Actress Helen Mirren said on Monday her portrayal of a Jewish woman\’s struggle to get back paintings confiscated when her ancestors fled Austria to escape Nazi rule throws a spotlight on the slow pace of restitution of looted Jewish property.
In a touching eulogy in the JJ (Dec 18, 2014), Rabbi Harold Schulweis was aptly described by Rabbi Ed Feinstein, his friend and successor as senior rabbi at Congregation Valley Beth Shalom as “the most successful and influential synagogue leader in his generation, a public intellectual who redefined what it is to be a Jew, an author and passionate orator who met injustices and suffering with action.
In an exchange that is reminiscent of a school yard fight or a childish disagreement,the Obama Administration chastised the Israeli Prime-Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not informing the White House before accepting an invitation from the Speaker of the House John Boehner to address a Joint Session of Congress on a pivotal subject concerning the security of the State of Israel as well as the United States.
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More than two weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted an invitation from Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, Netanyahu insists he will not back out despite a wave of criticism in both the US and Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will take any action” to prevent the world powers from signing a “bad and dangerous” deal with Iran over its nuclear program.
A Jewish settler was sentenced to three years in prison for setting several Palestinian cars alight in a West Bank village.
The Israeli military completed the demolition of a Gaza terror tunnel discovered during its operation last summer in Gaza.
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