Daily Archives: April 9, 2025
What to do when Passover Eve falls on Shabbat?
Passover Eve falling on Shabbat is a rare occurrence, even in the days when months were sanctified by sighting the new moon. Years could pass without it happening. Even today, with our fixed calendar system,...
Defaced Holocaust artwork finds new home in Rome museum
A Holocaust artwork vandalized in an antisemitic attack in Italy went on display Tuesday at the Museum of the Shoah in Rome.
The mural, "The Star of David" Edith Bruck, depicts the Hungarian-born writer and...
France to recognize ‘Palestine,’ Macron announces
France is set to recognize a Palestinian state in the coming months, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.
"We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months," he declared...
Senate confirms Huckabee as Israel ambassador, Fetterman only Dem backer
The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, to be U.S. ambassador to Israel by a vote of 53-46.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) was the lone Democrat to...
Palestinian infiltrates IDF Judea and Samaria HQ
Israel Defense Forces detained a Palestinian who attempted to infiltrate the Judea and Samaria Division base near Beit El in southern Samaria on Wednesday, the military confirmed in a statement.
"A short while ago, a...
Jewish ambivalence about fighting antisemitism
Jews have long been champions of freedom of speech in the United States, yet they often have not hesitated to advocate canceling speakers who are antisemitic or virulently anti-Israel. Many Jews feel that those...
Trump hopes Netanyahu is ‘being appreciated, because he’s been a great leader’
Among all the other headlines on Iran, Gaza, hostages, Houthis, Turkey and tariffs, one of the statements U.S. President Donald Trump made to the media with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 7...
Western myths about Palestinians vs. what they say and do
Well-meaning liberal Americans sympathize with the Arab-Palestinian cause because of the group’s determined, decades-long struggle against Israel’s superior military might. Recently, that favoritism among Democrats for the first time shifted to a majority who...
Solomon’s Pools open to public over Passover in first since Oslo Accords
Three ancient reservoirs in Israel’s biblical heartland associated with King Solomon will be opened to the public next week during the Passover holiday for the first time since the Oslo Accords three decades ago.
Solomon's...