Monthly Archives: October 2021
Israeli ‘Coronavirus Cabinet’ finalizes new ‘green pass’ system
A month after its last meeting, Israel’s ministerial committee on fighting the coronavirus pandemic convened on Sunday and issued a final decision on the new “green pass” system, according to a statement from the Prime...
UNRWA chief makes urgent appeal for funding, says agency risks ‘collapse’
United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Friday that due to a severe funding crisis, the organization faces collapse, AP reported.
“The financial situation is a real existential threat to the organization,”...
Iran calls on US to unfreeze $10 billion before returning to nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic had requested that the United States unfreeze “at least” $10 billion in frozen Iranian funds to prove it was serious about rejoining...
Avner Netanyahu, former Israeli prime minister’s son, announces engagement
Avner Netanyahu, the younger son of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Sunday that he is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Noy Bar.
Bar, who is currently pursuing a master’s degree, serves as...
House Foreign Affairs Committee advances Israeli-Arab normalization bill
The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that aims to build on the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
H.B. 2748, introduced in the U.S. House of...
Encouraging inclusion: Creating a photo bank of Orthodox Jewish women
The Jewish Life Photo Bank is releasing what they call the first-of-its-kind photo bank representing Orthodox Jewish life, including positive images of Jewish women and families. Chochmat Nashim, an organization that challenges trends in Jewish...
New head of Hadassah: ‘We have the chance to deepen our vision for the...
Naomi Adler’s connection with Hadassah began two decades before she was even born, when noted cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his wife, Selma, stepped off the ship in New York—a ship that had taken...
Is it ever OK to praise the ‘truth’ of an anti-Semitic blood libel?
Does it matter if politicians let lies told by people they meet publicly go unanswered? That’s the question that many in the Jewish community, especially the majority who regularly vote for Democrats, are asking...
Iraq persecutes its heretics
It has the air of a witch-hunt. Many of the 300 leaders of Iraqi civil society, Sunni and Shi’a, who gathered in the Kurdish region last week for a conference advocating an Iraqi peace...
Iron Dome funding to Israel delayed in Senate, though favored to pass
Assistance funding for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system was temporarily delayed in the U.S. Senate this week when it appeared as a sidenote to the Senate’s fight to avert a government shutdown.
While working on...