Daily Archives: February 3, 2021
Israelis 16 and up eligible for COVID vaccine; Netanyahu urges inoculation for all over...
The Israeli Health Ministry on Wednesday announced that beginning on Thursday, COVID-19 vaccines would be available to all Israelis over the age of 16.
As of Wednesday morning, 3,237,163 people in Israel had received the...
Ten of the most beautiful buildings in Jerusalem
Jerusalem is full of beautiful buildings—everywhere you walk, both old and new, religious and secular, ancient and modern.
While everyone has favorites, ISRAEL21c chose these 10 to best represent a variety of unique structures from different eras.
The...
US official, Palestinians speak in first government contact in years
Officials in the Biden administration and the Palestinian Authority held a discussion on Monday in what appears to be the first formal contact between the United States and Palestinians in several years.
U.S. Deputy Assistant...
Biden administration ‘embraces’ international definition of anti-Semitism
The Biden administration has said it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, a key tool in fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
While addressing the Organization for Security and...
Israel headed towards 1 million residents living in the West Bank
The latest edition of the “West Bank Jewish Population Stats Report,” commissioned annually by former Member of Knesset and National Union Party head Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz, shows a 2.62 percent growth in 2020, and a 17 percent in...
February 3, 1809: Felix Mendelssohn, German musician and composer, was born
Felix Mendelssohn, in full Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, (born February 3, 1809, Hamburg —died November 4, 1847, Leipzig), German composer, pianist, musical conductor, and teacher, one of the most-celebrated figures of the early Romantic...