Daily Archives: May 3, 2023
Iddo Gefen wins Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
Iddo Gefen, an Israeli writer and cognitive psychology doctoral student at Columbia University, has won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for his short-story collection, “Jerusalem Beach.” The prize is supported by the...
Brown University project is digitizing 10,000 ancient Israel inscriptions
A 1,500 to 2,100-year-old Hebrew text from Jerusalem refers to “Shalom, mother of the synagogue.” And two burial niche inscriptions from Beit She’arim in the Galilee, both dated 250 to 350 C.E., refer in Greek to “Sara daughter...
Jews don’t need a heritage month, and neither does anyone else
For some community members, it’s exactly what Jews have always wanted and needed. In 2006, following up on a resolution passed by Congress, President George W. Bush was the first to declare May to be Jewish...
Jewish immortality
One of the final stops on our shul’s tour of Israel, which ended this week, was the Chain of Generations exhibition at the Western Wall Tunnels. Like all the museums we visited, it was...
Post-Brussels meeting, Israel-EU summit in works, slated for Jerusalem
Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with his European Union counterpart Josep Borrell in Brussels on Tuesday with the two reconciling their recently thorny relations.
The talks lasted for more than two-and-half hours, including a one-on-one exchange...
Lawsuit alleges New York bartender refused service to Jewish patron
A first date at Swell Dive in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., did not go well, but it had nothing to do with awkward chemistry.
Journalist Elad Eliahu, 29, who writes for Tim Pool’s Timcast...
Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir in spat over response to Gaza terror
The latest rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip sparked intra-coalition fighting on Wednesday between the Likud Party and one of its more right-wing partners seeking greater influence over policy in the fight against terror.
Israeli...
Bill to let victims sue terror paymasters advances in Knesset
The Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved in a preliminary reading a bill allowing victims of terrorism to file tort claims against those who provide remuneration for committing acts of terrorism.
This proposed legislation takes on...
Iran’s Raisi: ‘Israel’s first foolish step will be its last’
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday warned Israel not to take action against his country, stating that it was no match for the Islamic Republic.
During an interview with Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen a day ahead...
Israel, Gaza terror groups reach ceasefire after major conflagration
Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip reached a ceasefire agreement in the early hours of Wednesday, following a major conflagration in which more than 100 rockets were launched towards the Jewish...