Monthly Archives: September 2023
Israeli foreign minister taps Rabbi Dee as special envoy
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday announced the appointment of Rabbi Leo Dee to the post of Special Envoy for Social Initiatives.
Leo's wife Lucy Dee, 48, and daughters Maia, 20, and Rina, 15, were...
Netanyahu to tour Silicon Valley ahead of UN speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit San Francisco next week ahead of his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Sunday.
Netanyahu will...
Zionism has very few sacred cows
Over the past few years, I've taken a deep dive into Zionism in my personal and professional studies. I've read more books, papers and articles than I can count. I've interviewed experts, scholars and...
Seeking Peace With a Dysfunctional ‘Family’
Their offense was to shake hands with the devil.
After literally shaking hands with a foreign athlete during an international competition last month, an Iranian weightlifter was barred for life from entering his nation’s sports...
Herzog presents 13 Israelis with Presidential Medal of Honor
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday night awarded the country's Presidential Medal of Honor to 13 leaders from Israel and the Diaspora during a festive ceremony at his Jerusalem residence.
The award was conferred upon...
Matisyahu, ‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller pitch (matzah) ball at New York’s Citi Field
Jewish rapper Matisyahu threw the ceremonial first pitch at New York’s Citi Field so far off the field that only a superhero would have been able to catch it.
And one actually attempted to ...
Matisyahu...
Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine
Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
The former Jewish head of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the presidential candidate...
Sheinbaum seeks to become the first woman in the country's history to hold that position, facing the opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez.
Born on June 24, 1962, the granddaughter of Bulgarian and Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, Sheinbaum...
Hackers publish Israeli hospital records after cyberattack
A ransomware hacker group on Wednesday published patient data stolen from Israel's Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
The “Ragnar Locker” group followed through on a threat to release the sensitive information gathered in the cyberattack on the...
‘Don’t trample our vote’: Reform supporters rally in Jerusalem
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday evening to demonstrate in favor of judicial reform.
Protesters voiced opposition to the court's decision to weigh in on legislation related...