Daily Archives: May 4, 2023
Omer counters blend space and time, past and present
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,...
Oporto’s Jews dedicate cemetery five centuries after last one destroyed
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
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...
The coronation of King Charles will be more than an amazing spectacle
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’ unethical war on Chassidic schools
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...
‘Iran is 50 North Koreas,’ Netanyahu tells bipartisan congressional delegation
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 demands son’s remains before Israel returns body of terrorist
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...
Raisi in Damascus: Israel’s demise ‘very close’
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...
Building a bridge between Israel and black America
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...
‘Days of disruption’ resume as reform opponents take to streets
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...