Daily Archives: November 19, 2021
House introduces bipartisan bill to award Nuremberg trials prosecutor with Congressional Gold Medal
A bipartisan group of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill on Thursday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials.
The bill was introduced by...
Erich Isaac, 93, fighter for Israel’s independence, Zionist activist, prominent geographer
One of the last of the Jewish Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (Lehi) and first chairman of Americans for A Safe Israel (AFSI) passed away on Nov. 5. He was 93 years old.
Dr....
A floating Chabad center on the River Seine
In the 13th arrondissement of the City of Light, where classic Baroque and Belle Époque architecture meets modern high-risers, boats of all kinds dot the left bank of the River Seine.
The Paris neighborhood, home...
The Discreet Charm of Grey
Often underrated, grey is a great colour.
For some, it evokes mediocrity and sadness.
For me, it is not only discreetly elegant, but it also conveys maturity.
Not for nothing is it the colour that hair takes...
The president of Colombia condemns the use of symbols allusive to the Holocaust
"Any apology for Nazism is unacceptable and I condemn any manifestation that makes use or reference to symbols alluding to those who were responsible for the Jewish holocaust that took the lives of more...
Gosar Is Censured But Why Not Omar and Tlaib?
We cannot argue with Nancy Pelosi: “When a member uses his or her national platform to encourage violence, tragically, people listen.”
Whenever her Democratic colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives bash Israel and by...
Heard again: Cries of ‘Death to the Jews!’ in a Polish city
In her recent co-authored book Philo-Semitic Violence: Poland’s Jewish Past in New Polish Narratives, the Warsaw-based literary scholar Elzbieta Janicka recounts an episode from Poland’s past that sheds a great deal of light on Poland’s...
In unstable Lebanon, Hezbollah’s amassing of force continues
Lebanon, the least stable country in Israel’s environment at this time, is home to Iran’s strongest proxy, Hezbollah, which continues to get stronger despite the many crises plaguing its host country.
Lebanon’s multi-faceted dysfunction at...
United Kingdom declares entire Hamas organization as terror group
United Kingdom’s Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that she is seeking to declare the entire Hamas organization as a terrorist group.
While the military wing of Hamas, known as the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, is...
Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurates campus in Jerusalem to better serve new immigrants
The aliyah-facilitating organization Nefesh B’Nefesh inaugurated a new, state-of-the art campus in Jerusalem at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday. Among those present included Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, Ashkenazi...