Movers and shakers in Israeli society. AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR Paul Griffiths presents his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin. Read more » »

Yaacov Peterseil, 73 – from Woodmere, Long Island to Jerusalem, 1986 Yaacov Peterseil (photo credit: Courtesy) What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when someone tells you he’s a hatter? The Mad Hatter from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book Alice’s Read more » »

Schifter was born in Vienna to Polish parents. At the age of 15, he received a visa to go to the United States. The rest of his family died at the hands of the Nazis. By MARCY OSTER/JTA OCTOBER 6, 2020 04: 42 Holocaust survivor Jacques Innedjian wears a tallit and tefillin as he celebrates his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. Read more » »

#23: American women leaders: Sheila Katz and Meredith Jacobs (L-R) Meredith Jacobs & Sheila Katz (photo credit: Courtesy) Sheila Katz and Meredith Jacobs had two very different paths to national prominence as Jewish women activists. Read more » »

The movers and shakers of Israeli society. BANK HAPOALIM’S (from left) Roni Garfunkel, Naama Halevi-Peer, Ronit Meiri and Ofer Semo deliver food packages for Rosh Hashanah, September 2020 (photo credit: AVIV GOTTLIEB) Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion has Read more » »

The library was perhaps the one place in Jerusalem where one could find books on mathematics, science, secular philosophy, modern educational methods and other subjects. By CHARLES O. KAUFMAN AUGUST 19, 2020 21: 37 THE CONSTRUCTION site of the new National Library in Jerusalem in August, 2020. Read more » »

With the cultural repository shuttered since last week, its chairman tells ‘In Jerusalem’ why we should all care. The reading room of the National Library of Israel, in Jerusalem (photo credit: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL) Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges once said, “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. Read more » »

He also said that „any claims that Hezbollah runs Beirut Port are lies.” A satellite image shows damages following Tuesday’s blast in the port area in Beirut, Lebanon August 5, 2020 (photo credit: EUROPEAN SPACE IMAGING/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) Hezbollah Read more » »

Hook, served in the position for the past two years, is being replaced by Elliott Abrams, who currently serves as the special representative for Venezuela. By DANIEL NISINMAN AUGUST 7, 2020 20: 26 American diplomat Elliott Abrams speaks during the United Nations Security Council meeting about the situation in Venezuela, in New York, U.S. Read more » »

“But we do criticize not only Hezbollah, but also the Lebanese government, because they allow Hezbllah to do those activities,” Danon said. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon addresses the UN General Assembly in New York in 2018. Read more » »