Daily Archives: February 17, 2022
Gary Gulman: From ‘great depresh’ to great success
For more than two decades, Gary Gulman has made a good living making people laugh, so it was a shock to many to hear something was making him cry. The Jewish comedian, who will...
Amnesty International should be ashamed
According to a recent Amnesty International report, Israel is apparently “committing the crime of apartheid.”
The use of the false term “apartheid” has prompted denunciations far and wide from such figures as U.S. Ambassador to...
The lethal miscalculations over Vladimir Putin
In the Middle East, where two earth tremors this week shook northern Israel and sounded an ominous warning of a major earthquake in the near future, the geopolitical tectonic plates also continue to shift...
New York City mayor hires Chassidic senior adviser in first such appointment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Chassidic political activist Joel Eisdorfer to be his senior adviser.
Eisdorfer is the first Chassidic Jew to ever be appointed adviser to the mayor. The Borough Park...
Israel’s COVID Green Pass system to end, Bennett confirms
Israel will not be extending the Green Pass regulations, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed on Thursday.
The decision was made in a meeting with senior health and other officials. The Green Pass is set to...
Religious freedom or free speech? Congregants appeal to Supreme Court over protests at Michigan...
A Jewish man from Ann Arbor, Mich., is hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether anti-Jewish protesters outside a local synagogue on Shabbat morning violate his right to freely practice religion.
“I think...
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to redesignate Houthis as terror organization
A group of 17 bipartisan lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to redesignate the Houthis as a terrorist organization.
The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Mike Waltz (F-Fla.), who are both veterans...
Israeli economy and industry minister to visit Morocco
Israeli Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivay will head to Morocco next week for an economic working visit, according to a statement from the ministry. The visit will be the first of its kind since...
Bennett to Pelosi: ‘You’ve stood up for Israel’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met on Thursday in Jerusalem. The leaders discussed the main strategic challenges facing Israel, especially the Iran nuclear...
Australia to designate all of Hamas a terrorist organization
Australia announced on Thursday that it would designate the entire Hamas movement as a terrorist organization, Australian media reported.
Previously, the country only listed Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
“The views of Hamas...