Monthly Archives: March 2022
Zelensky officially scheduled to address Knesset via Zoom
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slated to address the Israel Knesset from Kyiv via video link early next week, likely on Sunday, Ynet reported on Tuesday.
The report noted that since the Knesset is currently on its...
Sierra Club reverses course, decides to reinstate Israel trips after talk with rabbi
After canceling its trips to Israel due to pressure from anti-Israel groups, the California-based Sierra Club will reportedly reinstate those trips in response to backlash from Israel supporters.
The news came after a call on Tuesday between...
Verter fun der Vokh – Happy Purim!
Purim nonsense rhyme:
אַ גוטן פּו֜רים, אַ֜לע׳ך <מלאך>!
וווּ איך גיי פֿאַל איך,
די באָרד איז מיר לאַנג,
דאָס ווײַב איז מיר קראַנק,
הײַנט איז פּו֜רים, מאָרגן איז אויס –
גיט מיר אַ פּע֜ני <גראָשן> און וואַרפֿט מיך אַרויס!
‘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...