Daily Archives: April 8, 2025
A ‘Bad Shabbos’ makes good comedy
Director and writer Daniel Robbins was looking for a different kind of comedy when producer Adam Mitchell had an idea that he had never seen done on screen before. Robbins, who is a Modern...
New book advocates for rights of Jewish children
B’nai B’rith Portugal, in partnership with the London-based International Observatory of Human Rights, has released a bilingual book titled "The Universal Rights of Children." The publication, released in time for both the Jewish holiday of...
‘Holy’ work: Stars of David replace crosses on stones of two WWI soldiers at...
Some 100 people, ranging in age from about 8 to 102, huddled for warmth as they braved 40-degree temperatures on a damp day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to watch, as speaker after...
Independence Day logo focuses on hope after war
The official logo for the central torch-lighting ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl marking the 77th anniversary of the State of Israel was unveiled on Monday, symbolizing the bond and shared hopes among a diverse...
Germany’s last convict for Holocaust crimes dies at 99
The last person to have ever been convicted in Germany for crimes during the Holocaust has died, a court said on Monday.
Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary, was handed a two-year suspended sentence...
Full remarks: Netanyahu at the White House
Below is the full text of the statement delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on April 7, 2025:
https://youtu.be/I0Sgc42gBg0
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Donald.
I...
Herzog awards Presidential Medal of Honor to Albanian PM
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday evening awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to Prime Minister of Muslim-majority Albania Edi Rama, in recognition of his steadfast support for the Jewish state following the Hamas-led...
Volunteer of the Month: Robin Kaufman, Founder of 4 Paws of Love
Poodles are known for being smart and easily trained dogs, but what makes them even better as therapy dogs is the fact that they don’t shed and leave fur everywhere. These are some of...
Anti-reason in Israel’s defense policy: Addressing the Jihadist threat
“There is something inside us that yearns not for reason, but for mystery…. for whisperings of the irrational.” Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1952)
In matters of national security, anti-reason can be as determinative as...