Daily Archives: September 12, 2024
Portuguese officials pay tribute to historic Jewish leader
The International Observatory for Human Rights and B’nai B’rith Portugal paid tribute last night, at the headquarters of B’nai B’rith, to the first chief rabbi of the kingdom, Yaish ben Yahya, whose cooperation in...
Escape by marriage: how some fled the Nazis
Persecuted. Engaged. Married. Marriages of convenience in exile by Sabine Bergler and Irene Messinger, Jewish Museum Vienna, 2018, 147 pages
We marry for love, romance, money, and to procreate and extend family lineages. Marriages of convenience...
Democracy suffers when the media can’t be trusted
Believe it or not, journalists are not at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to being trusted the least by the American public. According to the most recent annual Gallup poll of attitudes towards...
Judge seeks rabbis’ input on separated prayer in Tel Aviv
For the second time this month, the Tel Aviv District Court postponed ruling on a petition asking it to order the municipality to allow sex-separated prayers on Yom Kippur on public grounds.
In the hearing...
Mixed reactions to Trump, Harris comments on Iran, Israel during debate
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump referred to Iran a few times each during their televised debate on Tuesday night. “I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself,...
Netanyahu: World must demand hostages’ freedom
The international community must demand that Hamas free the remaining captives held in Gaza "immediately," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, accusing the terrorist group of frustrating the indirect talks towards a...
‘I am Hamas,’ says South African religious leader
The president of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in South Africa's Western Cape, Sheikh Riad Fataar, chanted, “I am Hamas! Cape Town is Hamas! Viva Hamas, viva!” at a gathering in Cape Town last...
NYC museum fires three employees for wearing keffiyehs
A New York City museum has fired three employees for wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians—a violation of a new dress code instituted last month against "political messages, slogans or symbols."
The Noguchi Museum, located...
War with Iran: Nuclear dialectics of an expected conflict
On its face, the current strategic balance between Israel and Iran favors the Jewish state. In extremis, because it represents the only already nuclear adversary, Israel is in a dominant position to achieve “escalation...