admin | November 6, 2021
Mohammed Daadas, 13, dies in hospital after being shot by Israeli troops during protests against illegal settlements. Israeli troops have shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during weekly protests against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.
admin | November 6, 2021
By Dalia Hatuqa on November 5, 2021 In Palestine, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many challenges women face, leading to higher levels of domestic violence, alarming rates of emotional and psychological distress, increased domestic responsibilities, and lower female participation in the national labor market. Women in Palestine are subject to various social hurdles that impede their ability to advance in the formal employment sector, and must endure the negative implications of restrictions imposed by Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. This is particularly disconcerting given that, as of 2021, only 23 percent of Palestinian women aged 25-49 were employed.
admin | November 6, 2021
Marking the annual olive-harvesting season, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Near East (UNRWA) West Bank Field Office organized an olive picking event in the West Bank town of al-Walaja. The village is located four kilometres northwest of Bethlehem and is home to some 2,600 registered Palestine refugees
admin | November 6, 2021
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by IDF troops during clashes in a village east of Nablus, the Palestinian Shehab News Agency reported Friday late afternoon.
admin | November 6, 2021
RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 6, 2021 (WAFA) Less than 1 percent of the coronavirus cases in Palestine are currently active, which reflects a decline in new cases. Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said today in her daily report on coronavirus in Palestine that 0.9 percent remain active while 98.1 percent have recovered since the outbreak of the pandemic in Palestine in March of last year
admin | November 6, 2021
This is yet another reason for me and other Palestinian-American students to believe that the University simply does not have our best interests at heart.
admin | November 4, 2021
(JTA) Rabbis in the United States and in Israel called on the leaders of their countries to take the issue of climate change seriously ahead of a gathering of world leaders to address the issue. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet will attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, which began in Glasgow, Scotland Sunday. A group of major Israeli Orthodox rabbis, largely from the Modern Orthodox community, wrote a letter calling on Bennet to treat climate change as a matter of the utmost importance in a letter Friday
admin | November 4, 2021
NEW YORK (JTA) In his first public comments since being fired from Park East Synagogue two weeks ago, Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt defended himself against charges of an insurrection and illegal activity and raised concerns about his former congregations future.
admin | November 4, 2021
150 former semikha students celebrated their formal rabbinic ordination this past Sunday, Oct. 31, at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminarys (RIETS) triennial Chag HaSemikhah convocation.
admin | November 4, 2021
When Rabbi Lisa Gelber heard that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5-11, she couldnt wait for the moment that her daughter would get the shot. But she also knew her daughter was scared of needles.
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