Kippah ‘not a political statement,’ says rabbi told to go bareheaded on official Saudi visit “I didn’t take off my kippah for the month I was in the Soviet Union, and I’m sure not going to do it there,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper told JNS. Mike Wagenheim March 14, 2024
UNESCO lists several medieval Jewish sites in Erfurt, Germany The sites are the second Jewish ones in Germany to be designated on the Wold Heritage List, which recognizes places of “outstanding universal value.” Oct. 5, 2023
Muslim Kazakhstan adds grave of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson to heritage list His grave is in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the master Chassidic scholar had been exiled by the Soviet regime. Aug. 10, 2020
The unmistakable echoes in the culture war against the West Palestinianism is the poster cause of Western progressives. It is no coincidence that the tactics being used in the culture war against the West turn out to be the same tactics used against Israel. Melanie Phillips June 11, 2020
Total of 2.3 million people visited Auschwitz in 2019, setting new record The museum also said that 900,000 users follow its account on Twitter, and more than 300,000 use the museum’s profile on Facebook with 80,000 on Instagram. Jan. 10, 2020
‘The New York Times’ hang-up over Jerusalem Michael Kimmelman should occupy himself more with architecture, and less with politics and history. Yisrael Medad Sept. 16, 2019
Egypt cleans and removes slums near 1,200-year-old Jewish cemetery Bassatine Cemetery is the only remaining Jewish one left in Cairo. Feb. 22, 2019
PA deletes Jewish history, renames signs in key sites in Judea and Samaria New signs and website ignore Jewish roots to key archaeological sites and nature reserves, reveals Regavim • Concerted effort, which includes renaming of sites, is in clear violation of 1995 interim agreement with Israel • Regavim: Israel must act. Efrat Forsher Feb. 19, 2019
The story of 4 million bullets and Israel’s fight for survival As a rule, Jews are not recognized as warriors. Yet it was King David who, with five smooth stones, took down a bully. Diane Bederman Aug. 14, 2018
