Monthly Archives: August 2021
White House makes internal selection for Jewish liaison after months of pressure
The Biden administration has chosen a former White House Jewish liaison to resume the position on Thursday after months of pleading from Jewish communal organizations to name someone to the post.
Chanan Weissman, 37, who...
Central America unites in show of solidarity against anti-Semitism
The Guatemalan president and regional Parliamentarians convened virtually on July 29 to display a united front against anti-Semitism and celebrate ties with the Jewish state.
At the inaugural Central America Forum for Israel, the leaders...
Ben & Jerry’s franchisees call for company to rescind Israel decision
Several U.S. Ben & Jerry’s franchisees have sent a letter to the company calling on them to rescind their July 19 decision to stop doing business in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
The letter was signed...
Report: Attempted Iranian hijacking in Gulf of Oman thwarted by vessel’s crew
The attempted Iranian hijacking of a tanker vessel in the Gulf of Oman that began on Tuesday was thwarted by the ship’s crew, who disabled its engines, preventing it from being diverted to Iran,...
Will Israel’s politicized Supreme Court stick to law on Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah squatters?
In what can be seen as an eyebrow-raising moment, Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday noted that the Jewish owners of properties under dispute in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem, which is often erroneously...
Palestinian faction again likely to be behind rocket fire from Lebanon
A Palestinian terror faction likely fired the three rockets from Lebanon at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on Wednesday; however, the precise motivation for the act of aggression isn’t immediately clear.
The attack does not bear the...
Jewish Voice for Peace linked to anti-Israel ‘intifada rally’ in Brooklyn
The anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) supported a pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn, N.Y., over the weekend where hundreds of protestors glorified uprisings against Israel.
In an Instagram story by StopAntisemitism.org and later shared on Twitter,...
Teen who allegedly beat Jewish man in Brooklyn charged for nine other crimes
A teenager involved in an attack on a Jewish man in Brooklyn, N.Y., was charged in connection to nine other crimes and faces a total of 119 counts, reported Hamodia.
Alix Dure, 18, of East Flatbush...
New report slams social-media giants for ‘failing to act on anti-Semitism’
A new report by the Center to Counter Digital Hate (CCDH) revealed that five major social-media companies failed to act upon 84 percent of anti-Semitic posts on their websites, despite promising to double down on anti-Semitism.
Researchers...
Di Avantures fun Alis in Vunderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a story about Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and lands into a fantasy world that is full of weird, wonderful people and animals. It is classic...