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Urgent tasks for Israel’s new government: Second coronavirus wave is only the beginning – Haaretz

| May 21, 2020

After almost a year and half of caretaker government, 33 new ministers came on board on Tuesday. Not all arrived with plans in hand. Most only learned which ministry theyll be leading a few days ago.

Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter is getting ready to reopen, but some wonder if it will ever be the same – JTA News

| May 19, 2020

AMSTERDAM (JTA) Located in what used to be this Dutch citys Jewish neighborhood, its Jewish Cultural Quarter a group of museums and other institutions situated within a few blocks of each other packs centuries of European history into an area half the size of Times Square. It includes the Jewish Historical Museum; a Jewish Children Museum, the first of its kind in Europe; the Portuguese Synagogue, a beautiful 17th-century building that still functions as a house of worship; the Ets Haim library, located underneath the Portuguese Synagogue; the Hollandse Schouwburg theater, which occupying Nazis used to round up Jews during the Holocaust; and other monuments. Theres also a $27 million national Holocaust museum that is being renovated and scheduled to reopen in 2022

African-American and white women share genes that increase breast cancer risk – Science Codex

| May 19, 2020

(Boston)--The same genes that greatly increase the risk of breast cancer in U.S.

Benjamin Netanyahu-led coalition sworn in after three divisive elections, Gantz takes oath as alternate PM – Jagran Josh

| May 19, 2020

Benjamin Netanyahu-led government was sworn into office in Israel on May 17, 2020 ending almost a year and half of divisive politics that saw three deadlocked elections. The oath-taking ceremony took place in Israels parliament, the Knesset, in accordance with coronavirus social distancing directives. This marks the beginning of Netanyahus fifth term in office, his fourth consecutive term

Europes disappointing response to Israeli annexation of the West Bank – Haaretz

| May 17, 2020

The all-clear has sounded for those who were worried: Israel can annex the West Bank as much as it wants Europe will not stand it its way. Anyone who thought they could strike fear into our hearts over Europes reaction to annexation forgot what Europe is, how paralyzed it is, how coerced, fearful, divided and helpless it is in the face of Israel

To the new government: Help heal our nation – The Jerusalem Post

| May 15, 2020

When Benny Gantz took up his post as IDF chief of staff in 2011, the IDF was still roiling over the Harpaz Affair the forging of a document that had detailed a strategy on how to secure the appointment of then-major-general Yoav Gallant as chief of staff.The Harpaz Affair was much more than just a forged document. At its core was a rotten relationship between Gabi Ashkenazi, Gantzs predecessor as chief of staff, and then-defense minister Ehud Barak. The feud saw both men working to undermine the others decisions, nasty briefings against one another to the media and, ultimately, Baraks decision not to extend Ashkenazis term.Against this background, the new chief of staff convened his generals for the first time in the General Staff conference room at the Kirya military headquarters.

Likud’s campaign to undermine and delegitimize the rule of law in Israel – The Jerusalem Post

| May 15, 2020

The Likuds new smear campaign against Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit and the State Attorneys Office ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus corruption trial on May 24 needs to be condemned in the strongest terms. It is a campaign to undermine and delegitimize the rule of law in Israel, as well as impugn the good name of Mandelblit and those who work under him.

Opinion | The New York Times Surrendered to an Outrage Mob. Journalism Will Suffer For It. – POLITICO

| May 15, 2020

Nonetheless, the column incited a furious and ad hominem response.

Doctors warned of deadly coronavirus-related syndrome in children – The Jerusalem Post

| May 15, 2020

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will warn pediatricians about a potentially lethal inflammatory syndrome that could be linked to coronavirus, CNN reported Wednesday, citing a CDC spokesman.

Four heavy hitters criticize the New York Times for Orwellian retroactive censorship – stopthefud

| May 15, 2020

Youve probably heard of at least several authors of this new Politico piece, which I suspect but dont know for sure was submitted to (and rejected by) the New York Times after the paper retroactively redacted a column by Bret Stephens on the overrepresentation of Ashkenazi Jews in intellectual and creative fields. The article by Paresky et al


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