Daily Archives: June 14, 2023
New musical ‘Fury and Elysium’ showcases women in pre-war Berlin
One of Stephanie Martin’s favorite parts of the musical “Fury and Elysium,” whose script she penned, is when the lover of a Socialist activist character named Rosa Luxemburg tells her that she is “too...
The 75th Yahrzeit of General David ‘Mickey’ Marcus
The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation (JASHP) conducted a small wreath-laying ceremony at the General David “Mickey” Marcus memorial in Tlse-Stone.
June 10 was the Sabbath. No wreath laying would be tolerated by the...
Drumming in Jewish Circles
In the book “Miriam’s Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from Around the World” (1988), edited by Prof. Howard Schwartz, Miriam’s drum had magical abilities. Taken from a 19th-century Eastern European folktale, Schwartz writes that the music...
Berlusconi’s revolution in Israel relations
In many ways, Silvio Berlusconi's colorful personality captured the essence of being Italian, for better or for worse. Or, as La Repubblica put it, he was "the mirror of this strange country."
For two decades he was...
What are Arab donors to universities buying for $10 billion?
After decades of ignoring how foreign governments were using donations to universities, the Department of Education (DoE) finally launched an investigation in 2020 and published a report that found that some of the foreign...
Opposition threatens to torpedo reform talks amid tense Judicial Selection panel vote
The Knesset on Wednesday was holding a tense vote for two spots reserved for lawmakers on a nine-member Judicial Selection Committee. At the time of the voting, it was unclear whether any candidates would...
AJC announces effort to assist with federal plan to counter antisemitism
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), said on Monday that the group would launch a task force to help “ensure that the White House action plan becomes a reality in ways that will...
Opposition MK approved for Judicial Selection panel; coalition MK rejected
Yesh Atid lawmaker Karine Elharrar was voted onto the Judicial Selection Committee Wednesday, satisfying a key opposition demand during negotiations over the government's reform package.
Concurrently, the coalition voted down the candidacy of Likud Party...
Homesh Yeshivah foresees a full return to the once-abandoned community
In March, the Knesset voted 31-18 to repeal parts of the 2005 Disengagement Law and allow Israelis to return to the destroyed northern Samaria communities of Homesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim and Kadim.
In May, another step...
Envoys to UN in Geneva visit Israel, get ‘different perspective’
The first-ever delegation of senior legal advisers and human-rights experts from permanent missions to the United Nations in Geneva visited Israel last week to get firsthand insights into the country's institutions, legal framework, population...