Daily Archives: February 23, 2023
‘I was Jewish, and that was it’
A rabbi on his way to board a connecting flight at Jordan’s main airport had the straps of his tefillin (phylacteries) cut by security guards who called them a security threat, he said Thursday.
It was the...
The Israeli Battle over its Judicial Overhaul
Haviv Rettig Gur is a veteran Israeli journalist who serves as senior analyst for The Times of Israel. He has covered Israel's politics, foreign policy, education system and relationship with the Jewish diaspora since...
Los Angeles Synagogue Shootings: The Personal and the Perilous
Decades ago, I most likely walked past the site of a Los Angeles synagogue near where Guy Taieb, 73, was wounded in a drive-by shooting last Thursday, an incident likely motivated by antisemitism.
Long before...
What goes hand in hand with cherries? Chocolate!
HaAs a kid in my mother’s house, I’d use a drinking glass to cut out my rounds of dough for hamantaschen, those triangular Jewish cookies made for the holiday of Purim. Dipping the rim...
Why are the ultra-Orthodox the happiest group in Israel?
Haredi Jews are the happiest group in Israel, according to a 2022 life satisfaction and happiness survey conducted by Panels Politics. However, a report prepared by the Israel Democracy Institute noted that more than 44% of...
Israel refuses entry to member of EU Parliament for terror ties
Ana Miranda, a member of the European Parliament, returned to Spain after she was denied entry to Israel on Tuesday.
She was detained for six hours at Ben-Gurion International Airport and then returned on the...
ADL condemns neo-Nazi protests of Broadway play about antisemitic lynching
With a book by Alfred Uhry, and lyrics and music by Jason Robert Brown, the 1998 musical “Parade” tells the tragic story of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to death...
El Al to increase number of flights from Florida to Israel
As Southeast Florida’s Jewish population continues to grow, El Al Airlines announced that it will increase flights to and from the region, including new operations at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, the...
Netanyahu on recent IDF actions: ‘We will strike at terrorism forcefully’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday promised a firm response to terrorism following the previous day’s rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip and an IDF raid that encountered gunfire in Nablus.
“We have a clear...
‘Incitement in eastern Jerusalem schools produces child terrorists’
February saw three terror attacks by Palestinian youths, two of whom were 13 years old and one of whom was 14. All were from eastern Jerusalem. The attacks have refocused attention on anti-Israel incitement...