admin | March 21, 2020
In an unprecedented move, the Knesset Intelligence Subcommittee on Thursday released the protocol for its Monday hearing about surveillance by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) of citizens infected with the coronavirus, revealing a bizarre and comical situation in which top officials of different branches of government could not decide who was allowed in the room.
admin | March 21, 2020
'Trolls World Tour' will be the first film to forgo a box office release amid the coronavirus. If you own a movie theater chain these days, nobody would blame you for feeling a little bit nervous
admin | March 21, 2020
The Castro Theater on Castro Street in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. ... [+] Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Theyre all closed
admin | March 17, 2020
The Knesset has been sidelined out of the decision to allow the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) to surveil citizens infected by the coronavirus. How did this happen
admin | March 17, 2020
(JTA) David Simon originally read Philip Roths novel The Plot Against America around the time it was released in 2004. An alternate history, it posits that Charles Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler that doomed Britain and promoted an increasingly violent anti-Semitic agenda that ultimately included resettling Jews in remote, rural areas. However, Simon, the acclaimed Jewish writer, producer and showrunner of several provocative and groundbreaking series from The Wire to Treme to The Deuce was not a big fan of the book.
admin | March 15, 2020
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White MK Gabi Ashkenazi began talks on Saturday night in order to form an emergency unity government, according to Channel 12. Members of Blue and White are still split on the idea of a unity government with Netanyahu.Ashkenazi and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz are the main supporters of a unity government with Netanyahu, while Moshe Ya'alon and Yair Lapid are against the idea."Anyone who criticized us when we warned against us becoming [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan's Turkey, should digest and internalize the cynical exploitation of the coronavirus crisis for personal political needs of a defendant before trial," tweeted Ya'alon on Saturday night
admin | March 15, 2020
Scientists around the world, including in Israel, are working hard to discover a cure, or at least a vaccine, for the coronavirus.But what about the virus known as politics?That virus has been around since Adam and Eve and the snake in the Garden of Eden, as well as with their sons Cain and Abel.For weeks, it looked like Israeli politicians across the political spectrum were so infected by the virus of politics that they were putting it ahead of dealing with the coronavirus.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave one indication after another that he was seeking a fourth Israeli election in under a year and a half. He even invited the Likuds constitution committee to meet next week to cancel the automatic Likud leadership race.Blue and White leader Benny Gantz also appeared to be living in the world that existed before anyone had heard of COVID-19, as he moved full speed ahead with his plans to head a minority government backed from outside the coalition by the Joint List.Neither the rebellion in Blue and White of MKs Yoaz Hendel and Tzvi Hauser, nor the quieter opposition of Blue and White cockpit member Gabi Ashkenazi, nor the betrayal of MK Orly Levy-Abecassis stopped Gantz from moving forward with the idea.But Thursday, it appeared that the political virus had finally begun to lose its power, as party head after party head endorsed forming a national emergency government.
admin | March 15, 2020
Based on the recent decisions by LAUSD, California State University, Northridge (CSUN), as well as the recommendations of public officials, and the collective caution surrounding COVID-19, Violins of Hope activities in Los Angeles have been suspended.
admin | March 14, 2020
This piece will focus on how and why some Ashkenazic Jewsboth religious and (later) secularadopted the Sephardic pronunciation of Hebrew because they deemed it superior to the Ashkenazi one. Hungary never had a strong tradition of pronouncing the prayers in the Sephardi pronunciation.
admin | March 14, 2020
There was a small political revolution in this months Knesset election in Jerusalems prestigious Rehavia neighborhood: The party that got the most votes was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus Likud. That surprised even Pini, the owner of a tiny neighborhood delicatessen, who was pleased and proud about the development: For 40 years, I fought without success with residents who didnt vote Likud, he says
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