Despite COVID-19, and partly because of it, Jewish-Arab business partnerships progress
October 21, 2020 by Josh Hasten - JNS
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has devastated economies and businesses around the world, but a bright spot exists towards the opening of new avenues of investment for Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs. Read more
Why Israel chose to aid an ailing enemy
October 21, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
It’s the kind of story that drives a lot of friends of Israel nuts. One of its chief opponents, Palestinian Liberation Organization senior leader Saeb Erekat recently fell ill with COVID-19. Read more
US envoy Carr: 1.7 million anti-Semitic posts on Facebook, Twitter so far in 2020
October 20, 2020 by Jackson Richman - JNS
Elan Carr has served as U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism since February 2019. Read more
Palestinians choose guns over butter
October 20, 2020 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
Sure, it’s ironic that a Palestinian leader who accused Israel of spreading the coronavirus has checked himself into an Israeli hospital now that he is afflicted with it. But the implications of this episode are much more significant than another chuckle over Palestinian hypocrisy. Read more
Is a ‘New Right’ ascending in Israel?
October 20, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
A constant stream of political polls gives clues to the stability of Israel’s current unity government anchored by Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and challenger Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party. Read more
A chat with Hylton Chilchick
October 20, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Sydney-based Musician Hylton Chilchik, originally from South Africa, has been involved in the entertainment industry for nearly 40 years. Read more
Dumbing down the ‘Jewish Nobel Prize’
October 19, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Did the Jewish people really need their own Nobel Prize? To the three wealthy Russian Jewish business “oligarchs” who endowed the Genesis Prize with $50 million in contributions, the answer was “yes.” Read more
Why isn’t life fair?
October 19, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi… Read more
Can France’s courts learn from Facebook in the fight against anti-Semitism?
October 18, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
Who is more effective in the fight against resurgent anti-Semitism: Facebook or the French judiciary? Read more
Could Lebanon’s first negotiations with Israel in decades lead to normalization?
October 18, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
For the first time in three decades, Israel and Lebanon held the first of what is expected to be a series of negotiations over the next few months regarding the two countries’ shared maritime border. Read more
Two different Jewish tribes choose different candidates
October 18, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Among the least surprising poll numbers to be published recently were the results of the Pew Research Center survey that reports a sizable 70% of American Jews say they are voting for former Vice President Joe Biden, while 27% are planning to cast their ballots to re-elect President Donald Trump. Read more
Feintooner
October 18, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…American elections and duelling loyalties. Read more
Henry Greener meets Eddie Jaku
October 18, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Celebrity Centenarian Eddie Jaku has recently written a book entitled “The Happiest Man on Earth” which describes his early life in Germany, his experience on Kristallnacht in 1938 and his time in Buchenwald and Auschwitz. Read more
On the other hand
October 18, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
We have just prayed for rain (in Israel) and already one can discern a change in the weather. Read more
Adam and Eve
October 16, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
It is Adam and Eve time again in the annual Torah reading cycle. Read more
Ban Holocaust denial? Yes. Political censorship? No.
October 16, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
The applause was nearly universal. After a determined campaign on the part of the Anti-Defamation League and a broad coalition of Jewish groups and other organizations, Facebook has agreed to ban posts that contain Holocaust denial on its ubiquitous site. Read more
The BBC isn’t just too ‘woke’—over Israel, it incites baseless hatred
October 16, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
In recent weeks, there have been indications that the British government intends to try to bring the BBC to heel. Read more
March of Folly
October 16, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Now that the Chagim (Festivals) are over most people are looking forward to a new year devoid of past follies and one which will somehow fulfil their craving for a more balanced and normal life. Read more
Israeli EMT with Corona brings medical relief and joy to other patients in Corona hotel
October 15, 2020 by TPS
The naked emperor
October 15, 2020 by David Cumin
I have a tremendous amount of respect for United Nations Watch – an organisation that isn’t afraid to call out a naked emperor, metaphorically speaking. Read more
How our Succas taught an amazing COVID lesson
October 15, 2020 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
On Rosh HaShanah, we re-affirmed our belief in an omnipotent G-D. On Yom Kippur we cried out to Him to renew our relationship. Read more
Israeli drone company plans for worldwide aerial-supply networks
October 14, 2020 by Yaakov Lappin - JNS.org
Israel’s Gadfin UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and drone producer was the first company in the world to receive the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority permit for urban airspace deliveries this year. Read more
Saudi Arabia and Jordan tighten screws on PLO and Hamas
October 14, 2020 by David Singer
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have engaged in a twin-pronged attack on the PLO and Hamas seemingly intended to get them to bury the hatchet and begin negotiations with Israel on allocating sovereignty in Gaza and Judea and Samaria (West Bank) under President Trump’s 2020 Peace Plan. Read more
The woke world goes to war against ‘Wonder Woman’
October 13, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
I’m not sure the world needed another movie about Cleopatra. And the career arc of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who became an international superstar with her “Wonder Woman” films, isn’t something that matters all that much in the general scheme of things. Read more
The great myth of Israeli annexation, Part II: De facto sovereignty
October 13, 2020 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
For the better part of the past year, one of the major diplomatic agenda items in the Middle East was whether or not Israel would apply its formal sovereignty over lands it controls in parts of Judea and Samaria, surrounding Jewish settlements, and along the strategic Jordan Valley. Read more
On the other hand
October 12, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
By the time you read this the Festivals of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah will be ending or have already finished. Read more
A magic carpet ride over the anti-Netanyahu protests
October 12, 2020 by Caroline Glick
The Israeli left likes to claim its no-holds-barred fight against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters is an ideological struggle that pits the forces of democracy and old-time Zionism against the forces of tyranny and tribalism. Read more
Some Jewish attitudes
October 12, 2020 by J-Wire
This article presents brief statements of the Jewish view on some current issues. Read more
An Israeli ‘dissident’ demolished
October 11, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
The most scathing book review I have read in a very long time appears in the Sept.18 edition of the London-based journal, the Times Literary Supplement. Read more
The error of piety
October 9, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
One of the most disturbing features of the pandemic has been the behaviour of huge swathes of the Charedi community across the globe. Read more
