Monthly Archives: April 2023
Netanyahu taps May Golan for consul general in New York
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday tapped fellow Likud Party lawmaker May Golan for the position of consul general in New York.
Golan was slated to become a minister in charge of advancing women’s...
$960 million earmarked to improve transportation in Judea and Samaria
Israel’s Ministry of Transport and Road Safety announced this week that it has submitted an unprecedented 50 billion shekel (around $13.7 billion) budget proposal to the Ministry of Finance towards the development and improvement...
IDF chief: No substitute for the ‘people’s army’
There is “no substitute” for the Jewish state’s “people’s army” model, whereby all citizens are meant to serve in some capacity, including most being conscripted into the military, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen....
Reform supporters rally outside former Supreme Court chief’s home
Hundreds of Israelis joined a “freedom march” on Wednesday night that concluded with a demonstration outside the Tel Aviv home of former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak.
Protesters held placards calling the court a “dictatorship”...
Netanyahu warns Saudi Arabia as kingdom renews ties with Tehran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Saudis about moving closer to Iran, speaking in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. The Saudis on March 10 announced a renewal of diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic.
On...
US pressing Niger to normalize ties with Israel
The United States is pressing Niger to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the matter with Niger President Mohamed Bazoum during the former’s visit to...
Credit Suisse served Nazi clients as recently as 2020
Banking giant Credit Suisse had dealings with and held accounts linked to Nazis from World War II until as recently as 2020, according to reports the U.S. Senate Budget Committee reports released on Israel’s Holocaust...
Israeli cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen dies at 76
Israeli literary, musical and overall cultural icon Yehonatan Geffen died on Wednesday aged 76.
“It is hard to imagine the existence of Israeli art, our anthems, the worlds of literature and theater without his unique...
Verter fun der Vokh: The Warsaw Ghetto uprising / דער אויפֿשטאַנד אין װאַרשעװער געטאָ
Today is April 19th, exactly 80 years since the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. On this day we recall the heroic Jews, imprisoned within the ghetto walls, who had no choice but to take up arms, resist the Nazi murderers and fight to the death.
Rare manuscripts handwritten by Maimonides on display at Yeshiva University Museum
Artifacts with a personal connection to this great Jewish luminary include a Mishneh Torah (code of law that revolutionized the study and practice of Judaism) signed and personally approved by Maimonides; a fragment from...