Articles from the July 28, 2023 edition
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Herzog crafts a story of partnership to survive toughest of disagreements
(JNS) - Just as Israel's president was settling in following a busy day in Washington, a gift came his way from the Capitol, courtesy of the Jewish state's opponents. Less than 24 hours before he was...
Courage, combating antisemitism take center stage at CUFI's 'chai' summit
(JNS) — More than 1,200 people gathered on July 17 in Arlington, Va., for the annual Christians United for Israel Washington Summit. It was the event’s 18th—or chai—iteration, gathering some of the more than 10 million members of the nation...
JAO hires new head of school
"I'm thrilled to announce the appointment of Chana Ben-Abraham as our next head of school," said Joe Schwartz, JAO Board president, in a press release announcing the new hire. "She is a charismatic...
UK Chief Rabbi knighted
(JNS) - U.K. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis was officially honored as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire during a "moving" ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, his office announced....
Study links autism to gut-brain axis, opening doors for therapy
(JNS) - A collaborative study conducted by a global team of microbiome experts has uncovered compelling evidence linking the gut microbiome to autism spectrum disorder. The findings, which were...
Jerusalem surgeons reattach Arab boy's head
(JNS) - Surgeons at Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem managed to reattach a boy's head after a horrific accident left him internally decapitated. A car hit Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Arab from...
Biden appoints Gelman to religious freedom commission
(JNS) - In a statement, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to add 10 people to four executive organizations, some centered on culture and others on international issues. Biden has named Susie...
High Court to hear petition to oust Netanyahu in September
(JNS) — A petition calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be removed from office over an alleged conflict of interest will be heard by the High Court of Justice on Sept. 12. Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, agr...
Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension
TEL AVIV (JTA) — President Joe Biden has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in the United States soon, after months of holding off on inviting him to the White House. The invitation was extended and accepted during a phone c...
In rebuke to Jayapal, US House passes pro-Israel resolution
(JNS) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a resolution affirming that Israel is “not a racist or apartheid state,” in a rebuke to remarks Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) made last weekend. The resolution intro...
US lawmakers call on Biden to end PA's 'pay for slay'
(JNS) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on the State Department to update Congress on negotiations to end the Palestinian Authority’s policy of paying terrorists. In a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the 50 mem...
Even kosher bakers have a right to free speech
(JNS) — Up until now, the legal battles being waged about tolerating dissent against support for gay marriage or gay pride events have been focused on conservative Christians. But a kosher baker in West Orange, N.J., is highlighting the fact that t...
In 'The Big Easy' Israel is 'Politics'
I have written before about how tough it has been for me to get used to the pace of things here in New Orleans. While publicity and television and the music might lead you to believe that New Orleans is one big party, it just is not so. When all is...
Pilgrimage to Poland - Part 6
If weather can ever be a metaphor for emotion and feelings it certainly was so on the two days we visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camps. On the first day, the weather was cold, damp, rainy and overall bleak. It mirrored perfectly the...
As the children of Holocaust survivors, we understand where discrimination-protected speech will lead us
(JTA) — When the U.S. Supreme Court sided last month with a Colorado web designer who refuses to do work for same-sex couples because of her religious objection to same-sex marriage, it risked opening the floodgates to a host of discriminatory a...
George Orwell would have loved this guy
(JNS) — “Welcome to Apartheid.” That was the slogan on a placard brandished by a protester outside a home in Jerusalem’s Old City section, denouncing last week’s removal of illegal Arab squatters from the property. On one level, it was just anot...
Herzog can put Netanyahu-Biden relations back on track
(JNS) — They say that diplomacy is the art of the possible. That is why, despite the conventional wisdom that Israel-U.S. relations have reached a dead end, the two sides can still find a way to move forward. There are even precedents for that. In 20...
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Herzog says Israel should take Biden's concerns about judicial overhaul into consideration
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden’s concerns about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned overhaul of Israel’s courts system should be taken into account by the Israeli parties seeking a compromise, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said af...
These 5 Jewish baseball players were just drafted into the MLB
(JTA) — Though there were no Jewish players at this week’s MLB All-Star Game, the future is bright. The best bellwether of what’s to come is the MLB Draft, which included 20 rounds split betwe...
Herzog meets with Blinken after White House visit
(JNS) - Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after visiting President Joe Biden at the White House. In statements issued before the meeting, the...
Biblical red heifer could bring million visitors to Samaria
(JNS) — Hundreds of visitors flocked to Shiloh in Samaria’s Binyamin region on Thursday to welcome a biblically pure red heifer. The 22-month-old cow, which was brought to Israel from the United Sta...
SAG strike puts its brash Jewish president, Fran Drescher, squarely in the spotlight
(JTA) - In the second season of "The Nanny," the sitcom she wrote and starred in, Fran Drescher's character, Fran Fine, refuses to enter a hotel where the busboys are striking. "I'm sorry, but the...
'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig wants the movie's viewers to 'feel like I did at Shabbat dinner'
(JTA) - Barbie the doll has a deep Jewish history. Now, the creator of "Barbie" the movie hopes watching the film will also evoke a deep Jewish experience. Greta Gerwig, who conceived and directed...
Saturday Night Out at the Rosen JCC
The Rosen JCC Saturday Night Out gives parents the chance to plan a night on the town. Children come to the Rosen JCC for playground time, books, crafts, games, pizza and a movie. The next Saturday Night Out is Aug. 26. Saturday Night Out is open...
