Daily Archives: June 6, 2022
Richard Stone, 79, attorney, educator and consensus-builder of American Jewry
At a time when the State of Israel needed someone to speak up for it, Richard Stone’s legal and courtroom skills were indispensable for constructing arguments to answer its critics.
“No one could articulate a...
Oldest concentration-camp survivor dies at age 108
The oldest known survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, Boris Pahor, died on Monday in the Italian city of Trieste at the age of 108, reported Deutsche Welle.
Pahor was born on Aug. 26, 1913, in...
Belgian woman who saved Jewish children from the Holocaust dies at 100
A schoolteacher and a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II and the Holocaust, Andrée Geulen-Herscovici died on June 1 in Ixelles, Belgium, at the age of 100. As a member of...
Israel, Counter-Terrorism and International Law: Challenges of Systemic Analysis
“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959)
Whether conspicuous or obscure, terrorism presents itself as a systemic challenge. This means, inter alia,...
Jews have bigger problems than a fake nose on an actor’s face
In contemporary popular culture dominated by social media, it doesn’t take much to start a controversy that can trend on Twitter. In this case, all it took was the release of production photos from “Maestro,” a...
Israeli security forces clash with Palestinians on Temple Mount during Shavuot
Clashes erupted on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday between Israeli security forces and Palestinians, as Jews marked the Shavuot holiday.
The Palestinian rioters barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa mosque, and hurled rocks...
Bennett to IAEA director: Israel reserves right to act against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi on Friday, following Grossi’s arrival in Israel on Thursday night, according to a statement from Bennett’s office. Following their...
General Mills refutes claims by BDS movement that it is boycotting Israel
Days after the Minnesota-based food-manufacturing conglomerate announced it had sold its stake in an operation based at a Jerusalem plant, General Mills released a statement emphasizing that the decision was all business, and no...
107 entrepreneurs apply to Israeli Tourism Ministry to establish new hotels
Israel’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday that it had received 107 applications for grants to build new hotels, or to expand existing ones.
The ministry received 70 building permit applications, 22 building restoration applications and...
In revolutionary move, Israel to appoint female Halachic advisers
Israel’s Religious Services Ministry has announced it will open slots for female Halachic advisers, who will perform similar duties to community rabbis.
The revolutionary move will enable women to serve as community spiritual leaders, including...