Daily Archives: May 21, 2024
New advocacy group launched for Jewish medical professionals
A new advocacy group for Jewish medical professionals aims to combat antisemitism at U.S. hospitals, the New York Post reported.
The American Jewish Medical Association is a “safe, enriching community with a unified voice for all Jewish...
Blinken denies Washington withheld intelligence from Israel about Hamas
During congressional testimony on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied that the Biden administration had offered to share additional intelligence with Israel if it refrained from launching a military operation in Rafah,...
Foxx warns ‘spineless college leaders’ of ‘healthy dose of reality’ at hearings
Three more university leaders will face questions from congressional representatives regarding antisemitic rhetoric and intimidation on their U.S. campuses since the Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, promulgated by anti-Israel protesters.
Members...
Jews in Iran ‘shocked and angered’ about looming execution of young Jew
The imminent execution of a young Jewish man the Iranian regime has sentenced to death has been postponed, Iranian Jewish activists in the United States told JNS.
Arvin Ghahramani, age 20, according to news reports,...
Israel returns Associated Press’ webcam taken down on Gaza border
Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi moved to return an Associated Press webcam on Tuesday that inspectors had taken down in the southern town of Sderot just hours earlier, his office announced.
“Since the Defense Ministry wishes to examine...
UN flags at half-mast in New York to honor ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi
The day after critics slammed the United Nations for holding a moment of silence for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday, the global body lowered flags...
Cotton vows to block ICC prosecutor from entering the United States
Efforts by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have provoked strong pushback from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
“Equating Israel’s democratically elected leaders with the perpetrators of...
Girls from Torah Prep boast sweet scores with ‘Candy’ tech creation
“Candy” is a colorful LEGO-clad robot about the size of a toaster. She’s small but powerful. That’s also an apt description for her creators, the robotics team at Torah Prep School of St. Louis.
The group...
Rep. Schiff: ‘Misguided, repugnant’ for ICC to seek warrants for Israeli leaders
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) denounced the International Criminal Court’s efforts to arrest Israeli leaders in a statement on Monday.
“The ICC announcement today is not only misguided and repugnant, it is also a terrible overreach of the...
‘Hard-pressed’ to imagine world without ‘Shulchan Aruch’ 450 years after Joseph Caro’s death, experts...
Marianna Stell was reshelving a book at the Library of Congress in 2017 when a “beautiful, even manuscript hand” on the shelf caught the reference librarian’s attention. After consulting with colleagues in the Hebraic...