Brighton teen due to be sentenced for preparing synagogue terror attack – Brighton and Hove News
admin | June 15, 2024
A Brighton teenager is due to be sentenced for creating a detailed plan to carry out a terror attack at a synagogue in Hove.
The Forbidden Daughter review: A fascinating look at the legacy of the Holocaust – The Jewish Chronicle
admin | June 15, 2024
The Forbidden Daughter is a fictionalised Holocaust biography that isnt really about the Holocaust. Instead, its about the legacy of tragedy; the way trauma passes down the generations and the fact that peace does not really mark the end of the fight.
He Helped Rescue Thousands from the Nazis, Then Kept His Story Quiet for Decades – USC Shoah Foundation |
admin | June 15, 2024
In a five-hour interview with the USC Shoah Foundation, Justus Rosenberg refers to himself as a small fry, a cog, an unimportant person. And perhaps it was for this reason that for decades, the Bard College literature professor hadnt let onto his colleagues, to his students, and even, for a time, to his wifethat he had fought and outwitted the Nazis during World War II to save thousands from persecution. Between the years of 1939 and 1947, with Forrest Gump-ian omnipresence, Rosenberg was a courier and guide for Varian Frys Emergency Rescue Committee in Marseilles, a spy and a guerilla soldier for the French underground, a scout for the U.S.
Why Hebrew Is Showing up in Unexpected Places And Why That Matters – The Jewish News
admin | June 15, 2024
Three new books written in English by Yael Van Der Wouden, Jessica Jacobs and Toby Lloyd feature Hebrew in them. This article originally appeared in The Forward. In the past few months, I have encountered three new English-language books that all have Hebrew in them.
A Palestinian Professor Spoke Out Against the Gaza War. Israel Detained Her. – The New York Times
admin | June 15, 2024
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a Palestinian professor at a prominent Israeli university, first waded into the debate over the Gaza war by joining academics worldwide in signing a letter that called for a cease-fire. It branded Israels assault on the territory a genocide and the leaders of her university responded by urging her to resign.
GynTools and HydroX win Hebrew University’s 2024 ASPER prize startup award – The Jerusalem Post
admin | June 15, 2024
GynTools and HydroX both won the prestigious Asper Prize 2024 Hebrew University Rising Startup Award presented at the 87th Hebrew University Board of Trustees meeting. Established by the university's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the Asper Foundation, the competition featured over forty startups, with GynTools and HydroX both emerging as the winners after presenting to a global panel of judges. For the first time, this year, it was decided to award the prize to two start-up companies instead of one, due to the excellence and extraordinary breakthroughs presented by the companies.
Israeli university publishes novel findings on insulin and diabetes – The Jerusalem Post
admin | June 15, 2024
Treatment for type-1 diabetes insulin injections several times daily has been known and used since it was invented by University of Toronto scientists 103 years ago.
Israeli-born lawmaker with alleged Mossad ties tapped as Dutch deputy prime minister – Ynetnews
admin | June 15, 2024
Israeli-born Gideon (Gidi) Markuszower, 46, has been appointed deputy prime minister and immigration minister of the Netherlands for the right-wing Freedom Party (PVV) under Geert Wilders. Markuszower, who holds Israeli citizenship, was born in Tel Aviv and graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Columbia Dean Who Accused Jew of Exploiting Anti-Semitism for Money Has Cool New Profile Pic – Washington Free Beacon
admin | June 15, 2024
Matthew Patashnick, the associate dean for student and family support at Columbia University, changed the profile picture on his now-private Instagram account after the Washington Free Beacon reported on disturbing texts he sent colleagues during a panel discussion of anti-Semitism on campus. The new photo appears to show Patashnick standing in the Billy Rose Art Garden at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the capital city where former president Donald Trump opened a U.S.
AOC Decried Growing Anti-Semitism on the Left. Days Earlier, She Requested $1.5 Million Earmark for Legal Group … – Washington Free Beacon
admin | June 15, 2024
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) denounced the rise of anti-Semitism in the progressive movement at an event with liberal Jewish leaders on Monday. Weeks earlier, the "Squad" member requested $1.5 million in taxpayer funds for a New York City law group accused of hostility towards Jews and Israel
