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Daily Archives: May 7, 2021

The International Meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators Combating Antisemitism (SECCA), convened as part of the World Jewish Congress, May 4, 2021. Source: Screenshot/WJC.

Anti-Semitism envoys from two-dozen countries call for united front to combat hate

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Special envoys to combat anti-Semitism from 22 countries, as well as representatives from Jewish communities in 45 countries, gathered on Tuesday to discuss methods on how to prevent and respond to hatred. The representatives, who...
Senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner boards El Al Flight 971 from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi together with the U.S.-Israeli delegation, at Ben-Gurion International Airport, Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Kushner launches ‘Abraham Accords Institute for Peace’ to deepen Arab-Jewish ties

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Jared Kushner is forming an organization to help strengthen ties between the countries that signed the Abraham Accords normalization agreement in the fall of 2020, the group announced on Wednesday. Kushner, the son-in-law of former U.S. President...
Richard Heideman, president of the American Zionist Movement, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Source: Screenshot.

American Zionist Movement points to Muslim world as bright spot for Jews in dark...

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A lengthy interview with Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein wrapped up the three-hour long virtual national conference of the American Zionist Movement on Monday, during which...
Supporters of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al-Ahrar movement protest against Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on May 2, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

After Abbas cancels elections, relations between Fatah and Hamas set to deteriorate

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The decision last week by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to “delay” elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council—and, by all intents and purposes, to cancel them altogether—marked the start of a new phase of deteriorating relations...

Sherlock Holmes and an anti-Semitic forgery

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The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer; Minotaur Books, 2019; ISBN 9781250-228956; 235 pages, $25.99. Star Trek script screenwriter Nicholas Meyer has appropriated the characters of Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Dr. John Watson from the...