Daily Archives: February 15, 2023
Sotheby’s is auctioning the ‘earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible ever’
Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.”
Codex Sassoon dates to...
JDC works with Turkey’s local community, global Jewry to bring relief to quake victims
After a week-and-a-half on broken ground in Turkey, Leora Wine, director of disaster response for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), thinks Turkey is still in transition from rescue to recovery.
“That’s why the...
Ireland’s Jewish community is declining
Of about 5.3 million Irish citizens, some 800 (.015%) are Jewish. Including Jewish expats in Ireland, that number rises to about 2,500. But however one runs the numbers, Jewish life in Ireland is disappearing.
In...
A half-shekel, a whole people
These days, we hear dire warnings from around the world of an impending rift in the vaunted unity of the Jewish people. Israel is lurching dangerously rightward, they say, while much of American Jewry...
Questions on New York State Exam Revise Israeli History
Some critics might label two questions on a statewide test as intellectual dishonesty in our fourth largest state that is home to the most sizable Jewish population in America. Except that there was nothing...
ADL to all sides on Israeli judicial reform: ‘Avoid incendiary rhetoric’
The Anti-Defamation League announced that it joins Israeli President Isaac Herzog in trying to bring all parties to the debate over Israeli judicial reform together, calling on them to avoid “violent confrontations.”
“We implore all parties to...
Netanyahu to transfer full power over Civil Administration to Smotrich
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday to immediately transfer to him power over the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration, in accordance with their parties’ coalition agreement.
Netanyahu phoned Smotrich after...
Palestinian prisoners to Ben-Gvir: ‘Change our conditions and blood will be spilled’
Palestinian terrorists in Israeli jails sent a letter to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warning of bloodshed if he changes their living conditions.
“If they touch our conditions—blood will be spilled,” the letter said, according...
American Jews are increasingly afraid to show their identity
An alarming 41% of American Jews feel less safe in the United States today than they did a year ago. A combination of extremist influencers and social media are creating an environment increasingly hostile to the...
Smotrich slams Gallant over razing of Jewish-owned property in Samaria
he Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration ordered the razing on Wednesday of a Jewish-owned olive grove and orchard in Samaria, in defiance of instructions by Minister in the Defense Ministry Bezalel Smotrich.
Security forces reportedly...