Daily Archives: April 23, 2021
Activists urge Olympic Committee to sanction Iran over boycott of Israeli athletes
A group of athletes and human-rights activists are asking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to sanction Iran’s Olympic program because of the country’s repeated attempts to have its athletes avoid competing against Israelis.
In a letter sent...
Deni Avdija out for rest of season with ankle injury
On Wednesday night, 2,133 lucky Washington Wizards fans saw their hometown team in person at the Capitol One Arena for the first time this season and for the first time in 407 days. They...
Erdan to UN Security Council: Time to focus Mideast debate on Iranian threat
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan castigated the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for failing to address Iran’s behavior while wasting its time on endless discussions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Iran’s relentless attempts...
What really happened in the skies near Israel’s nuclear reactor?
Two days before a Syrian surface-to-air missile flew into southern Israel in response to reported Israeli airstrikes on targets in the Damascus area, two suspicious Iranian cargo planes landed at Damascus International Airport, likely...
April 23, 1900: Joseph Green, renowned Yiddish theater actor, is born
On April 23, 1900, Joseph Green was born in Poland, who emigrated to the United States in 1924 and became a renowned actor in the Yiddish theater.
In 1915, during World War I, he trained...