Daily Archives: November 8, 2021
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist to head Israeli Olympic Committee
Israel’s first-ever Olympic medalist is breaking new ground once again, with her appointment as the first woman to ever head the country’s Olympic Committee.
Yael Arad took silver in judo at the 1992 Olympic Games in...
Kristallnacht: When America Failed the Jews
On November 11, 1938, a front-page story appeared in The New York Times. It read: “A wave of destruction, looting, and incendiarism unparalleled in Germany since the Thirty Years War and in Europe generally since the Bolshevist Revolution...
The Hanukkah story that Jews need to learn
Many of us know the themes of the Hanukkah story: pride in being Jewish; the few against the many; the defeat of our enemy; and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. Or perhaps some...
Bennett’s diplomatic tsunami
Naftali Bennett’s government’s diplomatic policies came into full view in recent weeks, and were put to the test at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last week. The results are unmistakable.
Under Bennett’s government,...
Hypocritical Israeli coalition politics get ugly
For some observers of the Israeli political scene, there’s only one thing that matters. For the Biden administration, the crucial question is whether the outcome of the maneuvering in Jerusalem between the various political...
Ben-Gurion Day to honor Jewish state’s founding father, host of Israeli achievers
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will commemorate Ben-Gurion Day on Nov. 10 with an awards ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the BGU Marcus Family Campus. On the same day, Americans for...
‘I understand Israeli skepticism over a nuclear agreement with Iran’
Alexander Schallenberg never imagined himself becoming chancellor of Austria. A lawyer by training, he was born in Switzerland to an aristocratic family and raised in India, Spain and France, where his father served as...
Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy amid concern over past tweets
Jewish organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate and its Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on and confirm historian, author and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt for the role of U.S. Special...
Israel allows expanded Egyptian military presence in Rafah area
Israel and Egypt on Sunday signed an amendment to the security agreement between them, allowing Egypt to increase the presence of its armed forces in the Rafah area.
The agreement was signed during a meeting of senior...
Bennett meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met on Monday with Colombian President Ivan Duque, who is in Israel for a state visit.
The two leaders discussed a variety of topics, including bilateral cooperation regarding environmental innovation,...