Daily Archives: March 18, 2021
Iraq’s last Jewish doctor, known for offering medical services for free, dies at 61
Iraq’s last Jewish doctor and one of Baghdad’s last Iraqi Jews died at the age of 61, according to reports on Tuesday.
Dr. Thafer Eliyahu, an orthopedist at Al-Wasiti Hospital in Baghdad, was nicknamed “the...
Retired Hungarian gymnast, rabbi among recipients of Hungarian Order of Merit
Two prominent Hungarian Jewish personalities, Ágnes Keleti and Rabbi Shlomo Koves, were among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Hungarian Order of Merit. The winners were announced on March 15, Hungary’s Independence Day.
Gymnast Ágnes...
The differences between Israel’s 2020 and 2021 elections
Israelis will head to the polls next week for the fourth parliamentary elections in two years. The voters will determine which of the 13 parties polling near the electoral threshold will enter the 120-member...
Refugees will become hard-working Americans
With the wave of immigrants arriving at the border clamoring to be let in, I have been thinking a lot about immigration. When Trump was in power, the border was basically closed, refugees and...
Former Ambassador Friedman sifts through ‘transformative’ accords and their future success
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman came to his position as an attorney without a background in politics or diplomacy. Not being allegiant to a particular point of view, he said, “gave us an...
Israel tops resilience index among Middle East countries, new study finds
Israel is the most resilient country in the Middle East, according to a study published on Wednesday by the Institute of Economics, Society and Peace in the Middle East Studies at the Western Galilee...
Israeli Finance Ministry announces $120 million bailout for El Al
Israel’s Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday a $210 million bailout for the country’s national carrier, El Al, to help the airline overcome the losses it suffered as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
The tickets...
Rivlin urges France to stand by Israel, oppose ICC probe
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday called on the French government and other European countries to oppose the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate the Israel Defense Forces for war crimes.
In a letter published...
Four more peace deals on the way, says Netanyahu
Israel is working on four more peace deals with countries in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
“There are four more peace agreements on the way. And the people come...
Israeli, Austrian presidents attend Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Vienna
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen participated in a Holocaust-remembrance ceremony in Vienna on Wednesday.
The ceremony, held at the city’s monument to Holocaust victims in Judenplatz, was attended by...