Daily Archives: December 10, 2020
Human ashes from Nazi death camp laid to rest after 75 years
Daniel Bouknight never knew the secret his grandfather held onto for nearly 75 years.
A disabled U.S. Army veteran who served in the occupation of Germany during and after World War II, John J. Bouknight died...
No one needs posthumous apologies from an anti-Semitic writer
The apology was as gratuitous as it was unsatisfactory. Some 30 years after author Roald Dahl’s death, his family and the Story Company that markets and profits from his literary legacy, as well as manages the...
Hanukkah guide for the perplexed 2020
Hanukkah, the holiday of light, is narrated in the four Books of the Maccabees, the Scroll of Antiochus and Josephus’s “The Wars of the Jews.” The Greek Empire was divided among the four generals of...
JVP under fire for tweeting ‘L’Chaim Intifada’ poster
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an organization that supports the BDS movement, has come under fire for a since-deleted tweet that appears to glorify the First Intifada.
The Dec. 8 tweet featured a poster from...
Knesset marks ‘Diaspora Day’ to strengthen Israel-world Jewry bonds
In a first since 2017, Israel marked “Diaspora Day” on Monday in the Knesset under the direction of Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevitch.
To mark the occasion, the Knesset held a series of discussions—both in-person and...
Morocco agrees to normalize ties with Israel
Morocco has agreed to normalize relations with Israel, announced U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday.
“Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations—a...
US Supreme Court to rule on whether Jews can recover Nazi-stolen art
A U.S. Supreme Court case that began on Dec. 7 will determine if American Jews are able to recover art that was part of a forced sale to the Nazis.
The case, Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp,...
Senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
Senior Palestine Liberation Organization official Hanan Ashrawi announced her resignation on Wednesday, saying that Palestinian politics needed a “renewal.”
Ashrawi said she had informed Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas last month of her decision to...
Lithuanian ambassador presents Netanyahu with coin, stamps honoring Vilna Gaon
Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel Lina Antanaviciene presented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a new Lithuanian coin on Tuesday bearing the name of the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman. The ambassador also...
New recruits give Israel’s ‘eyes in the sky’ a female perspective
Among the 25 cadets who completed the Israeli Air Force’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Operational Training Course on Wednesday at the Palmahim airbase in southern Israel were five female graduates.
The remote-controlled UAVs have been...