Monthly Archives: January 2022
FIFA under fire for spate of anti-Israel incidents, breaching ethical codes
The UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) volunteer organization sent a formal complaint to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) this past week, calling on them to take action towards eradicating discrimination in sport,...
Book Expands Cerebral Understanding of the Jewish Faith
I just finished composing my weekly D’var Torah on parashat Terumah, focusing on gifts, and a surprise parcel arrived at my front door. A delightful and marvelous gift. This gold mine of Jewish thought...
New Jerusalem exhibit demonstrates how plastic is ‘suffocating Earth’
“Warning: Plastic packets may be dangerous. Full stop.”
This is the typical warning label on those small plastic packets of silica gel that are tossed into food packaging, shoe boxes, electronics wrapping and more. Not...
Column: Give Colleyville the Hollywood Touch – To Confront Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker needs to suspend his job search for a new pulpit. Instead, he must find a literary agent – if none of them have found him yet – and publish a book...
Is Ruth Calderon unfit to head the Jewish Agency?
When Israel embarked on “Operation Guardian of the Walls” following massive rocket fire from Hamas in the Gaza Strip in May, the country needed national unity.
Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received full support for the...
Iranian activists in US, Europe praise Barry Rosen’s hunger strike, urge action on hostage...
After undergoing a five-day hunger strike in Vienna, Austria, to raise awareness about hostages held in Iran, Barry Rosen, a former-U.S. hostage in Iran, has received wide support and praise from Iranian activists of various faiths...
Israeli Justice Minister taps Gala Baharav-Miara as country’s first female attorney-general
Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday tapped former Tel Aviv District Attorney for Civil Affairs Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next attorney general.
Baharav-Miara would replace Avichai Mandelbit, whose term ends today, Jan. 31.
The appointment...
Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Boaz Bismuth steps down
Boaz Bismuth, editor-in-chief of Israeli daily Israel Hayom, is stepping down, the newspaper announced on Monday.
Bismuth has worked at the newspaper since 2008, serving as a foreign correspondent, foreign affairs editor and senior analyst. In...
Herzog at Expo 2020 Dubai: In Israel, ‘the impossible is a tantalizing challenge’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog on Monday opened the country’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, where national anthem “Hatikvah” was played.
“Israel is a country in which obstacles become opportunities, and where the...
Esther Pollard dies after being rushed to hospital with COVID
Esther Pollard, 68, the wife of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, died on Monday at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. She had been battling COVID-19 and was suffering from septic shock.
The funeral took...