Daily Archives: April 24, 2023
Polish Jewish Yiddishist Seeks Revival of Easter European Jewish Culture
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth chapter in Volume 2 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.” All three books may be purchased from Amazon.com or...
Israel commemorates fallen heroes as state marks Memorial Day
Israel began marking Memorial Day on Monday night as a one-minute commemorative siren sounded across the country.
Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty in the past year, and an additional 86 disabled...
‘I can spit on the canal,’ radioed first tank to reach the Suez in...
David Caspi still remembers the signal phrase 56 years later: “red blanket.” At the time, he could not have known that when he led his tank unit—Division 200—towards the Suez Canal, the conflict would...
Grieving together for our fallen heroes
This year, Israel’s annual Remembrance Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel will have a special meaning.
At the height of a polarizing political storm, we will all pause for a day...
Which Israel are you celebrating on its 75th birthday?
When planning for Israel’s 75th anniversary began last year, the assumption on the part of those preparing for events was that it would be just like every other Yom Ha’atzmaut or Independence Day if...
Greenblatt joins Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Jason Greenblatt, a former special envoy to Israel and the Arab world in the Trump administration, is joining the think tank Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as senior director for Arab-Israel diplomacy.
Greenblatt was part...
‘Incredibly Disturbing’: ADL Calls on Israel to Reconsider New York Consul General Nomination
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement to The Algemeiner called for the Israeli government to reconsider the nomination of Likud MK and minister-without-portfolio May Golan as Israel’s Consul General in New York over past comments...
‘Leave New York’s yeshivas alone,’ writes Wall Street Journal
“Are Jewish moms and dads who send their children to religious schools lawbreakers? Or are they exercising their right to live by their beliefs—even if those beliefs are out of fashion with modern American...
CAMERA responds to ‘15 lies’ in Amnesty ‘apartheid’ attack on Israel
In a video documenting “15 Lies in 15 Minutes,” the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis is taking on a February 2022 video that Amnesty International made, accusing Israel of “apartheid.”
Among Amnesty’s lies...
Israel’s population approaches 9.73 million
Israel’s population stands at 9,727,000, according to figures the Central Bureau of Statistics released on Monday, on the eve of Independence Day.
Of them, 73.5% are Jewish, 21% Arab and 5.5% non-Arab Christians, members of...