A winter in the French Alps with French olim – The Jerusalem Post
admin | February 14, 2020
The lingua franca in the dining room 17,000 feet above sea level is French. Hebrew is a close second.
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Isn’t New. It Plagiarized a 40-Year-Old Israeli Initiative. – Foreign Policy
admin | February 14, 2020
A portion of the 1979 Drobles Plan map. Foreign Policy illustration/Drobles Plan U.S. President Donald Trump and his top aides pride themselves on thinking outside the box and boldly challenging conventional wisdom.
The New U.S. Peace Plan Won’t Result in a Signing Ceremony on the White House Lawn. But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Fail – Mosaic
admin | February 14, 2020
Since the White House released its proposal for resolving the Israel-Palestinian conflict, numerous critics have stepped forward to argue that it will never work. While Michael Doran agrees with them completely, he also believes their position is nonsensical, because it assumes they know that there is a solution out there that will work. He discusses his concerns in depth with Jon Lerner, who, during his tenure in the Trump administration in 2017 and 2018, was involved in discussions leading up to the proposal.
NCSY West Coast Celebrates 50 Years of Inspiring Teenagers at its Upcoming Legacy Gala on February 26 – Orthodox Union
admin | February 12, 2020
Evening to Salute the Past, Support the Future of Jewish Youth LOS ANGELES More than 250 people are expected to attend NCSY West Coasts 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday evening, February 26 at THE MARK for EVENTS in Los Angeles.
Limmud Festival: A Feast for Jews From All Walks of Life – Jewish Journal
admin | February 12, 2020
The worldwide global phenomenon known as Limmud that offers hundreds of sessions on Jewish life to thousands of participants began with a handful of volunteers back in 1980 in the United Kingdom. Today, you can attend a Limmud conference pretty much anywhere in the world
Communities Around the World Mark 70 Years of the Historical Impact of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Leadership – The Jewish Voice
admin | February 12, 2020
Gatherings honor a global Jewish renaissance in the aftermath of the Holocaust By: Chabad.org Staff From the Old City of Safed to the contemporary metropolis of Toronto and in Jewish communities around the world, tens of thousands gathered to mark 70 years since the RebbeRabbi Menachem M.
The Vexed History of Zionism and the Left – The Nation
admin | February 12, 2020
A Bundist rally in Brussels, circa 1935. (From the archives of YIVO, the Institute for Jewish Research, New York) That Zionism and the left were once on better terms is by now a familiar story
Ayelet Shaked to Arutz Sheva: ‘Other parties are trying to trample religious Zionism’ – Arutz Sheva
admin | February 12, 2020
Former Justice Minister MK Ayelet Shaked spoke to Arutz Sheva at the launch of the Yamina partys campaign on Wednesday evening. The current trend in the political system is to try to hurt her party, she said.
Iranian Armed Forces spokesman: Zionist state will disappear from Earth – The Jerusalem Post
admin | February 12, 2020
Israel will soon disappear from the Middle East, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi of the Iranian armys public relations sector said on Tuesday. He was speaking to veterans in Zarandieh in northeastern Iran.Commemorating fighters on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, he spoke with passion about how Irans resistance was confronting the US and Israel.He discussed the missile attack by Iran on Ayn al-Assad base in Iraq, where up to a hundred US soldiers are now suffering from traumatic brain injuries.
Netanyahu endorses pro-settler slate in World Zionist Congress elections – The Times of Israel
admin | February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON (JTA) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Likud party officials have endorsed the pro-settler Zionist Organization of America slate in the World Zionist Congress elections, currently underway, amid a push by a left-wing slate trying to stop settler funding.
