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Daily Archives: May 4, 2023

Omer calendar, 18th century, the Netherlands, ink and gouache on parchment. Credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman.

Omer counters blend space and time, past and present

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Tobi Kahn grasps an asymmetric block of wood in both hands. He turns the piece, a fluid combination of angles and curves painted a rich metallic pewter, to reveal the base: a perfect rectangle,...
The dedication of the Oporto Jewish community's new cemetery on April 25, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Oporto’s Jews dedicate cemetery five centuries after last one destroyed

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The Jewish Community of Oporto, Portugal, inaugurated its new cemetery on April 25. The ceremony took place on Israel’s Memorial Day and included a tribute to the Jewish state’s fallen soldiers. The event was presided...

Revisiting the The Rothschilds

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While sorting through and getting rid of books in order to accommodate a new item of furniture I came across “The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait,” which I had given to my father for his birthday in...
King Charles III, formerly the Prince of Wales, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in the United Kingdom. Credit: Simon Ward Photography/Shutterstock.

The coronation of King Charles will be more than an amazing spectacle

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On Saturday, Britain’s King Charles III will be crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey. The coronation, which will be viewed by millions around the world, promises to be a spectacle of ceremony and magnificence for which...
The New York Times distribution truck. Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.

The New York Times’ unethical war on Chassidic schools

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Few members of the general public pay much attention to Pulitzer Prizes. Like most such competitions, they are subjectively decided and often say more about intellectual fashion than excellence in journalism and the arts...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. Congress on May 4, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

‘Iran is 50 North Koreas,’ Netanyahu tells bipartisan congressional delegation

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Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) led a bipartisan congressional group, which met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Thursday. “Iran is 50 North Koreas. It is not merely a neighborhood bully like the...
Leah Goldin, the mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose remains are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, attends a press conference, Aug. 5, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Leah Goldin demands son’s remains before Israel returns body of terrorist

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The mother of an Israeli soldier whose body is being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip is demanding that the government not return the corpse of Islamic Jihad terrorist Khader Adnan until her son and...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (right) meets with Palestinian terrorist leaders in Damascus, May 4, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Raisi in Damascus: Israel’s demise ‘very close’

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi met with Palestinian terrorist leaders in Damascus on Thursday, calling for a united front against Israel and telling them that the demise of the “Zionist regime” is imminent. The meeting took place on...
Cathelean Steele, national project coordinator at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, leads a workshop about sex trafficking in the United States, July 21, 2017. Source: Twitter.

Building a bridge between Israel and black America

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A delegation of 200 African-American Christian women will hold a first-ever leadership summit in Jerusalem this summer, seeking to strengthen the friendship with the Jewish people epitomized by the late Dr. Martin Luther King...
Israelis protest against judicial reform across from the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘Days of disruption’ resume as reform opponents take to streets

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Anti-judicial reform activists restarted their “days of disruption” campaign on Thursday to coincide with this week’s start of the Knesset’s summer session. Protesters attempted to block several junctions in Tel Aviv and other parts of...