Daily Archives: May 11, 2022
House votes to bestow Medal of Honor on last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials.
The measure was introduced by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), in...
First-edition rare Hebrew book describing ‘New World’ to be auctioned in Jerusalem
A rare first edition in Hebrew describing the discovery of the New World will be up for auction in two weeks at the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem.
Igeret Orchot Olam, written by Rabbi Abraham...
‘Poets of the Past’ Set for May 16 in San Diego
Brilliant Israeli poet and song lyricist, Avraham Shlonsky (1900-1973), and German-born Jewish Nobel Prize-winning poet, Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), will have their poetry read this coming Monday evening, May 16, 7 p.m. on Zoom. This...
The Path Back to Cultural Suppression
Perhaps the Taliban decided it would be timely to out-do our Supreme Court. It decreed on Saturday that the women of Afghanistan must cover their entire bodies, at least with a garment known as...
The UN’s anti-Semitism problem won’t be solved by ignoring it
For decades, supporters of Israel have debated what to do about the United Nations. Should they ignore it as a talking shop that makes a lot of noise but can’t impact events on the...
What is known and unknown so far about tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist...
The Israel Defense Forces’ investigation into the tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in Jenin is ongoing, and no final determination has yet been made over where the shot came from that struck...
Al Jazeera journalist killed in firefight between Palestinian terrorists, IDF
An Al Jazeera journalist was killed in Jenin on Wednesday during an exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian gunmen, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. The military is investigating the...
Defense establishment to impose civilian sanctions on relatives of Arab terrorists
The Israeli defense establishment has decided to place civilian sanctions on the relatives of Palestinian terrorists in the wake of the ongoing wave of terrorism, Kan News reported on Tuesday.
The sanctions will include a ban on working...
Iranian Americans fear for safety from possible Iran-deal concession fallout
With reports that Iran has demanded that the Biden administration drop the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—a regime-controlled terrorist entity—from the U.S. State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) as a final condition to re-entering...
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah: Israel should not prevent Lebanon’s offshore drilling
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said in a recent speech that nobody should mistakenly claim that Israel is preventing Lebanon from accessing the oil and gas fields near its southern shore. The Lebanese resistance would...