Israel and the United States are at odds over the Israeli capital of Jerusalem. You may not remember that Congress passed – by more that a 10:1 margin – the ‘Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995’ [Steve Kramer]
OpEd: Jerusalem Must Remain Undivided Read More »
Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
In a meeting in May with then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration priority “to continue to rebuild our relationship with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority.” Now, after announcing it wants to open a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, come reports that the administration is working on a plan for a Palestinian “unity government” of Hamas and Fatah to negotiate the “two-state solution” with Israel. [Shoshana Bryen]
Shoshana Bryen: U.S. Encourages Palestinian Intransigence Read More »
Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA
StandWithUs called for a formal investigation by the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) leadership into a case where the Muslim Students Association (MSA) likely denied a Jewish student their constitutional rights during a Zoom public meeting, as outlined in a legal letter to the administration sent by StandWithUs and the Jewish student. For the student’s safety, their identity is being kept anonymous. An independent source provided StandWithUs with a captured video of the MSA’s egregious effort to marginalize and stigmatize this Jewish student through discriminatory action. [StandWithUs]
StandWithUs Seeks Formal Investigation of Antisemitism at UC Santa Cruz Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Migrant rights advocate Enrique Morones told a Tifereth Israel Synagogue audience that the United States should adopt an immigration policy that is more coherent and more humane. [Donald H. Harrison]
Enrique Morones: U.S. Must Be More Welcoming to Migrants Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, San Diego County, USA
This cutting-edge comedy has been delighting audiences in Toronto, Boston, Washington DC, and Chicago over the past three years, and now the Lyceum will host this group of world-famous comedic stars. The Washington Post described this show as a “funny, fiercely political comedy-sketch show.” This script is written and performed by an all-female troupe and pokes fun at the female experience, attendant stereotypes, and common experiences. [Eva Trieger]
‘She The People’ Comedy Heads West to San Diego Read More »
Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
For the full episode with Deborah Lipstadt, visit: https://allinclusivepodcast.com/podcasts/s04-ep25-confronting-antisemitism-series-part-i/ [All Inclusive with Jay Ruderman]
Lipstadt: Disproportionate Criticism of Israel is Antisemitism Read More »
International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
People often ask me how Israel copes with climate change. Yet Israelis don’t look to cope; they look to solve. When Israelis wanted faster computers, they invented the Intel microchip. When they were tired of missing phone messages, they invented voicemail. And when they were fed up with peak-hour traffic, they invented Waze. As the world faces the behemothic challenge of climate change, tiny Israel—a country the size of New Jersey—could serve as a light unto the nations to solve this macro-environmental crisis. [JNS.org]
Lizerbram: Israeli Technology Can Help the World Solve Climate Change Read More »
Middle East, The World We Share, USA
What problem arose when Britney Spears performed in Tel Aviv in 2017? [Mark D. Zimmerman]
Jewish Trivia Quiz: Britney Spears Read More »
Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & Satire
The shekel is strong. The dollar is weak. What does that mean? Commentary here puts the blame on high investments from overseas in Israel, especially in high-tech. It also means that Israeli purchases in the US, or in dollar-linked countries–including Israeli travel overseas, are cheap. But Israel exports to the same places aren’t as profitable as usual. There are fewer dollars coming into the country in exchange for what’s exported. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
Israeli Shekel Increasing in Value Against Other Currencies Read More »
Business & Finance, International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
Published by OK Magazine Mayim Bialik has been filling in as interim host on Jeopardy! for more than two months now, but a source says there’s a divide behind the scenes about whether she’s suited to be the program’s permanent quizmaster. “Mayim’s getting the job done, but she isn’t fitting into the culture and insists
Published by DPA Ten years after the death of Amy Winehouse, a bikini worn by the soul singer is set to join those of Marilyn Monroe, Scarlett Johansson and countless other celebrities in a south-west German town that calls itself the “capital of swimwear.” The Bikini Art Museum in Bad Rappenau is set to soon
Museum dedicated to nothing but bikinis gets Amy Winehouse two-piece Read More »
Jewish CelebritiesIt comes as no surprise that we inhabit an unequal world. We have only to look around us to see that there are those blessed with material goods, living in areas where services are accessible and abundant, contrasted with those who lack even the essentials such as food and shelter. Here in America, as in most developed nations, we seldom consider what it means to have no constant clean source of water or minimal medical services. In Ethiopia, this is the norm. [Eva Trieger]
Eye Surgeon Works Nearly Non-Stop in Ethiopia Read More »
Eva Trieger, International, Science, Medicine, & Education
Ira Spector, who contributed more than 30 columns to this publication on subjects including his childhood in Brooklyn, his service in the Coast Guard, his extensive travels, interesting personalities he had met, and his flamboyant tennis game, died Oct. 14, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. [SDJW]
Ira Spector (1933-2021) Read More »
International, Lifestyles, Middle East, Travel and Food, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
Just after 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, a 92-year-old woman was riding in a car with her daughter and granddaughter near the train station in Modi’in when she suddenly lost consciousness. Her conscientious daughter and granddaughter pulled the car over and called emergency services for help while attempting to perform CPR on the elderly matriarch in the car. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Noemie Dray was at her home in Modi’in when the emergency took place. Noemie was asleep after a late-night shift in the Pediatric Ward of Sheba Hospital where she works when she isn’t attending classes. Noemie heard the alert from her emergency communications device, got up, and ran out of the house, without even having time to change clothes. [United Hatzalah]
No Time to Dress: Lifesaving Rescue Made in Pajamas Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education