Category World

Congratulating Trump

photo - President Donald Trump gives his inaugural speech Friday

President Donald Trump gives his inaugural speech Friday. (photo from YouTube) Israeli and American-Jewish leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his swearing-in Friday, Jan. 20, as the new Republican commander-in-chief promised an “America First” agenda in his inaugural speech. “Congrats…

New discoveries at Sobibor

photo - The remains of the Sobibór extermination camp

The remains of the Sobibór extermination camp. (photo from Israel Antiquities Authority via Ashernet) In a recent discovery made at the site of former Nazi extermination camp Sobibór – where more than 250,000 Jews were killed – remains were uncovered in…

Academics reject boycott

photo - Prof. Cary Nelson, an opponent of the academic boycott of Israel, teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Prof. Cary Nelson, an opponent of the academic boycott of Israel, teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (photo from cjnews.com) Opponents of an academic boycott of Israel scored back-to-back victories at a conference of the Modern Language Association…

Developer of multiple apps

photo - Israeli app developer Uri Levine

Israeli app developer Uri Levine. (photo from Uri Levine) This could be the year you start saving all kinds of money and time from using apps, and you may have Israeli Uri Levine to thank for it. Levine, a computer…

Rivlin in Georgia

photo - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the Great Synagogue in the city of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Jan. 10

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the Great Synagogue in the city of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Jan. 10. (photo by Haim Zach / IGPO via Ashernet) At the Great Synagogue in Tbilisi, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin spoke about the history of…

Kosher food abounds

photo - Kimchi seems to be the latest kosher craze. Here, Yeun Sun Shin, manager of South Korea’s Dongbangfood Oil Co. Ltd., shows off some of the company’s products at Kosherfest, which took place Nov. 15-16 in New Jersey

Kimchi seems to be the latest kosher craze. Here, Yeun Sun Shin, manager of South Korea’s Dongbangfood Oil Co. Ltd., shows off some of the company’s products at Kosherfest, which took place Nov. 15-16 in New Jersey. (photo by Dave…

Connecting to a legacy

photo - The inscription in the Tosher Rebbe’s first copy of Kehilat Ya’akov, which recently sold at auction for $4,920 US

The inscription in the Tosher Rebbe’s first copy of Kehilat Ya’akov, which recently sold at auction for $4,920 US. (photo from IMP Media Group Ltd.) Even with the passing of the fourth Tosh Rebbe, Rabbi Meshulam Feish Segal-Lowy II, in…

Unite in acts of chesed

May 24, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of a united Jerusalem. In honor of this occasion, the Afikim Foundation, in cooperation with the Israel Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, is launching the Jerusalem50 Global Unity Torah, a global movement that celebrates…

Thousands gather

photo - International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries

(photo by Mendel Grossbaum / Chabad.org) Rabbis dance with their colleagues at a banquet at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Pier 8 on Nov. 27. They were among the 5,600 rabbis and guests from 90 countries who gathered in New York…

Dance in support of refugees

photo - Children learn the #iamchild dance routine created by Israeli-Turkish therapist and journalist Michal Bardavid

Children learn the #iamchild dance routine created by Israeli-Turkish therapist and journalist Michal Bardavid. (photo from iamchildproject.com) There’s a new dance routine on social-media sites that has five catchy poses and one enormously powerful message. The #iamchild dance-therapy routine is…