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Jewish organizations slam ICC decision to open war crimes investigation against Israel
Jewish groups and legal experts are directing harsh criticism at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague over its ruling on Friday that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel for war crimes.
A three-judge panel ruled...
Israel begins easing lockdown restrictions, but morbidity still high
Israel on Sunday began a gradual easing of its COVID-19 lockdown following a Cabinet approval of the measure early Friday morning.
Israelis are now allowed to travel more than one kilometer (1,094 yards) from their...
Report: Trump’s attorney requests impeachment trial pause for Jewish Sabbath
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) late last week, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyer asked that the trial be suspended during the Jewish Sabbath.
Attorney David Schoen, who...
February 8, 1878: Martin Buber, German religious philosopher, was born
Martin Buber, (born February 8, 1878, Vienna—died June 13, 1965, Jerusalem), German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Buber’s philosophy was centred on the encounter, or dialogue, of...
Unique Can Be Overwhelming
Most of us, in a world where the majority of things we use are mass-produced, cannot afford to buy a lot of things that are truly unique. Unique in this case means hand-made. Many...
February 6, 1897: Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, founder of the Jewish cartel “Murder Inc.” was...
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, head of the organized crime death squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and the only major mob boss to be executed for a specific murder, was born on this date in...
Mayim Bialik offers some much-needed laughs during a not-so-funny time
From her role as the little girl with the big voice in the hit 1988 film “Beaches” to her star turns on TV shows “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory,” Mayim Bialik has brought joy...
Anti-Semitism Watch: A Pox on Both Parties
There are frightening people on both sides, to paraphrase a former president.
U.S. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rashida Tlaib – each crazy in their own ways – deserve each other. None of us deserve...
The historical problem with Poland
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) launched a new website last month titled “Protect the Facts” for the purpose of addressing Holocaust “distortion.”
“Distortion” is not quite the same thing as “denial.” The claim that...
US officials condemn assassination of Lebanese anti-Hezbollah activist
U.S. officials condemned the assassination of a prominent Lebanon anti-Hezbollah activist, Lokman Slim, who was found dead in a car in southern Lebanon with multiple bullet wounds.
“We join the international community in calling for...