Daily Archives: April 29, 2021
Will next anti-Semitism envoy address progressive push to sideline IHRA definition?
With anti-Semitism on the uptick, the role of the next U.S. Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism will take on more importance than ever. However, fault lines have been emerging within the Democratic Party over...
Left-wing Jewish groups fail to oust ZOA from Boston JCRC
After a months-long process that included recriminations of white supremacy and support for anti-Semites, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Boston (JCRC) voted against expelling the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) after several left-wing...
Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’
Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence...
IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis
In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicenter of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation.
According to the World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological...
Yosef Guri, who collected Yiddish proverbs, has died
ד״ר יוסף גורי, אַ פּראָפֿעסאָר פֿון רוסיש וואָס איז ווי אַ קינד על־פּי־נס ניצול געוואָרן פֿונעם חורבן און האָט געשטרעבט צו פֿאַראייביקן דאָס לשון פֿון זײַנע אומגעבראַכטע עלטערן, איז די וואָך ניפֿטר געוואָרן. ער...