Monthly Archives: June 2021
Lapid to Blinken: We can repair bipartisan ties together
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome on Sunday that “mistakes were made” in recent years that damaged bipartisan support for Israel, and that the two would...
Erdan resigns as Israel’s US ambassador, retains role as UN envoy
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations announced on Sunday that he would be resigning from his simultaneous post as ambassador to the United States, pending the appointment of a replacement.
“It was a true honor to represent...
Israel’s COVID czar named new Health Ministry director
Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Monday named National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Professor Nachman Ash as the director-general of the Health Ministry.
The nomination follows the resignation of current Health Ministry chief, Prof. Hezi Levi, who is slated...
Israeli government approves appointment of permanent state prosecutor
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Sunday that the government had approved the permanent appointment of Amit Aisman to the role of State Attorney.
Aisman, a former Haifa District prosecutor whose two-month term as acting state...
The Opposite of Courage Is Not Always Cowardice
Courage is a word that is used to describe when a person tries to overcome his fears of something that he perceives to be dangerous or else his discomfort from something that he perceives...
One Table opens more in-person Shabbat dinners for young Jewish adults
One Table, an organization that empowers those in their 20s and 30s to envision new rituals and build community through Shabbat dinner, is reopening with indoor dinners of up to 10 people as it...
JNS earns eight awards in 40th annual AJPA contest
In a third consecutive year, JNS took home a number of annual Simon Rockower Awards earned by editors, staff members and freelance writers in the American Jewish Press Association’s 40th annual competition for excellence in Jewish...
Novel portrays 3 English-speaking students at Hebrew University
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson’s eighth novel concerns three foreign students studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Each of them is from an English-speaking country; specifically the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Two are married,...
The ‘right’ way to be anti-Semitic, according to Human Rights Watch
Only a generously funded, celebrity-endorsed NGO utterly convinced of its own rectitude would have the chutzpah to proffer advice on combating anti-Semitism, just weeks after it labeled the world’s sole Jewish state as the...
Anti-Israel Forces Block Ship in Oakland, Food Festival in Philadelphia
It turns out that Arab terrorism is not restricted to Israel.
Advocates for the Palestinians exerted their terrorism talents in or near two prominent American cities 3,000 miles apart in recent weeks. First they prevented...