My thoughts on politics.
It was a shock to learn that Russia had asked the Jewish Agency to close down their operations. Now we learn that multiple Russian-Jewish nonprofits have been warned by the Russian government to close their doors. The organizations in question received letters described as “threatening” from the Russian Justice ministry. Putin’s government states that these …
US State Department spokesman Ned Price and US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt on Monday memorialized victims of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the attack on a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria. Both events share an anniversary date. The two took the opportunity …
President Biden arrives in Israel today. In the run up to the visit, various legislators have made demands on Biden in regard to sticking it to Israel. Now Rashida Tlaib has joined the clamor, stating that Biden must find an IDF soldier responsible for the shooting death of journalist Abu Akleh. Not that there is …
Russia has ordered the Jewish Agency stop operating on Russian soil. The Jewish Agency confirmed they received a letter from the Russian government to this effect, but are reserving comment until the Israeli government decides how to react. In light of the war between Ukraine and Russia, the Russian Jewish community is alarmed, fearing they …
Critic of the New York Times, Ira Stoll, has ridiculed the Gray Lady for its latest silly lie. This time, the lie was in an article probing the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Stoll notes Israel’s foreign minister calls Al Jazeera, a “network run by an Islamist state that is openly hostile …
The Nonprofit Security Grant Program has just received an infusion of $360m thanks to the US House Appropriations Subcommittee. This funding will help to keep synagogues and Jewish community centers safe by bolstering security. The money will go to fund security measures such as inspection and screening systems, fences, cameras, more secure doors, additional hiring …
A Hasidic mother won her case in a New York State Supreme Court case against her son’s Brooklyn yeshiva, which she said wasn’t giving him a proper secular education. As a result, the State of New York will need to conduct a probe of the yeshiva, located in Williamsburg. The ruling tells the state Education …
Biden’s impending trip to Israel has been postponed, as Bennett’s government threatens to topple from day to day and hour to hour. Long dreaded by Israel, the visit was to include a visit to an East Jerusalem hospital without an Israeli security detail, proof that the Biden Administration has broken with tradition by not recognizing …
Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind of the Sbarro massacre in Jerusalem, is living the life of a celebrity in Jordan. Though she killed two American citizens, one of them pregnant, and left a third in a vegetative state, President Biden chose not to mention the little issue of the extradition treaty that Jordan refuses to honor …
Foreign MInister Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) ain’t going anywhere. That’s the buzz as the Bennett government coalition threatens collapse. The game of government Jenga began with the defection of MK Idit Silman, and has continued with members of Knesset either leaving or threatening to leave. As a result, Lapid doesn’t dare leave the country for …