Monthly Archives: February 2022
Friendship Tested and True
Films and series dealing with the Shoah (Holocaust) are streaming on Netflix.
My Best Friend Anne Frank
(Mijn Beste Vriendin Anne Frank, Dutch w/ subtitles)
The Diary of Anne Frank is a well-known story. It has been translated into more than...
‘Desert Rock Garden:’ A Landmark Piece of History With the Full Array of Emotions
I believe I was in my final years of high school or perhaps even early years of college when I first learned of the Japanese internment camps. What horrified me most of all was one...
Statement on Ukraine by scholars of genocide, Nazism and WWII
As we write this, the horror of war is unfolding in Ukraine. The last time Kyiv was under heavy artillery fire and saw tanks in its streets was during World War II. If anyone...
US Jewish leaders asleep in the face of anti-Israel school curricula
Massachusetts Jews are facing a storm of institutionalized animus as anti-Israel curricula are spreading to public schools statewide. Jewish leaders in the Bay State know about these developments, but to date have not told...
Rep. Ted Deutch to become next head of the American Jewish Committee
The American Jewish Committee announced on Monday that U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) will succeed David Harris as the organization’s CEO.
“I have worked closely with AJC throughout my tenure in Congress and I am...
Pro-Israel student group marks decade of explosive growth
Looking back a decade later, it seems like a significant $25 investment.
Unsettled by the inflammatory anti-Israel activity they were witnessing on the campus of the University of Minnesota, three Israeli college students decided on...
Israel fears Western appeasement of Russia emboldens Iran
The United States, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany—known as the P5+1—appear to be closing in on a deal with Iran over its ongoing nuclear-weapons program. At the same time, Israeli officials...
Israel to support UN resolution condemning Russia amid ceasefire talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday that Israel will vote in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement on Twitter, Lapid said that...
Kremlin: Israel offered to mediate peace between Russia, Ukraine
The Kremlin says that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has offered to broker an end to fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
In a call on Sunday between Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian...
Jewish groups urge consequences for Reps. Greene, Gosar after addressing conference hosted by anti-Semite
Jewish organizations are condemning two members of Congress for speaking at a conference held by an organization that has been accused of anti-Semitism.
Rep. Marjorie Talyor Greene (R-Ga.) spoke at the American First Political Action...