President Isaac Herzog landed in Belgium mid-morning January 25th on an official visit to the European Union (EU) where he will speak on behalf of the State of Israel before the European Parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In a packed schedule, he will meet with King Philippe of Belgium, The President of the European…
Born in Egypt, raised in England, and living in Israel his whole adult life, Elie Joseph, 67, has been arrested in Israel and detained in Russia. He has been thrown out of political meetings and the Knesset. A creative educator, he has been using his skills to teach young Jews and Israelis about the value…
This is the story of a timid child who grew up to brazenly fight the Israeli medical establishment and then trot off to Uganda to set up a birthing center under dauntingly primitive conditions. * * * * * * * * * * * Ilana Shemesh, 70, has been a trail blazer. She was…
A highly successful journalist and political analyst in her 30s, Uzay Bulut was in Israel studying toward her second MA at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, her first MA having been in Media and Cultural Studies in Ankara. She was researching the history of Israel and antisemitism in Erdoğan’s Turkey, something she hopes to…
Photography has provided a platform for Merav Levi, 44, to share the story of her journey from prostitution and substance abuse to her new dream of becoming an art photographer. A collection of her photographs was on display at the 10th PHOTO IS:RAEL International Photography Festival last month. Levi now sees herself as a strong…
Dr. Michelle Harrison just celebrated her 80th birthday, surrounded by the 14 girls she is raising in Kolkata, India and the dedicated staff who are helping her. Four of these abandoned girls are now young adults preparing to embark upon professional careers. How does a Jewish doctor born in New York City end up running…
It apparently took a slew of criticism for the owners of Blond Amsterdam, artists Femque van Geffen and Janneke Dröge, to recognize that they had made a faux pas when they put an image of a smiling Anne Frank onto a bowl they claim shows Dutch heroes. However, perhaps the word ‘recognize’ is not appropriate…
How much balanced reporting is there on Israeli English-language mainstream news sites? Last week, the Jerusalem Post published an article with the following title and snippet: Israeli violence against Palestinians, IDF skyrockets in West Bank Despite the high number of attacks, only 113 arrests were made and 101 investigations were opened. There were only 28…
Don’t you just love it when the writer-director of the antisemitic film ‘Farha’ says that the supposedly true story is actually totally fictional? The IMDb website summarizes the film: A 14-year-old girl in 1948 Palestine watches from a locked pantry as catastrophe consumes her home. Intercept adds: Hiding inside a locked pantry while waiting for…
This story might make you angry, but Shadi Khaloul, who is directly impacted by the story, is not angry. “I am acting out of an ideological position,” he says, “and in accordance with Theodor Herzl’s famous saying: ‘If you will it, it is no dream’.” Israel made a promise to the Aramaean Maronite residents of…
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