Two suspects of the 1994 bombing at the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires were confirmed by Iran’s parliament to take on new positions in the cabinet, Reuters reported. [JNS.org]
Iran Names 2 AMIA Bombing Suspects to Its Cabinet Read More »
International
We support the Forgotten People Fund of Netanya, which has Israel’s largest Ethiopian Israeli population. Our grass roots fund, composed solely of volunteers, attempts to fill the gaps left by the city’s social services department. The ultimate mission is to help our local Ethiopian Israeli community members to better themselves. FPF depends on donations to carry on the important undertakings like assisting the community to obtain professional qualifications, such as managers, teachers, lawyers, nurses, and engineers. See the website at: http://www.fpf.org.il. [Steve Kramer]
Fund for Ethiopian Israelis Needs Replenishing Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer
This is a biography of two Dutch Jewish sisters who survived much of World War II living under assumed identities in a country villa located on a high knoll in the middle of the woods near Amsterdam. [Donald H. Harrison]
Biography Tells of Hiding in a ‘High Nest’ from the Nazis Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History
Famed Mossad agent Yael Man, whose contributions to the intelligence agency made her a national Israeli hero, passed away on Sunday at the age of 85. Man served as an undercover agent in Lebanon, gathering intelligence on the Palestinian Liberation Organization under the guise of a British screenwriter. [JNS.org]
Mossad Agent Yael Man, 85 Read More »
Jewish History, Middle East
When Eytan Stibbe heads off to the International Space Station at the end of the year, becoming only the second Israeli ever to go into space, he’ll take with him a 1,900-year-old coin recently unearthed in the Judean Desert. [JNS.org]
Israeli Astronaut to Carry Ancient Coin to International Space Station Read More »
Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
Published by New York Daily News A belated happy birthday to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who turned 83 earlier this month. Breyer just granted an interview to another newspaper, and it’s clear he’s got a wisdom commensurate with his years, and not only on matters of constitutional law. After the untimely deaths of Antonin
Editorial: Justice Breyer admits he’s thinking about retirement. Good Read More »
USA
Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America (HWZOA), announces that Naomi Adler, a distinguished leader in the nonprofit and Jewish communal sectors, has been named the organization’s new CEO. She will lead the country’s largest Jewish women’s organization, with nearly 300,000 members, donors and supporters and a professional staff of 200. [Hadassah News Release]
Naomi Adler New CEO of Hadassah Read More »
Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), America’s unified alumni voice on issues of antisemitism, demonization of Israel, and bigotry, released the findings of a survey of Jewish college students and recent alums on campus antisemitism, conducted between March 25 and June 14, 2021. The survey results, compiled into a comprehensive report,
Jewish Advocacy Group Charts ‘Shocking’ Campus Antisemitism Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
As ever, the future is uncertain. However, as far as we can see, there seems no chance for a two state solution on our borders. But we can’t see too far into the future. The President of Palestine, West Bank, Mahmoud Abbas, is 85 years old. What comes next, with a civil war or not, is anyone’s guess. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D.]
Israel and the ‘two Palestines’ Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
B’nai Brith Canada said it wants reassurance from the University of Victoria (UVic) that an upcoming course on anti-Semitism will not become a “forum for antisemitic views” because of its professor. [JNS.org]
University of Victoria’s Proposed Antisemitism Course Under Scrutiny Read More »
International, Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education
Mark Malyar, Ami Dadaon and Moran Samuel went into the Tokyo Paralympics with expectations of medaling, and they did not disappoint, netting four more medals for Israel over the weekend, bringing the country’s total so far to five. [JNS.org]
Israel’s Paralympic Medal Count Reaches Five Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions
The Israel Defense Forces conducted airstrikes against Hamas targets early on Sunday in response to incendiary balloon attacks and violent riots along the Gaza fence. [JNS.org]
Israel Retaliates Against Gazas Fire Balloons and Stun Grenades Read More »
Middle East
After a number of delays as a result of Thursday’s terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. President Joe Biden managed to sit for two meetings at the White House on Friday morning. [JNS.org]
Biden and Bennett Tell of Two Nations’ Friendship Read More »
Middle East, USA
While public school teachers and their unions demonstrated a shocking obstinacy during the ongoing pandemic regarding opening up of schools to in-person learning for America’s students, they seemed to have found the energy at the same time to continue their activism and advocacy for teaching children to hate themselves because of the color of their skin, distrust law enforcement, blame white supremacy for systemic racism and the victimhood of marginalized people of color, identify their gender fluidity, and a bucket full of other progressive notions that animate what now currently passes for public education. [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]
OpEd: Teacher Unions Seek to Demonize Israel, Jews Read More »
Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA