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Daily Archives: May 25, 2021

Movie Review: ‘Julia Scotti: Funny That Way’

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When we first posted a review of this film documenting the life and career of comedian Julia Scotti, we felt that it was a positive article. I praised the film and endeavored to treat...
Anastasia Gorbenko. Credit: Israel Swimming Association.

Israeli swimmer sets new record with gold-medal win at European swim meet

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Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko won Israel’s first-ever gold medal at an Olympic swimming competition on May 22, Haaretz reported. The 17-year-old took home the top honor at the European Aquatics Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Gorbenko came in first...

Jewish American Heritage Month: Understanding the ‘relationship triangle’

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While it is an instinct for many to overlook occasions like Jewish American Heritage Month as largely ceremonial, this year’s event comes at a particularly significant juncture for the relationship between American Jewry and...
U.S. President Joe Biden in the Treaty Room of the White House, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz.

Drive to Rebuild Gaza Means Rebuilding Hamas

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In 2020 the Trump administration decoupled the Palestinian Authority (PA) from the process of achieving peace elsewhere in the Middle East. It happened when Trump emissary Jared Kushner promulgated the proposal that resulted in...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Source: Screenshot.

Greene’s mask Holocaust analogy is ‘appalling,’ says top Republican leader

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The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has become the latest leader to condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks that compared wearing masks to Jews being forced to wear yellow stars during...
Lilly Ebert. Source: Twitter.

Holocaust survivor attacked with hateful comments on TikTok

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The TikTok account of a Holocaust survivor was recently flooded with anti-Semitic messages as violence took place in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians. Lily Ebert, 97, a native of Bonyhád, Hungary, who...
Pro-Israel rally-goers in Berlin on May 20, 2021. Photo by Orit Arfa.

German politicians sound unprecedented pro-Israel rhetoric at Berlin rally

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Just hours before Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire on May 21, German politicians representing all political parties, except for the excluded right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), gathered in front of the iconic Brandenburg...
Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai arrives at the scene of a suspected terror attack near Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem on May 24, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel Police arrest 74 people on day one of ‘Operation Law and Order’

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Seventy-four people were arrested in the first 24 hours after Israel Police launched a nationwide crackdown on Sunday in the wake of the violent riots that have rocked the country in recent days, particularly in cities...
A woman holds a sign opposing anti-Semitism at a rally. Credit: AndriiKoval/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups plan ‘Day of Action’ against anti-Semitism

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A consortium of Jewish organizations has designated Thursday, May 27, as a “Day of Action Against Anti-Semitism” as a response to the ongoing attacks and threats happening to Jews worldwide. According to the Anti-Defamation League,...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on May 25, 2021. Source: U.S. State Department/Twitter.

Blinken to Abbas: US to reopen Jerusalem consulate and provide economic aid to Palestinians

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday in Ramallah, where he promised him the that United States would reopen the Jerusalem consulate for the Palestinians. “As I...