Daily Archives: December 23, 2022
Israeli entry for Best Foreign Film fails to make Oscar shortlist
Israel’s entry for Best International Film at the 2023 Oscars ceremony failed to make it onto a shortlist of 15 films that will vie for the award next year, according to an announcement on...
Band places impressive song in impressive Hanukkah film
The latest entry to the ever-growing musical category of “modern Hanukkah songs” has arrived.
Distant Cousins—the popular Los Angeles-based band featuring former Blue Fringe frontman Dov Rosenblatt, Moshav’s Duvid Swirsky and singer-songwriter Ami Kozak—has a...
70,000 people from 95 countries make aliyah in 2022
Some 70,000 people from 95 different countries immigrated to Israel in 2022 with the assistance of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.
It was the most olim in 23...
The True Value of Chanukah, Yesterday and Today
Every year I am amazed by the opportunities to transmit our Jewish values that we pass up when Hanukkah rolls around.
First, it is truly valuable to share with family and community the lighting of...
Palestinians Dread What They Have Wrought
As I scanned the menu at a Japanese restaurant on Sunday, I overheard the word “Palestinians.” I turned my head and spotted a few men at the end of a long table jabbering away,...
Bipartisan bill awards Congressional Gold Medal to last living Nuremberg prosecutor
U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) on Thursday were joined by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in announcing their bipartisan bill to award a Congressional...
WJRO praises new Lithuanian law on Holocaust-era property restitution
The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) applauded the passage of legislation by the Lithuanian parliament addressing restitution claims of Holocaust victims. The legislation, introduced in November by Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, will
provide €37...
Terror victims sue Biden administration for funding Palestinian Authority
Victims of Palestinian terror are suing the Biden administration for awarding millions of dollars to the Palestinian Authority, which pays terrorists and their families.
The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. district court in Texas on...
Putin congratulates Netanyahu on election win
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on his election victory, in their first phone call since the Nov. 1 vote.
The leaders mainly discussed the war in Ukraine, which...
Jewish music producer and author to discuss spirituality with Deepak Chopra
When Erez Safar, a producer, musician and DJ, sent his book to philosopher and author Deepak Chopra, he thought he might need a Hanukkah miracle to get a response. But he got more than...