Directorate takes the big picture approach
The Israel Defense Forces recently formed Strategy and Third Circle Directorate (a reference to countries in Israel’s third-circle periphery with Iran being the focal point) represents a new approach to assessing and preparing for...
Eight peacekeeping force members killed in helicopter crash in Sinai Peninsula
Eight members of a peacekeeping force in Egypt, including five U.S. National Guard members, were killed when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the southern Sinai Peninsula, announced the coalition force on...