Daily Archives: May 20, 2022
Fictional account of Netanyahu family in America wins Pulitzer Prize
A satirical novel based on the true story of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s father searching for a job in academia in the United States has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
The Netanyahus: An Account...
Menachem Kaiser wins Sami Rohr Prize for nonfiction
The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, in association with the National Library of Israel, announces Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure as the winner of its 2022 award...
Owner of New York Giants unhappy with football game on Rosh Hashanah
New York Giants co-owner John Mara said he’s “not happy” that the National Football League has scheduled his team’s only “Monday Night Football” game of the 2022 season on Sept. 26, the second night of...
Open Letter to a Father
Lawyer and University Professor, Carlos Reusser tweets: “I found my daughter with an expression between comic and afflicted. She told me she had made up a joke, but that she couldn't bring herself to...
Let’s talk about the ‘nakba’ and who’s really responsible for Palestinian suffering
Resolutions proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives mean nothing. They give members an opportunity to pay lip service to various causes favored by their constituents but don’t commit the government to action. They...
Danny Danon looks back on his fight for Israel in the halls of the...
In the decade that separates the two books that former ambassador to the United Nations and current chairman of World Likud Danny Danon has written, a lot has transpired. Having served as a member...
How do Putin and Zelensky get the Holocaust so wrong?
t’s a piece of the Holocaust that even scholars misunderstand, or neglect altogether. And it’s a story unknown even to the descendants of a quarter-million Holocaust survivors.
The United Nations Holocaust Outreach Programme hosted author...
Like rest of nation, Jewish families grapple with baby-formula shortage
For months now, stores have been struggling to stock enough baby formula, even as manufacturers insist that they are producing at full capacity. In February, the Food and Drug Administration shut down a formula...
130,000 worshippers arrive at subdued Mount Meron Lag B’Omer celebrations
A more subdued religious celebration occurred on Mount Meron in northern Israel on Wednesday evening, in which a total of some 130,000 worshippers arrived at the site, according to Israeli media outlets.
One year after...
In shock move, Knesset member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi quits coalition
Knesset Member Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of the Meretz Party resigned from the government coalition on Thursday, sending shockwaves through the Israeli political system.
Following Zoabi’s departure, the coalition has just 59 seats to the opposition’s...