Daily Archives: October 17, 2023
David Ellenstein Followed His Actor Father Into Show Business
David Ellenstein’s grandfather, Meyer Ellenstein, was a two-term mayor of Newark, New Jersey. David’s father, Robert Ellenstein, was an actor who appeared in television, movies and stage productions. Politics and acting were in David’s...
Music of Shabbat to Soothe the Troubled Heart
If music can soothe the troubled heart, the music of Shabbat may be particularly effective with its prayer chants for peace, for healing, and for the departed.
The next Treasures from the Music Collection of...
David Satterfield appointed US envoy on Gaza humanitarian crisis
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken referred to Ambassador David Satterfield on Oct. 3 as “a longtime colleague” and “extraordinary Foreign Service officer,” speaking during an event at Rice University in Houston, where Satterfield was then...
Palestinian reports: IDF hits Gaza home of Hamas leader in exile
An Israel Defense Forces airstrike in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood killed 14 relatives of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, health authorities in the Gaza Strip claimed on Tuesday.
The terror leader's brother and nephew were...
Israeli hospital refuses to treat Hamas terrorist
Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem said on Tuesday that it was refusing to treat a Hamas terrorist, according to Hebrew media reports.
The medical center stated that security officials had attempted to admit the...
Half a million Israelis displaced by war
Almost 500,000 Israelis have been displaced by the war, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said on Tuesday.
“There are about half a million internally displaced Israelis at the time,” Lt.-Col. (res.) Jonathan Conricus said during...
PA to immediately reward families of Oct. 7 terrorists with nearly $3 million
The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports.
The corpses of 1,500 Hamas terrorists were found...
Israel’s chief justice retires amid uncertainty over successor
Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut retired on Monday, having reached 70 years of age, the mandatory age of retirement for Israeli justices.
Hayut has served as a judge for 33 years. She was appointed...
Netanyahu to Putin: We ‘won’t stop until Hamas is destroyed’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that Israel intends to eliminate the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.
"The prime minister made it clear that Israel had been attacked by brutal and...
EU announces humanitarian air corridor, triples Gaza aid
The European Union announced on Monday that it would launch a humanitarian air corridor to Gaza through Egypt, with the first flights expected this week.
"Palestinians in Gaza are in need of humanitarian help and...