Tag: Politics
Amid ongoing political deadlock, is it time for Israel to consider electoral reform?
Israel held its fourth legislative election in the past two years on March 23, voting 120 members of Knesset (Parliament) into power as representatives of the 24th Knesset since the establishment of the State.
According...
Spitfire, sure, but Rush Limbaugh also saw the need for Israel’s defense
In spitfire fashion, Rush Limbaugh engaged millions of people daily for hours on his talk-radio show, which at the end of his career was broadcasted on more than 650 radio stations. The controversial figure,...
February 11,1953: The USSR breaks off relations with Israel
The Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Israel on this date in 1953, only one month after the “Doctors’ Plot” was announced in Moscow and only one month before Stalin died, probably from...
Verter fun der Vokh – Impeachment Yet Again
article of impeachment: דער אײַ֜נשולדיק־פּאַראַגראַ֜ף, ־ן
gavel: דאָס הע֜מערל, ־עך
impeach: אײַ֜נשו֜לדיקן; אימפּי֜טשן
be impeachable: ווע֜רט זײַן אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachable offense: דער פֿאַרברע֜כן וואָס איז ווע֜רט אימפּי֜טשמענט
impeachment: די אײַ֜נשולדיקונג; דער אימפּי֜טשמענט; דאָס אימפּי֜טשן
incitement of insurrection: <דאָס אוי֜פֿהעצן צו אַ...
Jewish, pro-Israel groups mourn loss of Sheldon Adelson
Jewish and pro-Israel groups expressed condolences over the loss of Jewish and pro-Israel donor Sheldon Adelson.
Adelson, a Republican megadonor and business titan, died on Jan. 11 at the age of 87 from complications of...
בײַדענס אָפּקלײַב פֿאַר מלוכה־סעקרעטאַר איז דער אור־אייניקל פֿון אַ ייִדישן שרײַבער (מיט אוידיאָ)
מע קען זיך צוהערן צו אַנדערע אַרטיקלען פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס פֿאָרגעלייענט דורך שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, ווי אויך אַנדערע פֿאָרווערטס־רעקאָרדירונגען, דורכן קוועטשן דאָ.
ווי איר האָט שוין אפֿשר געלייענט, האָט דער פֿריש דערוויילטער פּרעזידענט דזשאָו בײַדען אויסגעקליבן דעם ייִדישן...
November 4, 1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is fatally shot after attending a peace rally held in Tel Aviv’s Kings Square in Israel. Rabin later died in surgery at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
The 73-year-old prime minister...
When journalists become cheerleaders, it usually ends badly
According to The Times of Israel, I misrepresented Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s feelings about Israel. In a piece written by Simona Weinglas, the TOI claims that I was wrong to write that the New York congresswoman and media darling, who is best...
Ban Holocaust denial? Yes. Political censorship? No.
The applause was nearly universal. After a determined campaign on the part of the Anti-Defamation League and a broad coalition of Jewish groups and other organizations, Facebook has agreed to ban posts that contain Holocaust denial...
October 1st. 2008: Boris Yefimov (Fridlyand), the chief illustrator of Izvestia and a political...
Boris Yefimov (Fridlyand), the chief illustrator of Izvestia and a political cartoonist for more than ninety years, died at 109 (variously reported as 107 and 108) on this date in 2008. Yefimov published his first book...