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Daily Archives: July 2, 2024

Jewish Federations help bring 3,170 Ethiopian Jews to new home in Israel

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The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) announced on Tuesday that it had enabled a total of 3,170 Ethiopians to make aliyah—comprising 1,535 men, 1,635 women and 754 families—as part of a two-year, $9 million campaign that...

South Dakota, North Carolina implement bills defining antisemitism

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Measures utilizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism to guide government workers in assessing Jew-hate have become law in North Carolina and South Dakota. “I am very proud of this historic legislation that will...

‘Absolutely abhorrent’ vandalism of Montreal cemetery with swastikas

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The photo that Jeremy Levi, the mayor of Hampstead (Québec), shared on social media shows a Jewish tombstone of a Cohen, with an illustration of two hands configured in the priestly blessing. “Forever in...

Presbyterian Church rejects Christian Zionism, divests from Israel Bonds

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The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted on Monday at its biennial meeting, which is ongoing in Salt Lake City, Utah, to divest from financial bonds in Israel and to denounce Christian Zionism, Religion News Service reported. The denomination,...

StandWithUs objects to agreement made with protesters at Northwestern

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A leading pro-Israel campus group sent correspondence to the trustees of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., urging the cancellation of what it calls an unlawful agreement administrators made with anti-Israel demonstrators. StandWithUS dispatched a legal letter on Monday written...

Hostages’ family members say UN head Guterres listens to their plight

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The head of the United Nations has been assailed by a range of Israeli officials since the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7 for any number of diplomatic offenses, mischaracterizations, false assessments...

IDF denies NYT claim generals pressing gov’t for ceasefire

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The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday denied a New York Times report that the military leadership is pressing for a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza, even if this keeps the terror group in power for the time...

Global influencers gather in New York City for Jew-hatred summit

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More than 300 influencers worldwide traveled to New York City earlier this week to fight antisemitism in a first-of-its-kind event. “You are now on the precipice to decide which direction we go in. You only...

Blinken: Israel has ‘lost sovereignty’ in the north

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Israel has “effectively lost sovereignty” over the northern part of its country amid ongoing attacks from Lebanon, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “People don’t feel safe to go to their homes,” the secretary stated during a...

Startup Nation Central partners with Israeli hospital to boost health tech in north

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Startup Nation Central is partnering with Tzafon Medical Center near Tiberias to help drive economic recovery in northern Israel. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last week, the two agreed to work to boost...