admin | May 20, 2021
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been in the news a lot lately, partly due to their reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. With a few exceptions, the stories present ultra-Orthodox Jews as a patriarchal community that is authoritarian and resistant to public health measures, even during a global pandemic.
admin | May 20, 2021
Delegates to the 16th Socialist International were milling about the Montechoro Hotels lobby in Albufeira, a sleepy resort town off of Portugals Algarve coast, when a gunman nailed five bullets into Palestinian cardiologist Isam Sartawis chest and head. The assassin vanished under a hail of police bullets
admin | May 20, 2021
"Operation Solomon was a rescue aliyah operation. It was a historic chapter that attests to the ability and desire of the people of Israel to rescue Jews anywhere in the world, says former shaliach (emissary) Avi Mizrahi, who at the time of Operation Solomon was in charge of Ethiopian airport operations for The Jewish Agency, along with then-IDF deputy chief of staff Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. In 1989, after 16 years of separation, diplomatic ties between Israel and Ethiopia were renewed and the Ethiopian government, led by dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, allowed several hundred Jews to immigrate to Israel each month as part of a family reunification program
admin | May 20, 2021
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Northwest Ohio resident admitted Tuesday that he planned to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue to show his allegiance to ISIS. Damon Joseph, 23, of Holland pleaded guilty in U.S.
admin | May 20, 2021
Breadcrumb Trail Links Not nearly as many violent incidents hit Canadian streets during the last round of Gazan violence in 2014 Author of the article: Publishing date: Rocks were thrown at pro-Israeli demonstrators in Montreal and Jewish communities in western Canada are reporting roving vehicles seeking out Jews.
admin | May 20, 2021
Several pro-Israel protesters were violently assaulted and injured by pro-Palestinian protesters at a counter-demonstration in Toronto over the weekend.Video footage on social media filmed close to the site of the demonstration at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto on Saturday afternoon showed a gang of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some masked, violently attacking an elderly man.The gang threw various objects and beat the man, as well as other victims, with various objects, the video footage showed.According to the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a group of protesters bearing a Palestinian flag swarmed and brutally assaulted a small number of pro-Israel demonstrators.CIJA said that antisemitic insults were voiced by the perpetrators during the assault, according to witnesses.At the time, dozens of pro-Israel activists were demonstrating near a crowd of several thousand pro-Palestinian supporters protesting Israels military operation in the Gaza Strip the past week.We condemn in the strongest terms these brazen acts of assault, intimidation and hate, targeting members of Torontos Jewish community and supporters of Israel, said CIJA following the incident. cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); });
admin | May 20, 2021
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has joined other religious and political leaders in condemning the surge of anti-Semitic incidents across the UK over the weekend, in response to the escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land (News, 14 May). By Monday, 198 Palestinians were reported to have been killed, including 34 women and 58 children; 1230 are reported injured. Reported Israeli deaths stand at ten, including two children
admin | May 20, 2021
The Land of Israel, also known as the Holy Land or Palestine, is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the final form of the Hebrew Bible is thought to have been compiled, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity.
admin | May 20, 2021
Israel has the right to defend itself. These are the words we hear from both Democratic and Republican administrations whenever the government of Israel, with its enormous military power, responds to rocket attacks from Gaza
admin | May 20, 2021
Heres what you need to know:Mourning a man who was killed by Israeli bombing on Tuesday in Gaza City. The latest conflict has taken hundreds of lives.Credit...Hosam Salem for The New York Times JERUSALEM Israel and Hamas appeared to be on the verge of a cease-fire to take effect on Friday morning, after the Israeli security cabinet voted to accept an Egyptian proposal for a truce, the Israeli government announced Thursday
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