Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

The online premiere of Sustainable Nation, now free online through May 2

OPENDOR MEDIA  formerly JerusalemU Please join OpenDor Media for the online premiere of Sustainable Nation. Our movie will be LIVE, starting NOW through May 2nd, in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut. We are proud to present this, in partnership with JNF, and … Continue reading

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“Decoupling from China is a costly, difficult undertaking, and one sure to prompt pushback from Western corporations”

REAL CLEAR POLITICS A China-U.S. Cold War? by Charles Lipson April 27, 2020 …If China’s access is squeezed, it will respond ferociously. Beijing would demand foreign companies leave production in China if they want to sell there. It would leverage … Continue reading

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“Ignoring San Remo Resolution is thus essential for those who perpetrate the lie that the Jews have usurped the Palestinian Arabs in their own land”

JNS From San Remo to its 72nd birthday, Israel survives the virus of political and moral collapse by Melanie Phillips April 23, 2020 One hundred years ago this Sunday, the four principal allied powers involved in World War I signed … Continue reading

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“So the good news, at the end of a dramatic week of twists and turns that would make Shakespeare blush, is that your Jewish News is back”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Jewish News is back, more energised and ambitious than ever by Richard Ferrer April 22, 2022 If like me, your sense of time is all over the place at the moment (is it April or May?), you’ll … Continue reading

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“Biden has brought into the mix two Jewish Democratic groups that otherwise spent much of the primary season reviling one another”

JWEEKLY These are Biden’s Jews by Ron Kampeas and Laura E. Adkins April 24, 2020 But there are new Jewish kids on the Biden block, too. They earned their Democratic cred without having come up through the traditional pro-Israel channels, … Continue reading

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“Health Ministry to file police complaint against passenger who flew United from Newark to Israel knowing he’d tested positive, didn’t notify crew”

TIMES OF ISRAEL US said to annul work visa of Israeli who took flight home knowing he had virus by Staff April 26, 2020 The US has suspended a work visa issued to an Israeli national who boarded a flight … Continue reading

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“At the rate the radical left is taking over major Jewish organizations, we can assume that within five years there will be a steep rise in the number of American Jewish groups that advocate on behalf of BDS”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) American Jewry’s Organizational Crack-Up by Caroline Glick April 24, 2020 …Lob’s selection came as a complete surprise to Conference insiders. She beat out two candidates with far more organizational experience and centrist credentials. But … Continue reading

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“Leibovitz has no real doubts that his beloved Marvel heroes are born of a particularly unique sensibility to Jewish immigrant parents from Europe”

JEWISH INSIDER The man, the myth, the Jewish comic book legend by Amy Spiro April 23, 2020 …The resulting book, Stan Lee: A Life in Comics, is the latest entry in Yale University Press’s “Jewish Lives” series. But don’t crack … Continue reading

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Gantz-Netanyahu deal ends 17-month political crisis; Gantz: “We prevented a fourth election”

JERUSALEM POST The deal is done: Netanyahu, Gantz ink coalition pact by Gil Hoffman April 21, 2020 Israel will soon have a new coalition government after an agreement was signed on Monday evening between Likud and Blue and White, putting … Continue reading

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“Tel Aviv University report, released every year before Holocaust Remembrance Day, shows an 18% spike in attacks against Jews last year, warning that the pandemic has threatened to amp up incitement even more”

YNET NEWS Experts: Coronvirus brings spike in anti-Semitic sentiments by Associated Press April 20, 2020 …“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in accusations that Jews, as individuals and as a collective, are behind … Continue reading

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