Daily Archives: February 7, 2022
Redefining ‘Religious’ With Yuval David
When most of us hear the term “religious,” we think of sheitels, shtreimels, and what we can’t do on Shabbos, which is why most of us aren’t “religious” or “that religious.” However, Yuval David, an actor, filmmaker, and activist,...
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week.
Among the artifacts to...
Erdoğan: Turkey, Israel to discuss energy cooperation, transporting gas to Europe
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said a discussion over energy cooperation with Israel would take place in March and that on the table for discussion is a plan to work together to transport natural...
UAE parliament members visit Knesset for first time, talk of ‘full engagement’
For the first time since the signing of the Abraham Accords, members of the United Arab Emirates Federal National Council visited the Knesset in Jerusalem.
The top-level delegation included His Excellency Dr. Ali Al Nuaimi, chair of...
Dozens of Jewish groups blast anti-Israel UN probe, urge secretary general to end it
Forty-one Jewish organizations wrote to U.N. Security General António Guterres and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet demanding an end to the “one-sided farce” of a probe by the U.N. Human Rights...
Magen David Adom, Ben-Gurion University announce academic affiliation
Magen David Adom and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are affiliating in an academic initiative designed to improve training for paramedics and emergency medical technicians, as well as improve the quality of pre-hospital emergency...
ADL offers $7,500 for arrest in connection to two assaults in Brooklyn on Shabbat
The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey is offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two assaults in the heavily Chassidic section of...
Israel freezes plans to connect Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adumim due to US, Meretz pressure
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have ordered the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria’s supreme planning council to halt discussions on the authorization of construction to connect Ma’ale Adumim...
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation approves upgraded ‘Photoshop Law’
Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday approved an upgraded version of the so-called “Photoshop Law,” proposed by Knesset member Limor Magen-Telem (Yisrael Beiteinu).
The original law, which went into effect in 2013, requires adult...
Hamas tries to recruit Arab Israelis with family in Gaza, says Shin Bet
Hamas has been recruiting Arab citizens of Israel who have one parent who was born in Gaza or Judea and Samaria for the purpose of terrorist attacks and intelligence-gathering, according to an internal Shin...