Monthly Archives: April 2023
Caroline Glick under consideration for New York consul post
The prominent Israeli-American columnist Caroline B. Glick is among the candidates being considered for the high-profile position of consul general in New York.
The move comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided not to appoint...
Netanyahu building support for pro-reform mega-rally
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working behind the scenes to drum up backing for a “Million-person Protest” planned for Thursday in support of his government’s judicial reform initiative.
Netanyahu has met with stakeholders to...
Israeli court orders government to let Palestinians attend Memorial Day event
Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, overruled Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday and ordered him to allow Palestinians to cross the Green Line to attend an annual joint Memorial...
Herzog to establish worldwide Jewish advisory council
Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Sunday night the launch of a consultation process with global Jewry, ahead of an initiative to establish a worldwide Jewish advisory council under the Office of the President.
The...
Waxing and Waning Relations Between the Jewish and Mexican-American Communities in Los Angeles
SAN DIEGO – When I was a student at UCLA in the 1960s, one of the most pressing concerns was where to park. Many students commuted from their homes elsewhere in Los Angeles, but...
The ruling class must regain its senses
A group of soldiers from a company of Israel Defense Forces’ reservists in the Golani Infantry Brigade abandoned their posts at their training base in southern Israel on Tuesday and went home. The reservists...
Israel’s protests are now crossing sacred red lines
Israel’s three-month-old protest movement, which has repeatedly brought tens of thousands into the streets, is now crossing an increasing number of red lines.
There are serious anxieties that protests will disrupt next week’s Remembrance Day...
Yom Ha’atzmaut echoes in ‘The Mandalorian’
Eagle-eyed fans of the Disney series “The Mandalorian” and television writers have noted several instances when the show (the third season ended on April 19), which develops characters similar to those in “Star Wars,”...
Supreme Court hears oral arguments on employee’s right to observe Sabbath
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case centered on the rights of employees to observe their religious Sabbath, or day of rest.
Both religious and secular Jewish groups are watching Groff v. DeJoy closely, and...
Gallant asks ministers to eschew politics on Memorial Day
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sent a letter to government ministers and Knesset members on Thursday requesting that they stress unity in official state speeches on Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day next week.
“I would...