UN again Denies Jewish Connection to the Temple Mount
Read ›: UN again Denies Jewish Connection to the Temple MountBy: Israel Today Staff – israeltoday.co.il Resolution passed by 129-11 vote calls on Israel, among other things, to stop unilateral measures in the “occupied Palestinian territories” On December 1st, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution with an overwhelming majority of 129 to 11 votes denying the Jewish connection to the Temple…
Edward Shames, Last Surviving Officer of the WWII Band of Brothers, Dies Aged 99: Jewish Soldier Raided Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ and was One of the First Americans to Help Liberate Dachau Concentration Camp
Read ›: Edward Shames, Last Surviving Officer of the WWII Band of Brothers, Dies Aged 99: Jewish Soldier Raided Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ and was One of the First Americans to Help Liberate Dachau Concentration CampBy: Christina Colter – Daily Mail; dailymail.co.uk Col. Eddie Shames, 99, died peacefully in his home on Friday The World War II paratrooper in the Easy Company was played by Jonathan May in a 2001 in an HBO miniseries directed by Tom Hank and Steven Spielberg Shames parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, fought in Operation…
Iranian Brig.-Gen. Urges Destruction of Israel prior to Nuke Talks
Read ›: Iranian Brig.-Gen. Urges Destruction of Israel prior to Nuke TalksBy: Benjamin Weinthal – Jerusalem Post; jpost.com “We will not back off from annihilation of Israel, even one millimeter.” The spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces, Brig.-Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, on Saturday urged the total elimination of the Jewish state during an interview with an Iranian regime-controlled media outlet. “We will not back off…
New Senate Bill Seeks to Counter anti-Semitism, Incitement in Palestinian Classrooms
Read ›: New Senate Bill Seeks to Counter anti-Semitism, Incitement in Palestinian ClassroomsBy: Sean Savage – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The legislation seeks to address growing concerns over educational materials being used by the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to address whether Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or racist content about Israel and the Jewish people.…
US Dollar Hits 25-year Low against Israeli Shekel
Read ›: US Dollar Hits 25-year Low against Israeli ShekelBy: Eran Bar-Tal – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Despite the development, the Bank of Israel has avoided interfering in the market, and its governor has remained ambiguous about possible future intervention. The U.S. dollar hit a 25-year low against the shekel on Tuesday, officially dropping below the benchmark that the Bank of Israel had hoped…
Dani Dayan on what Holocaust Taught about Extremes and how anti-Semitism Persists
Read ›: Dani Dayan on what Holocaust Taught about Extremes and how anti-Semitism PersistsBy: Dmitriy Shapiro – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The former Israeli Consul General in New York and current chairman of Yad Vashem acknowledged that when he first came to the United States in 2016, he didn’t see anti-Semitism as the pressing issue it is today, believing that it might have been an “overblown phenomenon” in…
