Daily Archives: June 15, 2022
‘Women of Wonder’ celebrates sisterhood at Emunah of America event
Celebrating empowerment and accomplishments was the focus of a June 8 gala in New York City hosted by Emunah of America, which helps at-risk children and families in Israel.
At the organization’s annual “Women of Wonder”...
The Lady Who Composed for the Queen
How does a Jewish British immigrant to Israel come to be the composer of music being played in honor of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II?
Loretta Kay Feld was born in London and...
5 Minute Plays Delightfully Kick Off Summer Theater Season
Last night an eager and appreciative audience gathered for the 7th Annual 5 Minute Play Festival. Thanks to COVID-19, the program had been put on hold since 2020. Normally a slate of ten plays...
My last cup of coffee with A.B. Yehoshua
It was January 2020, in a small café in Givatayim, that I last met with the celebrated Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua, who passed away on June 14 at the age of 85.
That was...
‘Belligerent Occupation,’ Belligerent Report From UN
If only Israel would end its “belligerent occupation.”
Most of us know better, but don’t tell that to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Its Commission of Inquiry released the first of what they hope...
Egypt, Israel, EU sign deal to supply natural gas to European countries
Egypt, Israel and the European Union signed a deal on Wednesday to increase liquified natural-gas sales to E.U. countries that want to diversify from their dependence on Russian energy supplies.
The deal was signed in...
At Ottowa conference, anti-Israel activist Khaled Barakat blames Jews for Palestinian violence
A Canadian resident with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine took to the stage in Ottawa recently, where expressed his support for arming Palestinians and took aim at the Canadian...
Former police officer who joked about Holocaust gets $1.5 million buyout
A suburb of Seattle is paying a former police chief who hung a Nazi insignia on his office door, as well as joked about the Holocaust, more than $1.5 million to resign and not...
British rabbis protest school bill mandating secular subjects at yeshivahs
A group of rabbis in the United Kingdom gathered outside British Parliament on Wednesday to protest a proposed school bill that is being described as “a threat to alter fundamental facets of Jewish practice.”
Schools...
Boston Jewish community responds to Mapping Project: ‘Threat to all of us’
Boston-based Jewish organizations and community leaders are condemning a newly launched anti-Israel initiative, “The Mapping Project,” that targets Jewish schools, synagogues, nonprofits, media and other entities.
According to its website, the purported aim of the...