By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — When life seems bleak, music, literature, and art provide us with consolation. Thus, it came about that we were able to attend two musical events in one week. What a feast! And what a difference. The first was an intimate evening provided by our friends and neighbours […]
(JNS) Nov. 30, 2022, is proscribed by Israeli law as the annual remembrance day when 850,000 Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews were driven, expelled, coerced, and “encouraged” to leave their homes across all Arab lands and from Iran. It will mark the 75th anniversary from when the expulsion pressures began with redoubled earnestness. One day earlier, on Nov.
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Israel, Jewish History, Middle East
(JNS) A newly discovered photo album recently donated to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, features rare photos of the events of the November Pogrom of 1938, termed “Kristallnacht” by the Nazis. The museum released the photos to the public on Wednesday. The album contains photographs of vandalized Jewish homes, images of Jews in dressing gowns
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Holocaust, International, Israel
Published by Kyiv Independent Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz also said “it is impossible to empty (Israel’s) supply of air defense systems,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Kyiv has repeatedly requested Jersusalem supply Ukraine with air defense systems and other weapons. While Israel has so far provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine, it has thus far
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Israel
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States plans to see what Israel’s far-right politicians say “and how they act” before taking a position on its incoming government, the U.S. ambassador said. Veteran Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu secured a return to office after his bloc of far-right and religious parties last week won a
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Israel
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — No question that American Jews should be anxious about the future of an Israel in Benjamin Netanyahu’s hands. There will likely be two prime forces at work that can intensify the conflict with the Palestinians. We already know that Bibi (Netanyahu) plans to govern with an alliance joined by
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
(JNS) Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu would be “level-headed” concerning the possibility of a military strike against Iran. “We need to prepare for this possibility and we will also need to consider this issue very carefully before implementing it,” he told reporters during a press conference.
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Israel, Middle East
Published by DPA Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Wednesday that he would issue a mandate to form a new government as early as this Sunday, following the success of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent parliamentary elections. After receiving the official results of the November 1 election, Herzog said he wanted to complete
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Israel
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — In political statements and commentary, the expression “on the right side of history” often appears. The politician or commentator puts his worldview and his actions “on the right side of history,” and his opponent’s opinions and policies on its ” wrong side.” Often statements about the right side of
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Alex Gordon, International, Israel, Opinion
We’ve heard what Ben Gvir wants. We think. Plus Smotrich. And SHAS. But it’s not that clear. In negotiations, one doesn’t always–or ever–lay final demands on the table at the beginning. Activists are not denying what they want, but they are soft pedaling their campaign promises. National unity is a theme among party leaders, but not all Knesset members of each party. We can only hope. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Judaism vs. democracy in the State of Israel, is a subject that many American Jews have been arguing for decades. I don’t get it. Could a country that has had five elections in less than four years, in which 71% of eligible voters cast ballots, be anything other
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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Israel’s fifth general election in four years has just taken place, and the decision appears to be clear. Israel has moved to the right. The parties which espouse limiting the rule of law as delineated by the country’s founding fathers, as well as the practice of restricting fiscal
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
Published by Reuters By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his recent autobiography “Bibi: My Story” with a declaration that his time on the opposition benches, after an election loss in 2021, was a “hiatus” and that great tasks lay ahead. Published just before the fifth Israeli election in four years and on
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Israel
By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California (JNS) — On Oct. 27, the fourth anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, hatred of Jews was a palpably inescapable reality in America—from the Kanye West scandal, to a series of antisemitic incidents in Los Angeles, to the discourse
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California, Holocaust, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, San Diego County