Daily Archives: June 8, 2021
Jewish Communal Fund gives $700,000 in grants to Jewish charities in New York
The Jewish Communal Fund of New York said on Monday that it has approved nearly $700,000 in grants to New York-based Jewish charities through its endowment, the JCF Special Gifts Fund.
The grants will help increase supply to a...
Toy Movement and Peres Center distribute gifts to Arab and Jewish kids in Jaffa
The Toy Movement, a philanthropic initiative founded by Canada’s largest children’s toy and entertainment company Spin Master, distributed toys this week to Arab and Jewish children at four nursery schools in Jaffa, in partnership...
‘Energized and inspired’: After a year away, Birthright returns to Israel at a critical...
They’re baaaaack!
If you’re in Israel this month, you can’t miss the clusters of them downing falafel on Jerusalem’s Ben-Yehuda Street, cooling off in the Dead Sea, climbing Masada at sunrise or slipping prayers between...
Why the Shin Bet chief isn’t so hush-hush anymore
Enemies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were relieved, if not thrilled, when Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman broke his organization’s customary silence to bemoan the behavior of those virulently opposing the makeup of the coalition-in-formation.
“We...
A three-stage plan for the permanent reconstruction of Gaza
Moments after another round of fighting on the Gaza border, the world awakes once more to a mission that repeats itself every few years: the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip. This task arises after...
Is Biden administration encouraging continued Palestinian bad behavior?
With the Biden administration promising to ramp up relations with the Palestinians, concern centers in Israel and pro-Israel circles over whether or not the carrot approach by the United States might induce continued bad...
Erdan tells ‘AP’: Hamas used Gaza media tower to jam Iron Dome system
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations Gilad Erdan met with senior leadership of the Associated Press on Monday in New York, where he told the media outlet that Hamas was using the...
American Jewish Committee opens first office in Arab country
The American Jewish Committee announced that it has opened an office in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, making it the first office in an Arab country and the 13th overseas...
Blinken: Iran’s nuclear ‘breakout time’ could be weeks if violations continue
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that if Iran continues violating the 2015 nuclear deal, it would soon have enough nuclear material for a nuclear weapon.
“What we do know, unfortunately, is...
Jewish teens raise more than $10,000 for IDF soldiers in local car wash
Two Jewish teenagers in Long Island, N.Y., held a local car wash to help raise money to support Israel Defense Forces’ soldiers and collected more than $10,000 following Israel’s 11-day conflict with Hamas in...