admin | January 29, 2020
Maccabi Haifa defeated Bnei Yehuda 3-1 at Bloomfield Stadium on Monday night to keep pace with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israel Premier League title race. The Greens took the lead in the 27th minute thanks to an own-goal by Matan Baltaxa, and Yuval Ashkenazi doubled the advantage four minutes later as the visitors went into the second half ahead 2-0
admin | January 26, 2020
US President Donald Trumps peace plan will advance Israels interests, a confident Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday before boarding a plane to Washington for what he predicted would be a historic meeting with Trump.I am going to Washington to face an American president who is bringing forward a plan that I believe will advance our most vital interests, Netanyahu said. During the last three years I spoke countless times with Trump who is a great friend of Israel and his team, Netanyahu said.During those conversations he discussed Israels vital interests, its security and the issue of justice, Netanyahu said.He recalled the time he had traveled to the US under very different circumstances, to hold a speech in Congress to argue against former US president Barack Obamas Iran deal. It was a plan that he felt endangered Israels very existence.The circumstances have now changed when it comes to Israels future,Netanyahu said.I am meeting with President Trump tomorrow, and on Tuesday, together with him, we will make history, he stated.US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joined Netanyahu on his flight.Blue and White leader Benny Gantz will also have a one-on-one meeting with Trump on Monday, and he left for Washington earlier Sunday on a commercial flight with a stopover in Zurich.An invitation had originally been extended to Netanyahu and Gantz to meet together with the president, but Gantz and his advisers opposed the idea for political reasons.
admin | January 25, 2020
By Gabe FriedmanFeatured photo courtesy of JTA via screenshot from PBS JTA The latest episode of PBS celebrity genealogy show Finding Your Roots was a lesson in Jewish history. Titled Beyond the Pale a reference to the Pale of Settlement, the region of what was then Imperial Russia where many Ashkenazi Jews have roots the episode that aired Tuesday night explored the family trees of actor Jeff Goldblum, NPR host Terry Gross and comedian Marc Maron. As host Henry Louis Gates, Jr
admin | January 25, 2020
Like so many Indigenous people in Canada, James Dallas Smith'sfamily history involves time at residential schools. His grandmother is a survivor of one, but despite what she went through, one of the things theAnishinaabe actor said he remembers most about her is her sense of humour
admin | January 24, 2020
The correct Hebrew verb for traveling to Jerusalem is laalot to ascend. It is physically and spiritually a journey that requires going up. Nonetheless, this week, the words descended on Jerusalem were more appropriate.
admin | January 24, 2020
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is the worlds preeminent center for the study of Yiddish language and culture.
admin | January 24, 2020
Id always considered pickles, particularly pickled cucumbers, a Jewish food. They were ever-present on my grandmothers Shabbat table alongside chopped liver and egg and onion, a permanent chaperone to the pastrami sandwich at Jewish delis, and packed into self-serve containers at falafel and sabich shops in Israel. I could never resist going to town, filling myself on their sharp crunch until my stomach began to hurt
admin | January 24, 2020
Benny Gantz (left) and Moshe Yaalon (right) Elad Malka The Blue and White party is considering rejecting President Donald Trumps invitation to Blue and White chief Benny Gantz to visit the White House next week, Israeli media outlets reported Friday afternoon. According to reports by Amit Segal on Channel 12 and Barak Ravid on Channel 13, the center-left Blue and White party has not yet decided whether it will accept President Trumps invitation to the White House, during which the much-anticipated Middle East peace plan is expected to be presented to party chairman Benny Gantz. The partys four leaders Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Moshe Yaalon, and Gabi Ashkenazi are reportedly debating whether to accept or reject the invitation, and are planning to announce their decision at 7:30 p.m.
admin | January 23, 2020
To The Editor: The Forward recently published an article by Marcin Wodzinski that was framed as a response to an article we wrote for the Forward more than a year ago about womens underrepresentation in our field of Jewish Studies.
admin | January 23, 2020
(JTA) The latest episode of PBS celebrity genealogy show Finding Your Roots was a lesson in Jewish history. Titled Beyond the Pale a reference to the Pale of Settlement, the region of what was then Imperial Russia where many Ashkenazi Jews have roots the episode that aired Tuesday night explored the family trees of actor Jeff Goldblum, NPR host Terry Gross and comedian Marc Maron. As host Henry Louis Gates, Jr
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