Monthly Archives: October 2022
Concerns arise over Democratic lawmakers meddling in Israeli politics
Pro-Israel organizations in the U.S. are privately voicing their concerns that two Democratic members of Congress may have meddled in Israeli politics by recently calling on opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu to exclude a controversial,...
Report: More than 350 anti-Semitic incidents occurred on US college campuses last school year
A total of 359 anti-Semitic incidents took place on U.S. college campuses during the 2021-22 academic year, according to a report released by the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday.
The ADL’s Campus Report documented instances of accusations or...
An “Unphilosophical Spirit”: Root Causes of American Intellectual Decline
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.“- Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)
For the most part, Americans loath mind-challenging excursions into philosophy. At times,...
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...