Daily Archives: June 11, 2024
Notes from the safest place in Europe for Jews
This is a perilous time to be a Jew. The world responded to the greatest mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust with a surge of antisemitism and sympathy for those who committed the...
International law is not the problem
There is much room to improve international law in order to deal with terrorism and the use of force by non-state actors. But that is not essential to fighting terrorism. The law matters but is not...
RJC endorses Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole
The Republican Jewish Coalition voiced its support for Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee, in his race for Oklahoma’s 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
“Tom Cole played an indispensable...
US drones still flying over Gaza, aiding hostage rescue, Pentagon says
Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the U.S. Department of Defense press secretary, insisted in a press conference on Monday that the temporary pier anchored to the coast of Gaza played no role whatsoever...
Temporary pier anchored to Gaza coast operating again after repairs
Repairs on the broken Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore were completed, and the temporary pier was re-anchored to the Gazan coast and began operating again on Saturday, according to the U.S. Defense Department.
Air Force Maj. Gen....
In first meeting with new Palestinian Authority leader, Blinken welcomes plans to reform the...
In his first meeting with the new Palestinian Authority prime minister on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the PA’s plans to pass a series of administrative reforms.
Blinken stressed “the need for full...
Manhattan prep school leader resigns after calling task force ‘power play by Jewish families’
A Manhattan private school that charges a yearly tuition of $63,400 has seen a change in leadership following overt efforts to fight antisemitism.
On Monday, head of school David Lourie announced plans to step down from his...
A Filipino singer’s journey to Judaism in Israel
He had grown up in a swanky northern Tel Aviv home adopted by a secular Israeli family, alongside his Filipino single mother who is a foreign worker.
Fluent in Hebrew, he was a semifinalist in...
Los Angeles man sentenced to 43 months for stalking Jewish woman
Andre Morrow Lackner, 35, was sentenced to more than three and a half years in prison for stalking a Jewish woman and making antisemitic and anti-Asian threats, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central...
Lawsuit: Jews endure ‘pervasive ostracization’ at California College of Arts
Soon after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel, professors and students at California College of Arts trumpeted “Decolonization is not a dinner party,” alleges Karen Fiss, a professor at the San Francisco...