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January 26, 2012
Israel congratulates Egypt on new parliament
Israel congratulated Egypt on the inauguration of its new parliament, the first in the post-Mubarak era.
A universal message for Holocaust Remembrance Day
It has taken decades for the international community to deal with the Holocaust in a really serious way. Perhaps a new generation first had to emerge with sufficient courage to ask about the causes of the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question in Europe” and to look into the abyss of its inconceivable barbarity.
Jewish Book Council names Sami Rohr Prize finalists
The Jewish Book Council announced its five finalists for the 2012 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
Russian-speaking Jews launch group in Iran fight
An international Jewish organization of Russian-speaking Jews was launched to influence governments to join the fight against Iran. The World Forum of Russian Jewry was inaugurated Wednesday at the United Nations during a ceremony commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres with the participation of nearly 600 American Russian-speaking Jews and Holocaust survivors.
On Arab anti-Semitism, from indifference to complicity
The link between hatred of Jews and of the only Jewish state often requires little conjecture. This is particularly so in the Arab world, where cultivated popular anti-Semitism has been ignored abroad as an impetus of regional conflict.
Bibi bypassing Cabinet on extending yeshiva students’ military service law
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a vote on extending a law that allows yeshiva students to delay their military service directly to the Knesset floor, bypassing his Cabinet.
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