Daily Archives: November 16, 2022
Donald Trump announces 2024 presidential run
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced his intention to run for president in 2024, vowing to renew American exceptionalism if he is once again elected to the White House.
“In order to make...
Memorabilia collector to display items from Jewish athletes during the Holocaust
The Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Florida, is hosting an exhibit on Jewish athletes during the Holocaust from Jan. 5 to Feb. 28, 2023. The exhibit’s curator, Neil Keller,...
Delis may be dying, but they remain alive in our hearts
Which is more important: pastrami or making love?
This was a question that George Costanza, played by Jewish actor Jason Alexander, grappled with on a hilarious episode of “Seinfeld.” And, of course, there’s the episode...
Lack of time, lack of interest, politics: why so many US Jews avoid communal...
Thirty-two percent of American Jews do not have time to be involved with Jewish organizations and institutions, and 28% do not consider those organizations a high priority on a personal level, according to a...
Ukraine backs antisemitism at the UN while pressuring Israel for arms
It was just another day at the United Nations. But, instead of its usual business being simply more evidence of the way the virus of anti-Semitism has injected itself into just about everything that...
Hold Abbas accountable
The recent decision by a United Nations forum to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on the “occupation” is not to be taken lightly. The dangers...
180 groups call on Twitter to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
In a Nov. 16 open letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Twitter management, 180 non-profit and civil rights organizations called on the social media giant to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...
Netanyahu asks for patience as coalition negotiations ramp up
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday attempted to assuage concerns that coalition negotiations had reached an impasse, asking his supporters for “a little patience.”
“With God’s help we’ll establish a right-wing government,” the Likud...
Terrorists in PA security forces praised by PLO, Fatah
Hundreds of Palestinian Authority security forces members are currently imprisoned by Israel for terrorist offenses committed during the P.A.- and Fatah-backed Second Intifada of 2000-2005, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs recently...
Former VP Mike Pence: Israel’s fight is our fight
“We stand with Israel because her cause is our cause,” former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said, addressing Tuesday night’s Iranian American Jewish Federation of New York gala in Manhattan.
“Her values are our values....