No good answers in Britain | Columnists | willistonherald.com – Williston Daily Herald
admin | August 7, 2021
By the time you read this column, Alta Fixler may no longer be with us in this world. Alta is a 2-year-old who is severely disabled.
Chabad rabbis took their first group photo since the pandemic and were fined by Kazakhstan for not distancing – Forward
admin | August 7, 2021
By Yehezkel Itkin Chabad rabbis from across the former Soviet Union pose for a group photo in Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 29, 2021. (JTA) For Chabad-Lubavitch, major events arent over until they take a group photograph. The tradition, covering the international Hasidic movement, creates much more than a souvenir.
Parents of brain damaged girl enlist US and Israeli politicians to maintain treatment as legal options run out – The BMJ
admin | August 7, 2021
The parents of a two year old girl with serious brain damage have enlisted politicians in the US and Israel to lobby the UK government after exhausting the available legal remedies in their bid to stop doctors withdrawing life sustaining treatment. Mr Justice MacDonald ruled in the High Court last May that Alta Fixsler, who suffered a severe hypoxic brain injury at birth, has no hope of improvement, that she suffers consistent pain, and that it would be in her best interests to be allowed to die.
Texas student maps every Manhattan address that used to be a synagogue – The Jerusalem Post
admin | August 7, 2021
Writer Luc Sante calls them the ghosts of Manhattan. Those are the souls of the poor and marginal people, now dead, whose presence can be felt like a shade in the history of now affluent neighborhoods, where they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious. That nail salon at 90 Clinton St.
Whats New on Netflix & Top 10s: August 6th, 2021 – What’s on Netflix
admin | August 7, 2021
Hit & Run Season 1 new on Netflix Picture: Netflix Happy Friday and welcome to your end-of-week daily recap of whats new on Netflix. Weve got 11 new titles to cover which hit Netflix between yesterday and today including the headline Netflix Originals for the week
A 20-year-old college student in Texas is mapping every Manhattan address that used to be a synagogue – Forward
admin | August 7, 2021
Amy Shreeve developed the Twitter account This Used to Be a Synagogue as a rhetoric and history major at the University of Texas-Austin. (JTA) (New York Jewish Week via JTA) Writer Luc Sante calls them the ghosts of Manhattan. Those are the souls of the poor and marginal people, now dead, whose presence can be felt like a shade in the history of now affluent neighborhoods, where they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious
USAID to resume work in occupied Palestinian territories – Middle East Monitor
admin | August 5, 2021
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said yesterday it would resume its activities in the occupied Palestinian territories after a three-year hiatus, Anadolu reported. USAID suspended its work in the occupied territories following a request by former US President Donald Trump, who stopped all forms of assistance to the Palestinians
Situation in IIOJK, Palestine is huge injustice of history: PM – Radio Pakistan
admin | August 5, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan says the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine is a huge injustice of history and it is important for the OIC and the world to take steps to correct it. Talking to a delegation of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission led by its Chair Dr Saeed Al-Ghufli in Islamabad today (Thursday), he expressed grave concern on the egregious violations of human rights in the valley which have assumed alarming proportions during the last two years. He said the Kashmiri Muslims risked losing their majority and distinct identity due to the demographic changes being effected in the occupied territory, which was in violation of the 4th Geneva Convention and tantamount to war crimes.
LETTER: Great experience with city of Palestine | Letters To The Editor | palestineherald.com – Palestine Herald Press
admin | August 5, 2021
Dear Editor: I recently had a great experience with an employee of the city of Palestine. Our street had been torn up for some time due to water system repairs.
Palestinian dispossession is nothing new, but the world wasn’t always watching – Open Democracy
admin | August 5, 2021
On 31 July 1951, the Supreme Court recognised that there was no justification for the prolonged delay in the return of the villagers, who had complied with the authorities request to move out for a short time. Nevertheless, the army systematically blew up every building in the two villages, except the churches, a portion of the land was given to Israeli towns, and no Palestinians were allowed to return
