Monthly Archives: March 2021
Jewish group opposes USAID nominee, due to ‘anti-Israel, pro-Iran record’
The Zionist Organization of America said on it strongly rejects U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.
“Power...
Germany provides $13.5 million to help Holocaust survivors get vaccinated
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) announced on Wednesday the establishment of a new $13.5 million program, funded by the German government, to help Holocaust survivors get access to coronavirus vaccinations.
The new Holocaust...
Israeli Health Minister: More than half the population fully vaccinated
More than half of Israel’s citizens have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday.
“We have crossed the 50 percent threshold of all Israeli citizens who are vaccinated...
Religious Zionist Party head: Coalition with Ra’am Party ‘not happening’
Religious Zionist Party leader Betzalel Smotrich said on Wednesday that he would not support a coalition that includes the Arab Ra’am Party.
“I will not allow for a right-wing government to form based on the...
Stunning fairytale locations in Israel
A fairytale location, says Israeli photographer Noam Chen, “is someplace you find yourself disconnecting from the troubles of the world, just drowning in the beauty and serenity of the place and forgetting about everything else.”
The...
Absentee ballots key as Likud holds 30-seat lead, Ra’am drops to four
Israel’s Central Election Committee on Thursday began counting the hundreds of thousands of “double envelopes,” or ballots cast outside assigned polling stations. These absentee votes are estimated to be worth as many as 12...
Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum finds new names, stories from Nazi death camp
Archivist Ewa Bazan at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum discovered new names and stories linked to the German Nazi concentration and death camp.
“We didn’t know what to expect when we started the project,” Bazan told AFP in a...
World ORT launches STEM project for girls in Ghana, backed by UNESCO
World ORT is leading an innovative training project in Ghana to promote computer courses led by women for young girls.
Backed by a UNESCO grant, the Women STEM Trainers program in the coastal town of...
How is this White House Seder different than all others?
The Biden administration is hosting a virtual Passover Seder open to the general public on Thursday in a move to expand its outreach to the broader American Jewish community, the White House told the...
March 25, 1943: More than 6,200 Dutch physicians, 97 percent of the country’s doctors,...
More than 6,200 Dutch physicians, 97 percent of the country’s doctors, went on strike against the Nazi-created Chamber of Physicians on this date in 1943. Mandatory registration with this newly formed guild would have...