Daily Archives: April 16, 2021
Team Israel baseball submits expanded roster for Tokyo Summer Olympics
The general manager of the Team Israel baseball has submitted an expanded roster of 44 players to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball’s international governing body and the organizer of the baseball competition at the...
Albert Arie, one of remaining Jews in Egypt, dies at age 91
Egyptian activist Albert Arie, who was born Jewish and known for his opposition to Israel and the Zionist movement, died on Thursday at age 91.
He was born into a Jewish family in Egypt but...
Israeli director Alma Har’el signs TV deal with Amazon Studios
Alma Har’el, the award-winning Israeli director behind Shia LaBeouf’s 2019 autobiographical drama “Honey Boy,” has penned a television deal with Amazon Studios.
Har’el and her newly formed production company, Zusa, will work with the studio...
Arab Refugee Aid Could Endanger Israelis
Arab nations invaded the new state of Israel a few years before I was born, at a time when the world was still shaken by the fury of World War II. Arab leaders urged...
The Golden Age of Judaism in al-Andalus Part 1
In the beginning
The arrival of the Jews in Spain is the subject of many legends, spread by Jewish and Christian chroniclers, especially in the sixteenth century. For some, they arrived at the time of...
British prime minister affirms opposition to ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced the United Kingdom’s opposition to an International Criminal Court investigation into Israel for alleged war crimes.
In an April 9 letter to the British lobby group Conservative Friends of Israel,...
Temple University’s Jewish center to host online event about Israeli ‘occupation’
The Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University is co-sponsoring a virtual event on April 20 that promotes false narratives about Israel.
The Jewish center founded by the late Murray Friedman—a historian and...
US report: Nearly a dozen European countries are failing to meet anti-Semitism challenges
Nearly a dozen European countries are “insufficient” in their efforts to meet the challenges of anti-Semitism, a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom found.
“Sadly, 2020 was another difficult year for global anti-Semitism”...
Armani removes from sale blazer resembling Holocaust concentration-camp uniform
The Italian high-end fashion house Giorgio Armani recently removed from sale a blazer that resembled a Holocaust concentration-camp uniform following a request by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs.
Roz Rothstein, CEO and co-founder of StandWithUs, first...
New Jersey town celebrates Israel with flag-raising, student performance
The Township of Livingston, N.J., less than 30 miles west of New York City, raised an Israeli flag over its town hall in celebration of Yom Ha’azmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, on Thursday.
The annual event is...