Daily Archives: October 12, 2021
Finding A Place For Oneself Within Oneself
The word “place” has several different meanings just as a noun. There is the objective meaning of a specific geographic location. For instance, when we say so-and-so has a nice place, we are referring...
Jewish anti-fascist film thought destroyed by Nazis gets world premiere
A Polish Jewish couple’s anti-fascist movie thought to have been destroyed by the Nazis was shown to the public for the first time in more than 80 years.
The 1931 anti-fascist short film “Europa,” by...
Headlines from the 10th annual Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference today at the Museum of...
President Isaac Herzog addresses the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference: “Iran is exploiting the world’s inaction, this lack of coordination—a clear threat to international peace and security.”
President Herzog spoke of the importance of international dialogue...
Cristobal Colon i el djudeo-espanyol
Los investigadores ke estudiaron las letras, dokumentos i livros ke eskrivio el deskuvridor del kontinente amerikano se demandan komo es posible ke Colon alkanso un nivel de ekspresion literaria ke desha a la persona...
Jews need to opt out of the ‘woke victim’ competition
Maybe the problem is that we should stop paying so much attention to what comedians say. Too much of our national discourse has become the function of what writers for late-night comedy shows say...
Cancel culture is no laughing matter
Comedian Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Closer,” is making the rounds but not for its hilarity. No, its high ratings can be attributed to the venom that it has elicited from the mainstream...
Alabama Cherokee tribe establishes ties with Israel, recognizes ‘undivided’ Jerusalem
The Northeast Alabama Cherokee held a ceremony on Sept. 25 in Guntersville, Ala., to establish a relationship with Israel. There, the tribe presented a resolution, unanimously passed by the Tribal Council, recognizing the “sovereign...
Israeli Knesset launches Abraham Accords Caucus on anniversary of normalization agreements
Several hundred dignitaries and guests, including Israeli government ministers, Knesset members, foreign ambassadors and mayors gathered in the Knesset auditorium on Monday afternoon for the launch of the Knesset’s “Abraham Accords Caucus,” whose mission...
Former Hebrew University professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joshua Angrist was awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday for his “methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.”
Angrist,...
Israel’s US envoy blasts ‘ignorant and hypocritical’ Ben & Jerry’s founders
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations blasted the founders of ice-cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s on Monday, saying their remarks in an interview published the day before displayed “ignorance and...