Daily Archives: September 1, 2021
High Holiday Preparations in the Jungle
As a yeshiva student in the Old City of Jerusalem in my 20s, I learned that the month of Elul was a big deal, a 29-day period to buckle down on preparation for the...
Young Adult Novel Deals With Miscegenation, Dysgraphia, Antisemitism
This is a story for Young Adults set in the turbulent 1960s, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 16 states via its decision in Loving v. Virginia.
Leah, a recent...
2,300 Teens Join 23 NCSY Summer Programs in Israel & US this Summer
This was an extremely meaningful summer for the more than 2,300 teens who participated in the 23 NCSYsummer programs in Israel and the United States. NCSY is the flagship youth movement of the Orthodox...
Flattery and empty promises won’t preserve an alliance
The reviews at home were mixed for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s first meeting with President Joe Biden. Many of those who despise Bennett’s right-wing principles thought he did a good job, while most...
Lebanon has not received request to transfer Iranian fuel, energy minister says
Lebanese Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar said on Wednesday that the country’s caretaker government has not received a request to import fuel from Iran. His comments come after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had announced last month that...
Lapid says Biden plan to reopen US Palestinian mission in Jerusalem a ‘bad idea’
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday said Israel believes the U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem to service Palestinians is a “bad idea,” while arguing that the consulate could fracture the fragile...
Israel agrees to relax restrictions on the Gaza Strip
Israel approved a series of steps on Wednesday to relax restrictions on the Gaza Strip that were imposed since the IDF’s “Operation Guardian of the Walls” took place between May 10-21.
The easing includes expanding...
Hamas leader, officials: uncompromising resistance is only way to expel ‘the occupiers’
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and other officials were among the first to congratulate the Taliban on “expelling the occupiers” by means of their “jihad” from Afghanistan.
According to a report by the Middle East Media...
Nearly all Jewish students, alumni say campus anti-Semitism is a ‘problem,’ new survey reveals
Nearly all Jewish college students and alumni who participated in a recent survey by Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) said anti-Semitism is a problem on college campuses, with three-fourths describing it as a “very serious”...
Jewish State Department officials call on Blinken to fire anti-Semitic employee
More than 70 Jewish officials at the U.S. State Department penned a letter that urges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to fire “an openly anti-Semitic” department employee, according to a copy of the...