Daily Archives: January 24, 2022
500-year-old letter offers rare look into the life of a legendary Kabbalist
The National Library of Israel is making available to the public for the first time a 500-year-old letter shedding light on the life of one of the most influential kabbalists in Jewish history.
The letter,...
Israel’s first Winter Paralympics athlete is an alpine skier
Downhill skier Sheina Vaspi, 20, will be Israel’s sole competitor at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing from March 4 to March 13.
Although Israel has always sent a team to the Summer Paralympics, this marks the first...
Former Israeli Supreme Court president Miriam Naor dies at 74
Former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, Justice (ret.) Miriam Naor, passed away on Monday at the age of 74.
Naor was appointed head of the committee charged with probing the Mount Meron stampede last autumn.
Naor was born...
The Tuskegee Airmen and the bombing of Auschwitz
The death of Charles E. McGee last week occasioned an outpouring of tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black units of American military aviators of whom McGee was one of the last surviving members....
Pro-Israel groups see more hostile campuses fueled by ‘woke’ ideology, anti-Zionist faculty
Pro-Israel groups working on campus agree that the situation for Jewish students is growing steadily worse. Just this fall, anti-Semitic incidents erupted at campuses across the country—from vandals desecrating a Torah scroll at George Washington University...
University of Haifa to launch graduate school following ‘transformational’ gift
The University of Haifa announced plans on Monday to establish a new graduate school, following receipt of one of the school’s largest-ever single gifts.
The Bloom School of Graduate Studies, named after Boston-based businessman and...
Netanyahu plea deal rumors send Likud Party into a flurry
Talk of a possible plea bargain for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has lit a fire under members of his Likud Party; such a deal could see Netanyahu forced out of politics for several years.
Camps...
‘Israel, Diaspora must join forces in battle against anti-Semitism’
Israel has a “moral obligation” to assist Diaspora communities faced with rising anti-Semitism both online and in the public sphere, according to Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai.
The minister presented a report prepared by...
Lapid meets with PA civil affairs minister
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Palestinian Authority Civil Affairs Minister Hussein al-Sheikh met on Sunday evening, according to the P.A. official.
The two discussed “political and bilateral issues,” al-Sheikh tweeted. “I highlighted the need for a...
Albert Bourla to Israel: Pfizer working on annual COVID vaccine
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is working on developing a one-shot annual vaccine to replace its current vaccine, which loses its efficacy after three to six months and requires multiple booster shots, company CEO Albert Bourla...