Daily Archives: January 7, 2025
The cathartic effects of the past year on Jewish life and identity
The last 15 months have been a tragedy for the individual and a triumph for the collective. History is rife with examples of this dichotomy. The tragedy of Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing aftermath...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician and Holocaust denier, dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist who led the French far-right National Front Party, died on Tuesday. He was 96 years old.
His family told AFP that he died in a care facility “surrounded...
Jerusalem court OKs seizure of $5.5 million in PA funds by relatives of Huwara...
The Jerusalem District Court recently approved the seizure of 20 million shekels ($5.5 million) in Palestinian Authority funds by the relatives of slain brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, who were murdered by an Arab...
The world has Israel to thank for no nuclear fears in post-Assad Syria
Following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s murderous regime, protracted uncertainty or outright chaos should be expected in Syria. Among other things, assorted remnants of al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorist groups will configure or reconfigure in the area, and...
Why they rewrite the intifada
What was this intifada that protesters on college campuses and in the streets of American cities keep screaming about?
According to a recent article in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, the first intifada—lasting from late 1987...
International flights from Israel’s Ramon Airport to restart in February
An Israeli low-cost airline is resuming international service from southern Israel’s Ramon International Airport next month.
Israir announced on Monday that it will operate twice-weekly direct flights from the southern Israeli city of Eilat to...
Rabbi of Syrian Jewish community in Israel writes to Ahmed al-Sharaa
The chief rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community in Israel has penned an extraordinary letter to the new leader of Syria, congratulating him on his victory in ousting the Assad dictatorship and encouraging him...
ADL teams with Trump-friendly lobbyists
The Anti-Defamation League has signed a deal with Ballard Partners, a lobbying group founded by Brian Ballard, a fundraiser for President-elect Donald Trump who previously employed Pam Bondi, current nominee for attorney general.
In a statement to Jewish...
‘Deep disappointment’ with Trudeau, Canadian Jewish leaders say
Canadian Jewish leaders reacted almost immediately—many with sighs of relief—to Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he will resign as prime minister after his party replaces him in a March 24 vote.
“This is an...