Category Archives: The Times of Israel
Despite virus, Europe’s synagogues going ahead with inter-faith culture series
JTA — Every September since 2000, synagogues and other Jewish heritage sites in hundreds of cities across Europe — a continent where Jewish institutions normally stay firmly locked down for security — open to the public for a one-day event aimed at fostering ties between Jewish communities and non-Jewish Europeans. Read more » »
UAE just recognized Israel. When will Venezuela? | Larry Luxner
Last Thursday’s decision by the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations with Israel ranks as Israel’s biggest diplomatic breakthrough in 26 years. Read more » »
Black Lives and Jewish Lives Deserve Empathy, Not Enmity
Few causes are as naturally resonant with Jews as the never-ending quest to protect the very lives of people of color. The Torah teaches that all human beings are born in God’s image, and commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves. The rabbinic compendium Ethics of the Fathers says: “Do not look at the vessel, but what is in it. Read more » »
Jewish groups protest Trump’s Germany envoy pick for remarks on Nazi history
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups are taking aim at President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Germany for his past statements about Muslim immigrants and for downplaying the importance of Nazi history. Read more » »
Meet Canada’s 17-year-old Jewish ‘Greta Thunberg’ who says activism is a mitzvah
TORONTO — Like most teenagers, Hannah Alper has seen her world greatly shrink under COVID-19. Unlike most teenagers, her pre-pandemic reality included frequent speeches in front of large audiences in North America, where her years of social activism and firm command of topical issues belie her age. Read more » »
18 Jewish groups urge US to push Jordan to extradite gloating Sbarro terrorist
Eighteen major US Jewish organizations in the United States called on the US on Tuesday to exert pressure on Jordan’s King Abdullah to extradite Ahlam Tamimi, the Jordanian terrorist who orchestrated the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that killed 15 people, including two American nationals. Read more » »
Ex-government adviser: Health Ministry ‘not suited’ to leading virus response
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen. Several injured as Russo-Turkish patrol in Syria hits IED MOSCOW — Three Russian and several Turkish soldiers were injured in Syria’s volatile Idlib province when a joint military patrol hit an improvised explosive device, the Russian defense ministry says. Read more » »
