Monthly Archives: May 2023
Nancy Spielberg: ‘We have to get people back into the theater’
When Israeli filmmaker Tal Inbar approached Nancy Spielberg with her documentary “Closed Circuit,” about a deadly terrorist shooting at a Tel Aviv cafe in June 2016, Nancy Spielberg knew that she had to produce...
Long-Overdue Recognition for British-Jewish War Hero Jack Nissenthall
The BBC called Jack Nissenthall “The VC (Victoria Cross) Hero Who Never Was.”
Eighty years on from the 1942 British raid on Nazi coastal facilities and radar installations in Dieppe, Nissenthall’s extraordinary, courageous actions remain hidden by...
Music from Terezin: What If These Composers’ Lives Were Not Cruelly Cut Short?
Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library will present the second program in its Music from the Holocaust series, Music from Terezin, on Thursday, May 11, 2 p.m. in the library....
Anti-haredi sentiment and the boycott of Angel Bakeries
As the leaders of Israel’s protest movement have acknowledged, judicial-reform legislation is only part of the impetus for the demonstrations. This is why the pause in the process to enable negotiations didn’t cause them...
![A plaque in front of the Israeli athletes' quarters commemorates the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. The inscription, in German and Hebrew, reads: “The team of the State of Israel lived in this building during the 20th Olympic Summer Games from 21 August to 5 September 1972. On 5 September, [list of victims] died a violent death. Honor to their memory.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons.](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Memorial-to-Israeli-Athletes-Munich-Olympics-1972-Massacre-880x495-1-324x235.jpg "Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?")
Will the Munich panel acknowledge the role of Abbas?
The German government has created a commission of historians to study the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Germany’s Interior Minister has promised that the review will be...
Tlaib to be ‘special guest’ at ‘nakba’ event at Capitol Visitor Center
Nine groups that are known for opposing Israel plan to gather on Wednesday for “Nakba 75 and the Palestinian People” at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) as a “special...
Caught in violence in northeast India, Bnei Menashe face ‘appalling’ conditions
Caught in the middle of violence between Meitei Hindus and Kuki Christians, the Bnei Menashe, who claim descent from a “lost” biblical tribe and whom Israel accepts upon conversion, have been displaced from their...
Senior Biden officials fly to Israel to brief Netanyahu following Saudi meetings
Senior White House officials flew from Saudi Arabia to Israel on Monday to brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the talks that U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held with Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
On ‘Remembrance Day,’ Zelenskyy asks Dutch to mourn dead Ukrainians
On a visit to the Netherlands on the country’s Remembrance Day—held annually on May 4 at 8 p.m. to commemorate soldiers and civilians who died in World War II, and in other wars and peacekeeping...
Iran blames the West for lack of nuclear deal
An Iranian official said on Monday that it was still possible to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal, blaming stalled negotiations on the West, and particularly, the United States.
A deal was “possible both in terms of...