Daily Archives: January 21, 2021
‘Restoring My Lost Childhood’: Exhibit spotlights how children’s homes revived the youngest Holocaust survivors
It’s been 75 years, but Yaakov Guterman can still recall nearly everything about the nine months he lived in Zakopane, Poland.
He remembers that all of a sudden in this group home for children who’d...
Virtual 90th-birthday event honors Marion Wiesel’s support of Ethiopian Jewry
In celebration of Marion Wiesel’s 90th birthday, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and Women’s International Zionist Organization (WIZO) will hold a star-studded virtual event with a performance by Israeli singer, songwriter and musician Idan Raichel on Jan....
Justice is elusive six years after the murder of Alberto Nisman
This week marks six years since Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found lifeless in his apartment. He was found dead the day before he was to provide evidence to the Argentine Congress he...
The changing of the guard in US-Israel relations
Like many American policies now expected to undergo an about-face following the inauguration of 46th President Joe Biden, U.S.-Israel relations may be gearing up for a great reset.
The past four years featured punishing sanctions...
Democrats take control of the Senate: Schumer becomes the first Jewish Majority Leader in...
The US Democratic Party took control of the Senate, now dominating both houses of Congress and the White House.
Progressives took control of the Upper House after Georgia's two new senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon...
Jon Ossoff sworn in as first Jewish senator from Georgia
Jon Ossoff was sworn in on Wednesday as the first Jewish U.S. senator from Georgia.
Taking the oath on a Bible from the rabbi at The Temple in Atlanta, which was bombed by white supremacists...
Biden picks Dana Stroul to lead Pentagon’s Mideast desk
U.S. President Joe Biden has picked Dana Stroul to lead the Pentagon’s Middle East desk, reported Al-Monitor.
Stroul, currently a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was a senior official on the U.S. Senate...
Benny Begin to join Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party
Former Israeli minister Benny Begin announced on Thursday that he is joining Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party as a candidate for the Knesset in Israel’s upcoming March 23 elections, the party said in a...
Israel’s COVID-19 R-number drops below one, indicating infections may be slowing
Israel’s COVID-19 transmission rate—also known as the reproduction or R-number—has fallen below one for the first time since October, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
The reports cited Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate as saying that the...
Israel’s UN envoy steps into role of US ambassador
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Thursday assumed the role of ambassador to the United States, taking over from Ron Dermer, who held the position for the past seven years.
This is...