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House subcommittee to investigate Rep. Santos, who has claimed Jewish ancestry
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has made a great many headlines for his conduct and statements, including claiming to be Jewish. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics announced on Thursday that an investigative subcommittee will...
Two Sides Of The Same Destructive Coin
I am sitting here with an article and with an editorial column from the issue of the Chicago Tribune dated February 25, 2023. The article is titled “Chicago hate crimes nearly double in ‘22”,...
State Department sanctions six companies engaged with Iranian petroleum
The U.S. government will sanction a number of companies that facilitate Iran’s petroleum trade, announced the U.S. State Department on Thursday. Foggy Bottom also designated six entities that have transported or sold Iranian petroleum...
Lithuanian FM pays respect to great-grandmother honored by Yad Vashem
The foreign minister of Lithuania on Thursday honored the memory of his great-grandmother, who had been recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for risking her life to save a Jewish girl during the...
Biden nominates his Jewish economic adviser as Council of Economic Advisers chair
Among the nominations U.S. President Joe Biden sent to the Senate on March 2 was that Jared Bernstein, currently a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, chair the council. That body is part of...
Touted Darius inscription is inauthentic, Israel Antiquities Authority clarifies
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Friday that an inscription on an ancient shard uncovered in southern Israel, which it attributed earlier in the week with much fanfare to the Persian King Darius the Great, is...
Top US military officer in Israel to talk security
Gen. Mark Milley, whose chairmanship of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff ends in the fall, arrived in Israel on Friday to talk with counterparts.
“They will address the many challenges and opportunities facing Israel...
Chicago’s Ukrainian Jewish community reflects on war and troubled history of Soviet past
Ukrainian Jews who have settled in Illinois since war began in their country a year ago report that the state has been largely pro-Ukraine and that those who seemed initially hesitant to support the...
Netanyahus pay condolence call on Yaniv family, who lost two sons to terrorism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visited the community of Har Bracha in Samaria to pay a condolence call on the Yaniv family, two of whose sons were killed in a shooting attack on...
At 25, ‘The Prince of Egypt’ still ‘delivers us to the promised land,’ rabbi...
The musical film “The Prince of Egypt” turns 25 this year, and as it celebrates no longer having to pay extra fees to rent cars, it remains timely.
“The ancient rabbis taught that we are...