Posts Tagged: Matot-Masei
Parshat Matot-Masei: Miles to Go Before I Sleep
“To be elsewhere -- the great vice of this race, its great and secret virtue, the great vocation of this people.” So wrote the French...
Culture
Marilyn Monroe’s Jewish Prayer Book Sells at Auction for $21,000 to ‘Obsessed Fan’
A Jewish prayer book owned by American actress Marilyn Monroe...
Actor Gerard Butler Taunted for IDF Support After Sharing Photo of Burnt California Home
Actor Gerard Butler faced a wave of criticism and taunting from...
Debra Messing Supports Fellow Actress Alyssa Milano in Criticizing Women’s March Leaders for Not Condemning Farrakhan
Jewish actress Debra Messing has followed in the footsteps...
Features
Trauma and Terror: The View from Israel’s South
The sound of crunching under my feet made me wince. Amidst the debris, lay the belongings of the residents of a four-story...
‘We’ll Go on Forever’ — A Witness to Kristallnacht 80 Years Ago, My Grandmother Looks Back
I have long known that my grandmother witnessed Kristallnacht....
Antisemites to the Left of Me, Nazis to the Right: Stuck in the Middle With Jews
We enjoyed a wonderful 60-year run, we American Jews. The postwar boom of...
World
UN Palestinian Aid Agency Narrows Funding Gap After Trump Exit
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has almost closed a funding gap caused by the loss of $300 million in US contributions, its chief said on Tuesday. The Trump administration pulled...
Israel
Israeli Cabinet to Vote on Amir Yaron for Central Bank Chief on Sunday
Israel's cabinet plans to vote on Sunday on the nomination of Amir Yaron for Bank of Israel governor, the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday. Israeli-born Yaron, 54, a professor at the Wharton...
Middle East
US Envoy: Fight Against Islamic State in Last Syria Stronghold May End Soon
The Trump administration hopes that the US-backed fight against Islamic State in its last foothold in northeastern Syria will end within months, but American forces will remain to ensure the...
'In Vino Veritas:' Prominent BDS Leader Arrested After Drunken, Racist Rant Against Staff on Air India Flight
European Intelligence Officials: Islamist Terror Threat Is as Strong as Ever
UCLA Student Leaders Back Upcoming SJP Conference, as Petition Calling for Cancellation Nears 35,000 Signatures
'For the Many Not the Jew' Graffiti Found at California State University, Fullerton
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award