Monthly Archives: April 2021
EU Parliament passes resolution censuring UNRWA for teaching hate in schools
The European Union Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday that targeted the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for teaching “hate speech and violence” in its schools.
The resolution demanded that hateful...
Cabinet approves Gantz as Israel’s justice minister, after about-face by Netanyahu
Israel’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Blue and White leader Benny Gantz as Israel’s justice minister for the duration of the transitional government after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the...
Report: Thomas Nides likely to be US ambassador to Israel
Former U.S. State Department official Thomas R. Nides is likely going to be nominated by the Biden administration to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
Nides, an executive at Morgan...
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...
Noa Tishby takes action to offset book’s carbon footprint
Israeli-American actress, producer and activist Noa Tishby has partnered with the financial-services company Aspiration to offset the carbon impact of her debut book Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth.
She announced...
Ambassadors from US, UAE, Bahrain to jointly celebrate Lag B’Omer/Iftar
Jewish communities in the Gulf will hold a joint virtual Lag B’Omer/Iftar celebration hosted by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries...