Daily Archives: March 25, 2022
Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram to retire from rhythmic gymnastics
Israeli rhythmic gymnast and Olympic gold-medalist Linoy Ashram is expected to announce her retirement from competitive sports in the coming days, according to Ynet.
The 22-year-old native of Rishon Letzion has won 123 medals throughout her...
America has to remain a leader in the fight against anti-Semitism
In a departing interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in October 2012, Hannah Rosenthal—on her final day as the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism—concluded by saying that “there will...
Warding Off Calamitous “Silence” Risks of A U.S.-North Korea Nuclear War
“It is in the thick of a calamity that one gets hardened to the truth, in other words, to silence.”
Albert Camus, The Plague
An accelerating nuclear threat
By August 2021, it was clear that nuclear-armed North Korea...
Ukrainian refugee wins Jerusalem marathon with time of 2:45:5
Ukrainian refugee Valentina Verzka came in first on the annual Jerusalem Marathon on Friday with a time of 2:45:54.
Soon after the war started on Feb. 24, Verzka fled Poland with her daughter, leaving her...
Israel to host top diplomats from US, UAE, Bahrain and Morocco in landmark summit
Israel announced on Friday that it will host a landmark summit on Monday that will include the top diplomats from the United States, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will...
McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy
Administrators at McGill University in Montreal are demanding that the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) take “remedial action” after the passage of a Palestine Solidarity Policy earlier this week.
Saying that the policy “calls for several...
Instagram reverses ban on anti-Israel group without explanation
“We’re back”: After a four-day ban from the social-media platform, those words overlaid a picture of Within Our Lifetime (WOL) leader Nerdeen Kiswani in a March 13 Instagram post.
WOL’s detractors, who applauded Instagram’s decision...
Kansas legislature adopts IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism
The Kansas legislature passed HCR 5030 this week, a resolution that recognizes the growing problem of anti-Semitism in the United States, as well as adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism as...
Secretary of State Blinken to travel to Middle East, including stop in Israel
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert previewed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to the Middle East next week, where he will be meeting with a number of...
Academic watchdog groups blast MESA for adoption of BDS resolution against Israel
Academic watchdog groups expressed disapproval on Wednesday at the adoption of a BDS resolution against Israel by members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), based in the United States.
In an electronic vote from...