Monthly Archives: April 2025
US pulls visas from more than 30 additional international students
At least three dozen international students and alumni from Stanford University and colleges within the Univesity of California system recently had their visas revoked by the Trump administration for participation in pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas...
Toronto-area kosher store gets apology from major chain after one of its stores tries...
The biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt, which forms the central part of the Passover Seder, tells often of intra-Jewish strife. Such conflict has also erupted between two Toronto-area kosher supermarkets in the...
Netanyahu meets Witkoff in Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff as part of his visit to Washington, D.C. on Monday morning.
The meeting took place at Blair House, typically reserved for visiting...
A ‘terror’ for Erdoğan
"There is no fear like that of the one who sells out his people." — Nâzım Hikmet
On March 19, the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, who has been mayor of Istanbul...
US tariffs could cost up to 26,000 Israeli jobs, industry group says
As many as 26,000 Israelis stand to lose their jobs if the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump remain in place, the Manufacturers Association of Israel warned on Sunday ahead of a meeting...
Israel needs a new Lebanon strategy
Anti-tank missiles in garages and artillery stashed in children’s bedrooms. Weapons stockpiled in nearly every house. This was what one of us encountered, in village after village in Southern Lebanon, during the October 2024...
Butterfly renamed in honor of murdered 4-year-old hostage Ariel Bibas
The Academy of the Hebrew Languages announced on Friday that it has changed the Hebrew name of the spotted orange butterfly in honor of murdered Israeli hostage Ariel Bibas, 4.
The name was changed from Kitmit...
A taste of Morocco for the Passover seder
For Jews throughout the Diaspora, Passover is celebrated for eight days. The first seder begins on the evening of Saturday, April 12—the 15th of the Jewish month of Nisan—and ends well after sundown on...
New York Mayor Eric Adams receives ‘shmurah matzah’
The executive director of the Israel Heritage Foundation Rabbi David Katz, along with Rabbi Dr. Joseph Frager and honorary chairman Jonathan Burkan, recently met with New York Mayor Eric Adams. They presented Adams with shmurah...
Study finds ‘slowdown’ in new adoptions of IHRA definition of Jew-hatred
A recent study from the Combat Antisemitism Movement found the number of new entities that adopted or endorsed the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism in 2024 was significantly lower compared to previous years.
The...