Monthly Archives: December 2022
Vote for the Antisemite of the Year 2022
StopAntisemitism.org, a grassroots watchdog group, has announced the three finalists in its “Antisemite of the Year 2022” contest.
The candidates for the title are rapper Kanye “Ye” West, real estate developer Mohamed Hadid and white...
Noam Party leader condemns Lapid-led campaign as ‘incitement to rebellion’
Avi Maoz, chairman of the Noam Party, responded Monday to criticism of his appointment at the Ministry of Education, labeling it “an attempt to prevent the prime minister-designate from forming the sole legitimate elected...
NSW government offers $1 million for info on 1982 bombings of Jewish institutions
The New South Wales government is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to criminal convictions in connection with the bombing of two Australian Jewish institutions in 1982.
The reward, originally set at $100,000 in 2012,...
Theodor Herzl diaries republished in ambitious new undertaking
“Today, Theodor Herzl is best known for his beard, not his books,” laments Gil Troy, editor of “The Zionist Writings of Theodor Herzl,” in his introductory essay to a new edition of Herzl’s diaries.
Troy,...
Herzog visits the UAE after historic trip to Bahrain
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday touched down in the United Arab Emirates, kicking off the second day of his state visit to the Gulf.
Herzog was greeted at the airport by Emirati Foreign Minister...
Blinken: US will judge next Israeli government on policies, not personalities
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that policies, and not the people implementing them, will define the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem’s next government.
During his keynote address to the J Street...
How Covid Has Sexualized Modern Technological Society
Since the rise of the Covid pandemic, there has also been a rise in the appearance of many other conditions and diseases that affect human beings. One that has seldom appeared in the...
‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ to Orthodox children becomes a social media sensation
Adriana Fernandez laughs when she recounts how she got it wrong when it came to understanding what “kosher” means.
“I used to think it was just that you couldn’t have a cheeseburger and couldn’t mix cheese and...
‘Living encyclopedia’ Stuart Rosenblatt donates Irish-Jewish family records to National Library of Israel
Genealogist Stuart Rosenblatt on Dec. 19 will donate his treasure trove of records on Irish-Jewish families, which spans centuries, to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. For decades, he has been the go-to...
Hebrew University unveils sculpture in memory of renowned Nobel Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor...
A new sculpture commemorating the life of writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel was dedicated on Thursday at a moving ceremony on the Mt. Scopus Campus of the...