International

Olympics-Director fired over Holocaust comments on eve of opening ceremony

Published by Reuters By Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) -On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over comments he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a memorable advocate for the Tokyo Games, would skip the showpiece event. The news is the latest […]

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International

Chula Vistan Named Maccabi USA’s Head Coach for Girls’ Softball

CHULA VISTA, California  (Press Release) — Michael Gross has been named Head Coach of the Team USA Girls Under 18 Softball Team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel – which will take place during July 2022. The Maccabiah Games, also known as the Jewish Olympics, are the third largest international multi-sport event in the world!

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Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USA

Israel PM warns Unilever boss over Ben & Jerry’s boycott

Published by Reuters By Dan Williams and Siddharth Cavale JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel warned consumer goods giant Unilever Plc on Tuesday of “severe consequences” from a decision by subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, and urged U.S. states to invoke anti-boycott laws. Monday’s announcement followed pro-Palestinian pressure on the Vermont-based

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Middle East

Worrisome Growth of Antisemitism in U.S.

Recently, Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America and former CEO of Hillel International, reported that a new level of antisemitic intensity has been reached. Whether antisemitic sentiment itself has increased or merely has just become more acceptable, he isn’t sure. Regardless, the reality of overt Jew-hatred in the US and Canada is being felt more intensely – to say the least. [Steve Kramer]

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Ice Cream That Leaves a Bad Taste in Our Mouths.

Less than 24 hours after receiving the news that Ben & Jerry’s announced they would not allow their ice cream to be sold in Judea & Samaria, what they called “occupied Palestinian territory,” there has been a grassroots backlash against this company. Both the Israeli TV and social media channels are reporting that Israelis are boycotting B&J’s ice cream. [Barry Shaw]

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Barry Shaw, Business & Finance, Middle East, USA

Plea Deal Will Keep Chabad of Poway Shooter Behind Bars for Life

ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) San Diego Regional Office welcomed Tuesday’s announcement by San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan that they have reached a plea deal with the accused Poway Chabad synagogue shooter, which will see the suspect spend the rest of his life behind bars. [Anti-Defamation League news release]

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USA

Short Story Focuses on IBM’s Business With the Nazis

Short story writer Clive Aaron Gill presents the discovery of the connection between IBM and the Holocaust in a pair of moral dilemmas, faced first by a grandfather and much later by his granddaughter Rebecca, whom we first meet as a school girl and later as a public relations executive for a charitable organization. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, USA

Sub-Saharan African Migration into Morocco

Entering Morocco, Sub-Saharan African migrants find themselves at a crossroads. There is the promise of an economic future waiting for them in Europe, but the path to it is perilous. They require either an assurance of asylum status or some familial relationship with a European in order to enter into Europe without any problems. Unfortunately, many will have neither, forcing them into dangerous and irregular means of entry into Europe, or at times leading them to stay in Morocco. [Max Berengaut]

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International

Journalists, activists ensnared in Israeli spyware scandal

Published by AFP Paris (AFP) – European politicians and media groups voiced outrage Monday over reports that an Israeli firm supplied phone malware used by governments to spy on activists, journalists, lawyers and politicians in several countries. The NSO Group and its Pegasus malware — capable of switching on a phone’s camera or microphone and

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Middle East

Ben & Jerry’s to end to ice cream sales in Palestinian territories

Published by New York Daily News Ben & Jerry’s announced Monday that it would stop selling ice cream in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, calling its business dealings in the region “inconsistent with our values.” The socially progressive ice cream giant did not elaborate on what exactly led to the decision, but the announcement ends the

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Middle East

Novel Portrays Catskill’s Post-Borscht Belt Era

This is an American Jewish novel about two families coming to terms with the fact that the fictional resort that best friends Benny Goldman and Amos Weingold founded in the Catskill Mountains has long passed its prime. The Golden Hotel no longer is booked to capacity, nor even near capacity, and the once famous Borscht Belt resort has quite obvious wear and tear to show its decline. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, USA

Beyond Functionality: Modern and Contemporary Ceramics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By Sam Ben-Meir, Ph.D NEW YORK — What are the aesthetic, sensuous, and expressive possibilities inherent in clay as a material substance in all its physicality? How is it possible that ceramics can restore, or rather reconfigure and remake our relationship to the natural world? These are among the fundamental questions posed by “Shapes from

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA