Daily Archives: February 16, 2021
Jews in six Gulf countries form association to enhance Jewish life in the region
As Jewish life continues to flourish and grow in the Gulf states, the local Jewish communities of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have officially come together today to...
‘Arizona Jewish Post’ to end print publication by March 1
In part due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Arizona Jewish Post announced that would end its print publication at the end of the month.
The Jewish Community Federation of Southern Arizona, which owns and operates the...
Dr. Fauci among seven laureates of 2021 Dan David Prize honoring public health
The Dan David Prize announced on Monday that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been named a recipient of the award for 2021, along with...
Honoring Menachem Begin and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Thirty years ago, we—a Jewish Democratic alderman and a Baptist pastor in New Haven, Connecticut—became friends. What brought us together?
First, we recognized that we shared common beliefs and values. Second, we both felt that in...
CAMERA on Campus Plans to Disrupt “Israel Apartheid Week”
It’s happened every year since 2005. Anti-Israel activists on college campuses around the world hold a weeklong series of events, usually in March, that demonize Israel as an “apartheid state.”
Speakers at these events falsely...
Imagining Sisyphus Happy. An Escape From Trumpian Farce
“One must imagine Sisyphus Happy.”
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
The “Theatrical” Dilemma
As literary genre, the grimly corrosive Trump years are best described not as tragedy (which is ennobling), but as “farce.” Though not readily apparent,...
Israel, Cyprus announce ‘green passport’ travel agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades announced at a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday that the two countries had reached a “green passport” tourism agreement.
Under the agreement, which...
Israel’s Cabinet OKs plan for second, third stages of lockdown exit
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved in principle a Health Ministry outline for the second and third stages of the exit from the country’s COVID-19 lockdown.
The second stage is slated to begin on Sunday at...
Pfizer vaccine 94 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, new study finds
Data from 1.2 million members of Israel’s largest health-maintenance organization shows the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is 94 percent effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 92 percent effective in preventing serious disease in vaccinated people who...
Despite appearances, Iran’s intelligence minister hasn’t broken ranks
Iran’s Tasnim news agency (affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) has strongly criticized Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi over his remarks in a television interview regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear program and the investigation...