Daily Archives: March 14, 2022
The secret life of Purim costumes
It was precisely 10 years ago that Sharon Abeles snapped her first picture of a kid in his Purim costume.
And she was hopelessly hooked. “I could feel I was catching him at a magical...
Baking matzah in the Gulf
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) announced Sunday that it will bring matzah-making to several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ahead of Passover, which begins on Friday, April 15.
Additionally, the AGJC, the umbrella...
Nixon’s grandson rewrites Israel’s history
Richard Nixon had his infamous 18-minute gap. Now, Nixon’s grandson seems to have a six-day gap.
In an op-ed this week, Christopher Nixon Cox urged U.S. President Joe Biden to airlift weapons to Ukraine, recalling...
Washington’s betrayal has only just begun
The Washington Examiner reported last week that Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers are actively plotting to murder former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. According to the report, late last year, Bolton joined...
One-Legged Mongoose
A New York Jewish Memoir
“Marc Straus has written an astonishing memoir full of humor and hilarity, heart and vision. This year’s sleeper hit, I predict. A must-read!” —Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and Lit
“…how a sometimes...
Israeli field hospital for Ukrainian refugees to be named after Golda Meir
Israel announced on Monday that it has officially approved a field hospital for refugees in Western Ukraine.
According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the humanitarian mission—dubbed “Kochav Meir” in Hebrew (“Shining Star”)—is named after the late Israeli...
Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as mediation efforts on war continue
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky separately on Monday as the Israeli leader’s mediation efforts continued.
Bennett spoke with Putin for about an hour-and-a-half with the two...
Enlisting Christian media in fight against anti-Semitism
At its national convention, the National Religious Broadcasters—a nonpartisan, international association of Christian communicators—announced that its board of directors adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (INRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, with the call to fight anti-Semitism front and...
American-Israeli historian to Bennett: ‘Give us some vision’
American-Israeli professor Gil Troy called on Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to “give us some vision” on Monday at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.
In an interview with JNS CEO Alex Traiman, Troy...
Yeshiva University students head overseas to assist Ukrainian refugees
With more than 1.5 million Ukrainians fleeing to neighboring countries amid Russia’s invasion in what U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi calls the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, a humanitarian...