Daily Archives: October 9, 2024
Ethiopian Jewish holy books digitized in Jerusalem
A collection of rare holy books and manuscripts from the Ethiopian Jewish community written in Ge’ez, an ancient South Semitic language sometimes referred to as Classical Ethiopic, have been digitized and will be available online, the...
J Street Chooses Palestinian State Over the Hostages
Why is J Street making the creation of a Palestinian state a higher priority than the hostages in Gaza?
That question was raised on October 7, in Washington, DC by Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui...
Death, time and immortality in the Middle East
potentially catastrophic war between Israel and Iran will have little to do with sovereignty, national security or self-determination. Though veiled from superficial assessments of politicians and pundits, true conflict causes will stem from primal jihadist...
Anti-Israel activists splash red paint on Spanish writer
Protesters hurled paint at a well-known pro-Israel writer in Spain on Tuesday while she was giving a lecture at a center of higher learning.
Pilar Rahola, a former lawmaker, resumed her talk shortly after the...
Biden, Netanyahu talk for first time in nearly 50 days
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday morning—their first phone call since Aug. 21, according to White House readouts of their communications.
The two leaders did not appear to speak on...
Supreme Court overturns Tel Aviv ban on outdoor Yom Kippur prayers
Israel's Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday night against a ban on gender-separated Jewish prayer services in Tel Aviv's public spaces during the holiday of Yom Kippur, local media reported.
"We order that the appellants...
Oct. 7 memorial for Jews of color ‘missed opportunity’ for unity, says American Sephardi...
A group that describes itself as “unabashedly progressive” is defending its decision to hold an Oct. 7 memorial for “Sephardic, Mizrachi and all Jews of color,” after the event drew criticism from the American...
Afghan man faces 35 years in prison for allegedly planning terror attack on Election...
The U.S. Justice Department has charged Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan citizen who lives in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Tuesday with planning a terror attack on Nov. 5—Election Day—in the name of ISIS.
Tawhedi faces up...