Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ director and son of Holocaust survivors, dies at age 75
February 16, 2022 by JNS
Jewish producer and director Ivan Reitman died in his sleep on Saturday night at his home in Montecito, California, at the age of 75, his family told The Associated Press. Read more
Top Turkish delegation to visit Israel
February 16, 2022 by JNS
A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President Isaac Herzog to the country, the president’s office said. Read more
SUMMIT UIA: Book now for a campaign with a difference
February 15, 2022 by J-Wire News Service
UIA shares with the community its planned annual event for 2022: Summit UIA. Read more
Head of UN probe on Israel asked to resign after her anti-Israel bias exposed
February 15, 2022 by TPS-IL
The head of a new United Nations (UN) inquiry into the IDF’s counterterrorism Operation Guardian of the Walls against Hamas in May was accused Monday of “making prejudicial statements” on the issues under investigation, “compromising her impartiality,” and was asked to recuse herself in a legal brief filed today with the UN by a Geneva watchdog group, which has also launched an online petition campaign. Read more
Anti-Israel group compels Dutch universities to reveal Jewish, Israeli connections
February 15, 2022 by JNS
Administrators at more than a dozen universities in the Netherlands are complying with a freedom of information request filed by a pro-Palestinian organization to make public lists of their connections to Jewish and Israeli organizations and universities. Read more
Bennett receives warm welcome in Bahrain
February 15, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has landed in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on his first official visit to the country. Read more
Collectors livid as auction site vows to prohibit sale of Nazi artifacts
February 14, 2022 by JNS
The fight against the auctioning of Nazi artifacts took another turn over the weekend, as popular auction website “Bidspirit” announced a total ban on the sale of Nazi items. Any auction houses violating the ban will be removed from Bidspirit’s website, it warned.
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Study: Women twice as likely as men to experience COVID vaccine side effects
February 14, 2022 by JNS
Women experience nearly twice as many adverse events following inoculation with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as men, a new Israeli study published in the peer-reviewed journal Vaccines showed. Read more
Mathias Cormann meets Israeli cabinet
February 14, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, Mathias Cormann, attended the meeting of Israel’s Cabinet Sunday morning. Read more
Israel calls on its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, prepares for emergency evacuations
February 13, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has elevated its travel warning to Ukraine and has called on Israeli citizens to leave the country immediately, following a situational assessment that took place Saturday and as the US warned Russia will invade the country in the coming days. Read more
Belgium museum returns Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple who owned the artwork before it was stolen by the Nazis, reported Reuters. Read more
Palestinians furious with PA over corruption, suspension of hospital construction
February 13, 2022 by JNS
The Palestinian Authority and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, face sharp criticism for stopping the construction of a new Palestinian hospital to treat cancer patients, even though the funds were already raised for the project. Read more
Corbyn to join webinar affiliated with Muslim Brotherhood
February 13, 2022 by JNS
Former British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is scheduled to participate in a webinar that will feature extremist figures affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Read more
Ambassador Amir Maimon
February 11, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Amir Maimon has now presented his credentials to Governor-General David Hurley at Government House in Canberra and is now officially Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more
German FM lays wreath for Holocaust dead
February 11, 2022 by AAP
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has laid a wreath at a Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem ahead of talks with Israeli leaders during her first official visit to the region. Read more
Anti-Semitic incidents in UK surge by one-third in 2021
February 11, 2022 by Faygie Holt
Anti-Semitic incidents skyrocketed in the United Kingdom in 2021, rising by 34 percent in just one year and crossing a previously unheard-of threshold of 2,000 incidents, according to an annual report put out by the Community Security Trust. Read more
Sa’ar moves to try to decriminalize recreational cannabis in Israel
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Israel’s Minister of Justice Gideon Sa’ar has proposed new temporary regulations to decriminalize recreational cannabis. Read more
Israeli study: Antibodies perform best after COVID infection, not vaccine
February 11, 2022 by JNS
Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies falls in both previously infected and vaccinated people, but the performance of antibodies improves only after a previous infection and not vaccination. Read more
Iran unveils 900-mile-range ballistic missile as nuclear talks resume in Vienna
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled on Wednesday a new, domestically produced, long-range precision ballistic missile, Tehran’s state media reported. Read more
Nearly half of French Jews hide religious symbols
February 10, 2022 by Faygie Holt
An increasing number of French Jews believe that antisemitism is widespread in their country, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Read more
Keshet Studios, Disney to produce series on woman who sheltered Anne Frank
February 10, 2022 by JNS
Keshet Studios will produce a limited series for Disney+ about Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family during World War II. Read more
Relations between Australia’s Catholics and Jews
February 10, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The 24th Annual Conversation of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry focussed on the progress in relations between Catholics and Jews in Australia, and globally, over the past 30 years. Read more
Australian Association for Jewish Studies – Annual Conference 14-15 February
February 9, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Australian Association for Jewish Studies will hold its 2022 conference at Deakin University’s City Campus in Collins St, Melbourne on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 February, and online. Read more
Lipstadt defends record, vows to fight anti-Semitism ‘without fear or favour’
February 9, 2022 by JNS
The Biden administration’s nominee Deborah Lipstadt to lead the U.S. State Department’s office that monitors and combats anti-Semitism appeared in the Senate on Tuesday for her confirmation. Read more
The Power of the Dog – a second Oscar for Emile Sherman?
February 9, 2022 by Henry Benjamin
A western shot in New Zealand with a British actor playing the top role as a rancher has been nominated for 12 awards at this year’s Oscars. Read more
FM Lapid calls for interrogation of former minister over Pegasus scandal
February 8, 2022 by Gil Tanenbaum - TPS
Foreign Minister and co-Prime Minister Yair Lapid has made it clear who should take the brunt of the blame for the use of the Pegasus spyware to track Israeli citizens by Israel’s police– the previous Likud government and former Minister of Public Security from the Likud Party Amir Ohana in particular. Read more
Government approves appointment of Israel’s Attorney General
February 8, 2022 by Aryeh Savir - TPS
The Israeli Cabinet has approved the appointment of attorney Gali Baharav-Miara as Israel’s next Attorney General, the first woman to hold the important position. Read more
Australian and Israeli health leaders discuss COVID on zoom
February 8, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Senior Australian and Israeli government health officials met yesterday on zoom continuing what has been an essential dialogue on pandemic recovery. Read more
Chickpea seeds headed to International Space Station greenhouse
February 8, 2022 by JNS
Israeli chickpea seeds will be among the supplies and equipment sent to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month for a series of experiments aimed at controlling the growth of crops via technology. Read more
Holocaust survivors up in arms over planned auction of Nazi memorabilia…in Israel
Holocaust survivors and those involved in efforts to maintain the memory of the Shoah are up in arms over plans to put some 20 Nazi artifacts up for auction next week. Read more
