Monthly Archives: February 2022
Tunisia joins other countries in boycotting Israeli actress Gal Gadot’s latest film
Tunisia has pulled from all movie theaters across the country the new film “Death on the Nile” starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
Movie theaters in Tunisia began screening the murder mystery earlier in February but...
Indiana University police investigate online anti-Semitic comments targeting Jewish students, fraternities
Campus police at Indiana University Bloomington are investigating a series of anti-Semitic comments about Jewish fraternities and students that were recently posted online, the local television station WTHR reported.
The comments were posted on the website Greek...
New York’s ‘Little Odessa’ Jews react to Russia-Ukraine conflict
News travels in an instant these days, and the updates coming out of Europe are hitting hard in a south Brooklyn neighborhood. Brighton Beach is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations outside...
Russia could be preparing new challenge for West in Mediterranean, former Israeli envoy warns
Russia could be preparing an option to challenge the West and NATO in the Mediterranean and Middle East as a means of opening a new global hotspot, former Israeli Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine...
Ukraine synagogues prepare for tense Shabbat under heavy security
Ukraine’s Jewish communities are preparing for an unusually tense Shabbat, without knowing if they will be under Russian or Ukrainian rule when the Sabbath is over, or what the war will bring.
Synagogues in the...
Bennett speaks with Ukraine’s Zelensky, pledges humanitarian assistance
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
“The two leaders discussed the situation in Ukraine, with an emphasis on the Kyiv region,” a readout...
Duke University again approves recognition of pro-Israel student group following veto last year
The student government at Duke University agreed to again recognize Students Supporting Israel (SSI) during their recent meeting, the school’s paper The Chronicle reported.
In November of last year, the Duke Student Government (DSG) approved SSI’s application...
Blinken speaks with Lapid on the situation in Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
According to a State Department readout, the two foreign ministers discussed “the premeditated, unprovoked,...
Israel rejects Palestinian claim of ‘apartheid’ at UN
Palestinian ambassador to the U.N., Riyad Mansour, wore a mask saying “End Apartheid” during an exchange at the U.N. Security Council’s monthly meeting on the Middle East.
Mansour said that Israeli actions such as denying...
Roman Abramovich commits more than $10 million to support Israel’s Holocaust museum
Roman Abramovich made a more than $10 million pledge to Yad Vashem earlier this week to support efforts in the realm of Holocaust research and remembrance.
The pledged funding will go toward enriching Yad Vashem’s...