How Owen Jones learned to stop worrying and love Zionism – The Electronic Intifada
admin | March 24, 2022
Owen Jones at the Labour Party conference in 2019. Guardian columnist Owen Jones is notorious on the British left for his lack of principles
Phillys Wilma Theater is returning a donation from a group close to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich – The Philadelphia Inquirer
admin | March 24, 2022
The Wilma Theater ended a partnership this month with an arts group backed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich that was supporting the debut of a play in Philadelphia. The break, over a local production of The Cherry Orchard, is another sign of the difficulties of being associated with Abramovich, after the United Kingdom froze his assets there in sanctions issued March 10.
Watching From the Other Side: A Ukrainian American Perspective on the Invasion of Ukraine – Shondaland.com
admin | March 24, 2022
Less than a month ago, my biggest concern was finding a dependable job in Brooklyn, where I live. Now Im spending every night listening to the news, hearing all about the ways Ukraine, the country in which the majority of my biological family was born and raised, is being bombed and invaded. During the first few days of Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine, when I and most Americans first started learning about what was going on, there was a mix of reactions: outright shock, horror, resignation, and even some disturbing humor, in tweets that were sexualizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he stood strong in command of his country in peril, or by those who compared what was going on to scenes in Marvel movies
The View From Swamptown: Exploring the Morgenthau Women’s connection to Saunderstown – The Independent
admin | March 24, 2022
I think I can state with some confidence, that in the more than 25 years that I have been writing this column centered upon the history of our fair town, a 38-year-old high-end contemporary off of Plantation Lane in Saunderstown is indeed the newest house that I have ever focused upon.
Israel will help Ukrainians ‘as much as we can,’ foreign minister says – Reuters.com
admin | March 22, 2022
LVIV, Ukraine, March 20 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy chided Israel in an address to its parliament on Sunday, asking why it was not providing missile defences to his country or sanctioning Russia over its invasion. Replying to Zelenskiy, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid was non-committal, saying in a statement that Israel, which has sent a field hospital and other humanitarian aid to Ukraine, would continue to assist its people "as much as we can". A mediator in the Ukraine-Russia crisis, Israel has condemned the Russian invasion.
Israel the Ninth Happiest Country in the World, UN Nonprofit Says – Jewish Exponent
admin | March 22, 2022
People gather on a seaside promenade in Tel Aviv on May 6, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Caleb Guedes-Reed Israel is the ninth happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report, a project of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Israel goes on the offensive as world powers, Iran nearing a nuclear deal – Haaretz
admin | March 22, 2022
Israel believes that a new nuclear agreement between Iran and the powers is a done deal that will be signed within a few weeks, if not days.
Antisemites overrun MKs town hall aimed at mending Israels ties with Jews abroad – The Times of Israel
admin | March 22, 2022
Knesset Member Alon Tal was forced to postpone a virtual town hall on Sunday night that was meant to help mend Israels ties with Jews abroad after antisemites took over the call, praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and writing profanities onscreen. Tals office said he was rescheduling the meeting for next week. Antisemitism has not disappeared from the world, but we will not allow hate to win, Tal wrote in a tweet about the incident.
From chaos to cooperation: Moldova learns to cope with Ukrainian refugees – The Times of Israel
admin | March 22, 2022
Anna left her village in the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine, near the Black Sea, on March 6, with her children Vadik, 6, and Dasha, 3, her mother Nadejda, and her younger sister Vika, aged 13. A Christian organization, Ezra, brought the family to a Christians for Israel shelter in the Vinnytsia region of western Ukraine, and the latter bused them to a summer camp complex outside of Chisinau (Kishinev) in Moldova. There, they sat and waited nearly a week to visit the Israeli Consulate.
Women ordered to sit at the back at concert in Israel’s south but only Bedouin women – Haaretz
admin | March 22, 2022
In the first organized effort of its sort, around 20 women and men signed a petition to the Rahat Municipal Council demanding that it stops holding gender-segregated cultural events, two weeks after Bedouin women were ordered to sit at the back during a choir performance offamed Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum's songs.
