admin | October 18, 2021
From the use of the term grammar Nazi to PETAs comparisons of farming to concentration camps, Holocaust metaphors seem to be increasingly commonplace in our culture. Recently, the COVID-19 anti-vax movement has taken this rhetoric even further by comparing the enforcement of mask mandates and vaccine requirements to the Nazis treatment of Jews during the Holocaust. This is absolutely not OK
admin | October 18, 2021
The Holocaust is possibly the most extensively documented event in recorded history. The number of studies on the topic is such that no single researcher can possibly hope to keep abreast of every development.
admin | October 18, 2021
Pittsburgh will host global leaders this week at a summit that seeks to find a bipartisan response to the rise in extremist hate, nearly three years after a gunman killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue. The first annual Eradicate Hate Summit will feature speeches from former President George W. Bush; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt; and Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations special advisor on the prevention of genocide.
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel and Sweden have a chance to strengthen their relations, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his counterpart from Stockholm, Ann Linde, said in Jerusalem on Monday, during the first visit to Israel by a Swedish foreign minister in a decade. Sweden is a friend of Israel, Linde said, adding: We both see a real opportunity to deepen our dialogue further and develop long-standing cooperation when it comes to innovation, culture and trade, as well as fighting antisemitism...
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel will allow Russian tourists vaccinated with Sputnik V, the Russian-made COVID vaccine, to enter the country for the next two months. The decision comes ahead of Prime Minister Naftali Bennetts scheduled Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia. The Sputnik V vaccine is not recognized by Israel, the World Health Organization, or the U.S.
admin | October 18, 2021
Israel and the UAE are not only having photo opportunities but are moving forward in economic cooperation in concrete areas such as Fintech. At a joint Israeli-Emirati conference in Abu Dhabi Monday on Fintech co-sponsored by Bank Hapoalim and the Israel Export Institute, officials from both countries delved deep into the details of how cooperation has already moved forward and how future investors can plug into the expanding growth
admin | October 18, 2021
Polish-Jewish relations are a mess, the worst theyve been in decades. Israel expressed its disgust over Polands passage of a law that effectively bars Holocaust survivors and the families of murdered victims from reclaiming Nazi-looted property in Poland during the war.
admin | October 18, 2021
The debacle with regards to the Iron Dome funding was a wake-up call for Israel that things in Congress, and especially in the House of Representatives, arent what they used to be. Ultimately, the aid was approved in the House, even by an impressive majority (the second holdup, in the Senate, had reasons which were not related to Israel), but the episode showed that there are some new realities in the generations-long relationship between Israel and Congress, and American politics in general
admin | October 18, 2021
From the halls of power in Washington, D.C. to the American heartland, Israel, for decades, has enjoyed a warm friendship with American conservatives who view the country, quite correctly, as an oasis of tranquility and a robust democracy amid a sea of autocracy, religious strife and tribalism. However, Israel's heavy-handed response to COVID-19 is sure to cause concern and raise eyebrows among American conservatives, potentially leading to a sea change in attitudes that could have far-reaching policy implications.
admin | October 18, 2021
It was an unusual sight Oct. 9 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaisms holiest place. A group of tourists from Bahrain, wearing long robes and keffiyehs, stood alongside Jewish worshippers, and some even prayed to Allah themselves
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