Daily Archives: July 18, 2024
A fighting chance for the West
This week, there has been a palpable feeling of tectonic plates on the move. Suddenly, the cultural elites who regard themselves as masters of the universe have paused disconcerted as they disbelievingly feel the...
The Trump assassination attempt resonates in Israel
In the wake of the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the Israeli government’s Sunday cabinet meeting was dedicated to dangerous incitement by public officials against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that...
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik appointed to US religious freedom commission
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, of the Manhattan Orthodox synagogue Congregation Shearith Israel, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom earlier this month.
The rabbi, who holds a doctorate in religion...
Biden COVID diagnosis could affect Netanyahu meeting
Wednesday’s announcement that U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 may force the rescheduling or cancellation of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly set for Monday.
Netanyahu is set to address a joint...
Justice ‘not yet achieved’ 30 years after Argentina Jewish center bombing, Latino-Jewish Caucus says
Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), the co-chairs of the Latino-Jewish Caucus, called for accountability three decades after the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in...
US, 31 countries launch global ground rules for countering Jew-hatred
The United States was one of 32 countries to sign onto a non-legally binding Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism plan in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the day before the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Proud Jews ‘have gone into their shells’ since Oct. 7, Shopify president says
An anti-Israel protester protested a podcast hosted by the Jewish president of Shopify, to accuse a Jewish guest, who wasn’t talking about Israel, of supporting genocide.
Harley Finkelstein—of the $81.86 billion Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify—and...
Hostage parents, Harvard alum activist address Republican convention
Shabbos Kestenbaum introduced himself as a past Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supporter and lifelong Democrat, who has seen it as “my party” since registering at 18 . He still received some of the largest...
IDF soldier dies of wounds from Hezbollah drone attack
An IDF soldier who sustained severe wounds in a Hezbollah drone attack in the Golan Heights late last month and had been hospitalized at a Haifa hospital succumbed to his wounds, the army said on Thursday.
Sgt....
Four Israelis wounded in Samaria IED attack
Four Israelis were wounded on Thursday afternoon when Palestinian terrorists targeted their vehicle with an explosive near the Jewish community of Hermesh in northwestern Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “two IDF soldiers on...