Daily Archives: March 15, 2022
‘The New Black’ does with comedy what ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Srugim’ did with drama
If there was an award for a most surprising opening scene, the Israeli hit comedy “The New Black”—in Hebrew, “Shababnikim”—would win it by a mile. The series, which finished its second season in Israel...
Prehistoric humans recycled old tools to honor ancestors
Prehistoric human beings collected and recycled old tools, possibly to preserve their ancestors’ memory, according to scientists at Tel Aviv University who examined flint tools from 500,000 years ago found at an archeological site...
First-of-its-kind Samaritans showcase to be unveiled in New York on March 27
The Samaritans have been around for thousands of years, tracing their lineage to the “lost” northern tribes of Israel and living alongside Jews, Christians and Muslims for centuries.
Yet this ancient group remains a mystery,...
Why does the world care what Israel does about Ukraine?
It has long been axiomatic that Israel—a tiny country whose people comprise a tenth of a percent of the world’s population and whose land mass is an exponentially smaller fraction of a percent of...
A free lunch for Amnesty’s anti-Semitism
It’s not clear what it will take for critics of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to admit that it wasn’t he who turned support for Israel into a “wedge issue” in the United States...
Russia says Western sanctions related to Ukraine war have no bearing on Iran talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that he has received guarantees from the United States that Western sanctions on Moscow over its Ukraine invasion would not affect cooperation with Iran as part...
UAE, Israel sign academic cooperation agreement in another move to enrich ties
Academic institutions in Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed their first agreement to date for academic cooperation, further strengthening ties between the two countries, reported The Jerusalem Post.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March...
Conversion bill delayed, but tensions over issues associated with Jewish law remain
The Knesset, which was to vote to revamp rules regarding Jewish conversion, has delayed the bill until the start of its summer session in May due to the political sensitivity of the issue. The...
Iran exhibits its firepower capability as its confidence on world stage grows
The 12 ballistic missiles fired from an Iranian base at Erbil, in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq, constituted a display of capabilities by the Islamic Republic, which were intended to intimidate but not...
Nides spends time at Hebrew University, first stop at Israeli academic institution
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides visited the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on Tuesday, his first visit to an Israeli academic institution.
While there, he met with researchers, scientists and senior university leaders, including the...