Posts Tagged: Ed Koch Purgatory
Ed Koch, FDR, and the Holocaust
"Mayor Koch last night took on the ghost of President Franklin D. Roosevelt," an item in the New York Daily News in 1988 began, which probably...
Culture
San Antonio Mayor, 20 Local Jewish Groups Call for Cancellation of Kanye West July 4 Concert in Texas City
The mayor of San Antonio, Texas, along with a...
Only Jewish Trustee of Canadian Human Rights Museum Resigns Over ‘One-Sided Nakba’ Exhibit
The only Jewish member of the Canadian Museum for...
Pioneer Israeli Artist Yaacov Agam, Sculptor and Israel Prize Laureate, Dies at 98
Internationally acclaimed Israeli sculptor Yaacov Agam, who was a pioneer of kinetic art,...
World
US Strikes Iran Following Attack on Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz
The US military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, throwing the fate of the interim peace deal recently agreed...
Israel
Apartheid? Arab Israeli Appointed Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv
The municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa has appointed Amir Badran as deputy mayor, making him the second Arab citizen to hold the post in Israel's second-largest city. Badran, 54, has served on...
Middle East
Turkey Expands Online Censorship, Silences Dissent as Erdogan Tightens Grip...
As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan deepens his hold over Turkey's institutions, a sweeping crackdown on the country's digital space is...
