Monthly Archives: May 2021
Syria: Israel struck multiple targets near port city of Latakia
The Israeli Air Force struck multiple targets in northwest Syria early on Wednesday, Syrian state television reported.
The attack, launched shortly after 2 a.m., targeted several sites in the region of the port city of...
Architect of World Trade Center memorial to lead Tree of Life reconstruction
Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh announced the selection of an architect on Tuesday to lead its reconstruction and preservation following the October 2018 mass shooting at the temple, when 11 Jewish worshippers...
Hamas military commander issues ‘final warning’ to Israel over eastern Jerusalem
The commander of Hamas’s military wing issued a rare direct statement on Tuesday, warning Israel that it would pay a “heavy price” if it did not cease its activities in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood...
Friendship His Key to Survival at Auschwitz
The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku; HarperCollins Publishers © 2021; ISBN 9780063-097681; 195 pages, $24.99.
This memoir by Australian centenarian Eddie Jaku departs from memoirs by...
Program focuses on Jewish teen wellness during Mental Health Awareness Month
The Jewish community is bringing the power of compassion to National Mental Health Awareness Month.
A project of the Jewish Teen Education and Engagement Funder Collaborative for the second year in a row, “Collective Compassion” shares...
Over 13 Audiences Should Catch ‘The Birdcatcher’
The Bird Catcher, a 2019 film streaming on Amazon Prime, begins in 1942 inside the bustling city of Trondheim, Norway. The movie centers around a young teenager named Esther (Sarah-Sofie Boussnina), the daughter of...
Will an Arab political party prove ‘kingmaker’ in Israeli elections?
Israel remains in a political deadlock as both right-wing and left-wing blocs remain unable to form parliamentary majorities, and similarly cannot find formulas to create a unity government. The situation is creating an opportunity...
Can a disaster breed Jewish unity or widen the communal breach?
There is nothing positive to be gleaned from an event that led to the deaths of 45 Jews and injuring of 150 others. The wake of a fatal stampede in the early hours of...
RJC: Biden nominee with anti-Israel ties ‘makes mockery’ of human rights
The Republican Jewish Coalition is urging senators to reject the nomination of Sarah Margon to a senior State Department post over her anti-Israel, pro-BDS history.
Margon, who has been nominated by the Biden administration to...
Israeli Health Ministry set to vaccinate next cohort, 12- to 15-year-olds
The Israeli Ministry of Health is stepping up preparations to begin vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds against the coronavirus, N12 reported on Tuesday.
The preparations began after health authorities in Israel learned that the U.S. Food and Drug...