OpEd: Israel Critics Suffer From ‘Moral Anorexia’

Like all social justice warriors, Ben and Jerry make the same hypocritical error that all progressives do when they purported seek justice and equality for the oppressed; namely, they care nothing for any other parties involved—in this case, Israelis who live in the biblical areas of Judea and Samaria, carelessly referred to as the West Bank. [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hillel, ADL Join Forces to Combat Campus Antisemitism

Hillel International, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, and ADL (Anti-Defamation League), a leading anti-hate organization fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate, are joining forces to work collaboratively on several initiatives starting in the new academic year to proactively address the disturbing rise in antisemitic activity on campus through new educational programs and assessments of the climate on campus for Jewish students. [Hillel, ADL News Release]

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Travel and Food

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Will Be ‘Gone by Lunch Time’ in New Zealand

Rush Munro’s ice cream parlor sells only its own ice cream. In Dad’s day it was hand made and he would walk a mile down Tomoana Road to the shop on Heretaunga Street after school for the best ice cream in the country. The shop today is a ‘Happy Days’ TV show style ice cream  parlor with soda drinks and the like, but no burgers or chips. It has an indoor area with a garden bar area with a fish pond that has been there since Dad was a boy. [John Bernard McCormick]

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International, John McCormick, Middle East, Travel and Food

Unanswered Questions Abound as Coronavirus Resurges in Israel

-Coronavirus is not finished with us. Or with you.

Lots of us are vaccinated. But there are hundreds of thousands who have avoided the needle. They are most of the sick, but not all.

Currently more than two thousand here are testing as sick each day, with 150 or so seriously ill. We’re still far from the point of over-loaded hospitals, but some are re-opening Coronavirus wards. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Bob Dylan Wins Lawsuit Against Co-Writer Jacques Levy’s Estate

Published by uInterview.com A New York judge has ruled in Bob Dylan‘s favor in a recent dispute concerning the ownership of ten songs from his 1976 album Desire. The lawsuit, filed in January by the estate of Jacques Levy, claimed ownership of over 35% of the songs that he and Dylan wrote together. Judge Barry Ostrager

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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

100-year-old former death camp guard to go on trial in Germany -report

Published by Reuters FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A 100-year-old former guard at the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp near Berlin will face trial in the autumn, 76 years after the end of the Second World War, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported. The district court of Neuruppin admitted the charges of accessory to murder in 3,500 cases,

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International

Israeli cabinet starts first state budget debate in three years

Published by Reuters By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli cabinet ministers on Sunday began debate on the 2021-2022 state budget, more than three years after the government last approved a fiscal spending package. Due to two years of political stalemate and four elections, Israel is using a pro-rated version of the 2019 state budget

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Middle East

New Zealand’s PM Ardern apologises for 1970s immigration raids on Pacific community

Published by Reuters MELBOURNE (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology on Sunday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids in the 1970s that resulted in deportations and prosecutions. The “Dawn Raids”, which often occurred early in the morning, took place from 1974 to 1976 when New

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International

Lawrence Family JCC Prepares for 2022 JCC Maccabi Games

The leadership of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS is pleased to announce that 2022 will mark the return of the JCC Maccabi Games® after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. We couldn’t be more excited that in exactly one year from today, the Games will begin. Additionally, we are thrilled to be the pilot site for JCC Maccabi Access – giving Jewish teens with cognitive and developmental disabilities a meaningful and integrated JCC Maccabi experience. The 2022 JCC Maccabi Games® and Access, the largest organized Jewish teen sports experience in North America, will be hosted in San Diego from July 31 to August 5, 2022. [Lawrence Family JCC]

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Good News from Israel (August 1, 2021)

In the August 1, 2021 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include: 
–An Israeli device enables people without hands to operate electronic devices.
–Two Israeli families and one from the UAE exchange kidneys.
–Two Israeli airlines have begun scheduled services to Morocco.
–Israeli high-school students won 3 golds at Math Olympiad.
–At least two more new billion-dollar Israeli startups.
–A rare Sumatran orangutan went AWOL before giving birth at an Israeli safari park.
–Despite the pandemic, hundreds of new immigrants arrive in Israel. [Michael Ordman]

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Business & Finance, International, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA

Biden nominates first Muslim religious freedom ambassador

Published by Al-Araby US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-American attorney Rashad Hussain as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, the first Muslim to be nominated to the key position, according to the White House. Hussain, 41, is currently director for partnerships and global engagement at the National Security Council. “Today’s announcement underscores the President’s

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USA

Three Jewish Brothers Honored as First Round NHL Picks

Three Jewish brothers became the first American family to have three siblings picked in the first round of the National Hockey League (NHL) Draft.

Luke Hughes, 17, became the third brother in his family to be drafted by the NHL when it was announced last Friday that he would play for the New Jersey Devils during the 2021 NHL Draft live from the Prudential Center. The Canton, Michigan, native and defenseman was the fourth overall pick in Friday’s selection and joins his brother Jack on the team. [JNS.org]

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA