Daily Archives: September 16, 2022
New York Power Authority teams with Israeli EV charging company to expand infrastructure
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will collaborate with an Israeli company to research and develop solutions to expand the state’s public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the Lod-based...
209 Ethiopian ‘olim’ and Jewish Federation leaders land in Israel
Hundreds of community leaders from Jewish Federations across the United States and Canada, as well as senior Jewish Agency for Israel officials, spent three days in Ethiopia meeting with families awaiting immigration to Israel...
Last will of PA security-force terrorist says martyrdom highest ideal
Palestinian terrorist Ahmad Abed, a member of the Palestinian Authority Preventive Security Force who was killed in Jenin on Sept. 14, left a written will in which he explained that he had decided to...
Palestinian NGOs ‘demand’ Abbas to withdraw recognition of Israel
In a letter to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, several European-funded Palestinian NGOs, including Al-Haq, DCI-P and UAWC—all of which Israel has designated as terrorist organizations—“demanded” Abbas pressure the international community “to withdraw recognition...
Israel’s president lends ancient stone to Samaritan exhibit at Bible museum
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has presented a special stone inscription to the Museum of the Bible’s first-ever major exhibition on the Samaritans.
The exhibition, created in collaboration with Yeshiva University, provides unprecedented access to the life,...
Manhunt underway after Israel teen was injured by gunfire in Karmel
A shelter-in-place order has been issued in the town of Karmel, south of Hebron Thursday night as a manhunt is underway for a suspected terrorist who shot and wounded an Israeli teen.
According to the Jerusalem...
Erel Margalit’s Jerusalem Venture Partners launches a climate tech center in New York City
Erel Margalit wants to change the way the world thinks about the climate. The high-tech and social entrepreneur says it’s time to put an Israeli twist on the topic.
“We want you to stop thinking...
Amid war and related crises, JDC helps Ukrainian Jews celebrate New Year
Seven months since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is ensuring that thousands of Ukrainian Jews, including internally displaced people and refugees in bordering countries, can celebrate Rosh...
Lapid to speak at Friends of IDF gala in New York
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will attend and speak at the Friends of the IDF (FIDF) New York gala on Sept. 20.
The speech will be part of Lapid’s first visit to the United States...
Canada changes program funding after giving thousands to entity linked to anti-Semitic posts
Canada says it will be instituting policy changes as it relates to funding programs through Canadian Heritage after it was revealed that money was going to an organization whose co-founder and main speaker has...