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The Diminishing Quality Of Research Papers In The United States
There is a growing concern about the quality of research papers being produced today in the United States. In particular, these papers are not very disruptive to the accepted ideas with regard to the...
Anne Frank and Me: Three Weeks and 3,600 Miles Apart
Although I had no close relatives who were victims — and it wasn’t until years later that I learned that Nazis had hanged an uncle of my wife’s by his tallis — I was obsessed by...
The US: Belief in antisemitic stereotypes nearly doubles
The number of people in the U.S. who harbor extensive prejudice against Jews has doubled since 2019 and reached the highest level in decades, according to a comprehensive study the Anti-Defamation League released on Thursday.
“ADL has...
Ancient ostrich eggs found in Israel shed light on early humans
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently uncovered a number of ostrich eggs dating back thousands of years during an excavation near an ancient fire pit in the Negev desert.
“We found a campsite, which extends...
Combat Antisemitism Movement outlines its plans for the coming year
Speaking at the annual Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Advisory Board meeting Wednesday night, chairman Natan Sharansky underscored the importance of countering the global rise of antisemitism.
“For the last 20 years, we could say antisemitism is on...
A new post-Soviet aliyah
Hannah Yarutskaya made aliyah as a 9th-grader in 2015 from Mariupol–the Ukrainian city destroyed by Russian occupiers in the spring of 2022.
After serving as a lone soldier in Israel’s armed forces, Yarutskaya continues to...
Ben-Gvir’s Presumed ‘Act of War’
It was the devil…er, Itamar Ben-Gvir…who made me do it.
This Ben-Gvir made me bomb buses, fire another few hundred rockets into Israel and toss rocks from the Temple Mount onto worshipers at the Western...
Democracy must be restored to Israel
“For years now, Israel has seemed to me like a man sleepwalking toward a cliff. Now we’ve fallen from it.”
So proclaimed author Hillel Halkin in a hysterical requiem for Israel published last week in The Jewish...
Second Gentleman Emhoff to lead Holocaust remembrance efforts in Europe
The White House announced on Thursday that Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will travel to Europe this month to participate in Holocaust remembrance events.
Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is set to visit...
Smotrich assumes reins of Civil Administration after meeting top defense officials
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich held a meeting on Thursday with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the head of the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), in a bid to delineate their...