Shavuot 5780: A holiday of process – The Jerusalem Post
admin | May 28, 2020
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is celebrated at the end of this week. It is an unusual holiday in the Jewish calendar.
The Unsung Plumber Who Laid the Foundations for the Zionist Organization ‘The Israel Group’ – Jewish Journal
admin | May 28, 2020
My father was a poster boy for Zionism.
I Watched Uncut Gems Seven Times, and Other Stories – Film School Rejects
admin | May 28, 2020
Ive watched Uncut Gems a number of times, and each has been a different experience. Sometimes Ive been with one friend or two. A couple of times Ive been stoned
What ex-Mossad chiefs really think about targeted killings – Haaretz
admin | May 28, 2020
One of the most sensitive, practically taboo, topics in the Israeli intelligence community is assassinations. Leaders of the Mossad, Shin Bet security service and Military Intelligence are not keen to discuss it publicly. However, this month we received a rare glimpse into the thinking of three former Mossad chiefs on this controversial subject.
Ohioans protesting the coronavirus fail to appreciate the war we are in – together – cleveland.com
admin | May 24, 2020
Seventy-five years ago, Nazi Germany surrendered to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Later in 1945, Hirohitos Japan surrendered to Douglas MacArthur.
Will Israel Apply Sovereignty to Parts of Judea and Samaria? – Algemeiner
admin | May 22, 2020
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman with Efrat regional council head Oded Revivi, and the heads of local councils in Judea and Samaria, during a visit to Efrat on Feb.
Loss and Livestreams: End-of-Life in the Age of COVID – Loudoun Now
admin | May 22, 2020
Debra Tanner and Mark Shapiro arent part of the daily tally of Loudouns COVID-19 losses.
The Israeli police unit that built the case against Adolf Eichmann, and was forgotten – Haaretz
admin | May 22, 2020
On Monday, May 23, 1960, Sgt. Hannah Yacobsohn concluded her workday in the forensic services department at National Police Headquarters, located in Tel Aviv at the time. On the way to the bus that would take her home to Holon she noticed a special edition of a newspaper on sale: Adolf Eichmann was in Israel
Is the right-religious bloc starting to disintegrate? – The Jerusalem Post
admin | May 22, 2020
At the time this article was written, it wasnt yet clear whether the new government would be sworn in, or whether the crisis within Netanyahus right-religious bloc would finally lead to the Knesset dissolving on Thursday, leading to a fourth election. Nobody really knows whether Netanyahus preference at this juncture is to resolve the crisis and get Israels 35th government sworn in, or new elections, which opinion polls predict would probably end with a clear victory for the right-religious bloc, not least of all because the center-left bloc has broken up into pieces
An Era of ‘Philo-Semitism’? The US Will Push Countries to Love Their Jews More, Anti-Semitism Monitor Says – Atlanta Jewish Times
admin | May 10, 2020
WASHINGTON (JTA) Elan Carr, the State Departments anti-Semitism monitor,wants to get people in other countries to love their Jews more as a means of countering anti-Semitism. In a press call Monday to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Carr outlined steps the United States was taking worldwide to advocate for defending Jews as violent anti-Semitism spikes, including security measures, prosecuting hate crimes and condemning anti-Semitic speech. In addition to all of those important defense measures, we are determined also to work with our allies in developing and driving Philo-Semitic narratives for their country, in the hope that we can reach the day when every society dedicates itself, as the United States has, to embrace and to treasure its Jewish community, he said.
