Daily Archives: February 14, 2023
Prague museums return 14 artworks to heirs of Jewish collector
Two Czech art institutions have returned 14 artworks to heirs of a Jewish collector, from whom they were improperly taken during and after World War II, the New York State financial services department announced.
The National...
New Jersey Jewish farming colony archive gets $24,500 grant to digitize materials
Stockton University’s Alliance Heritage Center has won a $24,500 grant to digitize the archives of the Alliance Colony, a Jewish farming community founded in southern New Jersey in the late 19th century.
The center’s archives include physical...
Chabad’s annual Kinus HaShluchos draws 4,000 women emissaries
From Feb. 8-13, some 4,000 shluchos, Chabad women emissaries, from more than 100 countries gathered in and around the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for the annual Kinus HaShluchos, whose agenda included workshops, speeches and Shabbat gatherings. It...
How Americans can save Israeli democracy
President Joe Biden isn’t the first American president to intervene in Israeli politics. U.S. administrations have been doing so for decades with generally dismal results. Yet there was something different about the comments Biden recently made...
What’s next for Israel and Greece?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in the November 2022 Israeli legislative election brought the architect of the Israeli-Greek friendship back to power. As prime minister in 2010, Netanyahu was the first to advocate for this friendship....
Nikki Haley launches US presidential bid
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley officially launched her 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday, becoming the first Republican candidate to formally toss their hat into the primary ring against former President...
Senior US senator: ‘Netanyahu putting own interests ahead of Israel’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “dangerously putting his own narrow political and legal interests…ahead of the long-term interests and needs of Israel’s democracy,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and...
The United Nations is not antisemitic, its point man on antisemitism says
During an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations headquarters last month, Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan ripped the global body for failing to tackle antisemitism.
“The U.N. was founded upon the ashes...
Smotrich vows unrestrained building in Judea and Samaria despite US opposition
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Tuesday to promote unrestrained construction in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, despite opposition from the Biden administration.
“The real answer to terror is to continue to...
Former Israeli PM Olmert calls for ‘war’ to stop judicial reform
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday called for the protest movement against the government’s judicial reform proposal to move to the next stage, one fueled by violent confrontation.
“What is needed is to...