Daily Archives: February 22, 2022
Gabriel Bach, 94, former Israeli Supreme Court justice and Eichmann prosecutor
Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach, who was a prosecutor in the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, died on Feb. 18 at the age of 94.
The Israel Judiciary Authority announced Bach’s passing...
Beyond the hamantash: Traditional Purim dishes tell the story of Diaspora life
Megillat Esther, or the Scroll of Esther, read on the upcoming holiday of Purim, describes the Jewish people’s escape from annihilation in Persia in the fifth century BCE. But really, it’s a quintessential story...
Jewish National Fund-USA deepens support for Jewish day schools
A record $15 million has been allocated for Jewish day school students to attend Jewish National Fund-USA’s (JNF-USA) Alexander Muss High School in Israel (Muss). With long-term programs in Israel proving to be one of the...
For Jewish Federations, is there such a thing as a Jewish priority?
The question of which issues the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) designate as their “Public Priorities” is not something that anyone outside of the alphabet soup world of organized American Jewry would pay...
Déjà vu all over again at Harvard
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case on Jan. 24, Fair Admissions v. Harvard University, which not only has some profound implications for the future of affirmative action in college admissions but also raises again a...
Latest fliers blaming Jews for COVID show up at Illinois
Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are the latest to report finding anti-Semitic fliers seeking to tie the Jewish community to the coronavirus pandemic. The papers were found around campus on Sunday.
“This weekend...
Gantz: Nuclear deal with Iran opens door to ‘important actions that must be taken’’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned on Tuesday that the international community “must be ready to take defensive and offensive actions … at any time,” as world powers negotiate a new nuclear deal in...
Tel Aviv headquarters of Israel Innovation Fund burns down, Zionist art destroyed
The Israel Innovation Fund (TIFF) headquarters in Tel Aviv burned down overnight on Sunday in what officials believe was an electrical fire, a release by the fund said.
The home of TIFF CEO Adam Scott...
Netanyahu: New Iran nuclear deal will ‘bring war, and then another war’
Former Israeli prime minister and current opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of American Jewish leaders on Tuesday that the nuclear deal with Iran taking shape in Vienna would lead to war.
“This deal...
Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows
With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
Of the 177,307 children born in...