Daily Archives: October 13, 2022
A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast...
The menu at Yalla is as Middle Eastern as it gets: hummus, falafel, shawarma — in a pita, a bowl or on a plate.
This food truck on a concrete patch beside a grassy lawn, a close...
Is the Israel-Lebanon maritime deal as good as the Abraham Accords?
Let’s hope that both U.S. President Joe Biden and interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid are right about the deal they’ve struck with Lebanon. Biden is hailing the pact, which last week seemed to be sunk...
Lecturer to Discuss Holocaust Poetry Oct. 22
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –UC San Diego Literature Prof. Amelia Glaser, who has specialized in Jewish studies, will lecture on “Babyn Yar in Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry” at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, at Temple...
Contemporary art meets ancient stones in Jerusalem
Contemporary art might not be the first thing on the minds of visitors to the remnants of ancient Jerusalem, but this Sukkot a ground-breaking exhibit brought art and archaeology together 20 feet under the...
Sefaria Unveils First-Ever Digital English Translation of ‘Mishneh Torah’ Interconnected With Other Jewish Texts
(Press Release) For the first time ever, learners can experience a full digital, English translation of the Mishneh Torah interconnected with other Jewish texts, thanks to Sefaria, a non-profit organization that digitizes and freely shares Jewish texts...
The Anti-Israel Wall Can Crumble
PHILADELPHIA — It is astounding how Israel’s foes have assembled an immense if bulky movement in America and Canada to advocate for the Palestinian cause.
A great many people support this cause, and their strength...
Israel providing Ukraine with intel on Iranian drones
Israel has been providing Ukraine with “basic intelligence about Iranian drones” that Russia is deploying in its war against Ukraine, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
A private Israeli company has also begun providing Ukraine with satellite imagery...
US: Reviving Iran nuclear deal ‘not our focus right now’
The United States is not currently focused on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, adding that the Islamic Republic has shown little interest in moving ahead with...
Polls split: It’s either more deadlock or Netanyahu victory
Two surveys this week—a Wednesday Mako/Knesset Channel poll and Tuesday’s Channel 11 iteration—give Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition 60 Knesset seats, one short of what it needs to form a government, forecasting yet another deadlock...
Arab violence rocks Jerusalem
Violent disturbances and rioting erupted overnight Thursday in eastern Jerusalem. Several assaults by Palestinians on Jewish residents and security personnel were recorded, in a significant deterioration of the situation.
Police arrested 23 rioters overnight in...