Daily Archives: September 22, 2022
With bigger crowds expected for High Holidays, rabbis have a lot to speak about
For most rabbis, the High Holidays are like their World Series. They always attract the biggest crowds, and with the pandemic appearing to be far less dangerous, synagogues are expecting to be at full...
Max Eisen’s lasting words on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism
Digging a ditch with other prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp, Max Eisen thought that he might have some security. Letting his guard down, together with his two fellow prisoners, they slowed down the...
Pope Francis, Israel’s chief rabbis discuss interfaith coexistence in Kazakhstan
Pope Francis and both of Israel’s chief rabbis, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, discussed peaceful coexistence and cooperation between religions in meetings and on the sidelines of an...
Department of Homeland Security appoints 25 members to new Faith-Based Security Advisory Council
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday the appointment of 25 members to the new Faith-Based Security Advisory Council, which will consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the security...
Israelis lead int’l hunt for innovative cancer treatments
Professors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Cancer Research Institute at the Hadassah-University Medical Center are leading a European consortium working to develop novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer.
The team of international...
Preserving the children’s shoes found at Auschwitz
The International March of the Living announced on Thursday a global campaign with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial to preserve thousands of shoes belonging to children, most of them Jews, who were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration...
Bollywood is coming to Israel
The story of how a minimally armed unit of Indian soldiers fought and beat the Ottoman army to win Haifa on Sept. 23, 1918, will soon be made into an action-packed, feature-length film by...
UK prime minister considering moving embassy to Jerusalem
British Prime Minister Liz Truss told Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday that she is considering moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
A British government spokeswoman said Truss had told...
Palestinian car thief rams into a Ben-Gurion Airport barricade
A Palestinian from Ramallah stole a vehicle in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, and subsequently rammed a barricade at Ben-Gurion Airport early Thursday in his attempt to escape pursuit, the Israel Police said. He...
Iranian cyberattacks up 70%
Iranian cyberattacks against Israel have increased by almost 70% in the last year, according to the IDF.
The Iranian military has deployed more than 20 cyberattack units, with at least 10 aimed at Israel.
The IDF...