Saturday Night Live cast member Michael Che in a sketch accused of being antisemitic, Feb. 20, 2021. Photo: Twitter. JNS.org – Don’t put all the blame on “Saturday Night Live” and Michael Che. One of the show’s head writers and the co-host of its “Weekend Update” skit was guilty of spreading a hateful smear of […]
Archive for February, 2021
Stinging blow for Israel in major Dubai cyber bid
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
MartinezPerspective Feb 28: the AmNat Trap + Questions
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Remembering Manfred Gerstenfeld: Truth Against Myth
Manfred Gerstenfeld. Photo: YouTube. JNS.org – There is an acerbic joke that you sometimes hear in the Netherlands to the effect that most Dutch people were part of the anti-Nazi resistance, but that they joined “after the war.” Like all the best jokes, it cuts into the myths we human beings create about ourselves in […]
Hong Kong detains 47 activists in sweeping use of new security law
Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city’s controversial national security law. The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in a sweeping police operation in January but were released. They have been detained again and will appear in court on Monday, […]
Slippery Jew-Defender Uses Dishonest Arguments
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Israeli-owned ship docks in Dubai after mysterious explosion
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Biden vs. MBS: How the U.S. can put Saudi crown prince in his place – for now
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Israeli-owned ship hit by blast in Gulf of Oman begins repairs in Dubai port
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai’s port for repairs Sunday, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran. Associated Press journalists saw the hulking Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray sitting at dry […]
Cybersecurity startup SentinelOne reportedly seeks IPO at $10 billion valuation
Israeli cybersecurity startup SentinelOne is planning an initial public offering of shares this year at a possible valuation of $10 billion, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. The report said the company has been interviewing bankers ahead of the public share offering, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter. The Tel Aviv based firm, with […]
Transmission rate nears 1 as officials warn Purim parties could halt reopening
Israel’s virus transmission rate has continued to rise and is extremely close to showing expanded spread, data released by a military taskforce showed on Sunday. In its latest report, the Military Intelligence taskforce said Israel’s coronavirus transmission rate was once again nearing 1, standing at 0.99. The rate had dipped to a low of 0.8 […]
Myanmar: Reports of fatalities as junta steps up crackdown on protests
At least three people are reported to have died in Myanmar as security forces made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday, as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a coup. The fatalities are reported to have happened during a violent crackdown in Dawei, […]
The obvious biblical beef with the Golden Trump
News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
T-shirts of Biden with Hitler mustache on sale at CPAC conference
T-shirts emblazoned with the image of US President Joe Biden sporting a Hitler mustache above the words “Not My Dictator” were spotted on sale on the sidelines of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference currently being held in Florida, the Guardian reported Saturday. In addition to an address by former president Donald Trump, the Republican […]
‘Antisemitism isn’t funny’: Protest against SNL Israel joke outside NBC
A crowd gathered outside NBC headquarters in New York City on Saturday night to protest against a joke about vaccinations in Israel from last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, shortly before this week’s episode aired, according to the New York Post. Dov Hikind, a former NY state assemblyman and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, organized […]
Deaf rabbi translates Torah into sign language
LONDON (Jewish News) — Israel’s only deaf rabbi is giving a hand to the hard of hearing by translating the entire Torah into sign language. Speaking to the Jewish News from Rishon Lezion in Israel through a sign language interpreter, Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff admits that it’s a “big responsibility” to try to make Judaism “accessible […]
Tufts pro-Israel Jewish student government member no longer facing impeachment
JTA — An attempt to remove a pro-Israel Jewish activist from his student government position at Tufts University has been withdrawn. The effort had drawn media attention as well as concern from Jewish organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League. The pro-Israel group StandWithUs also expressed concern about the case, which represented the latest campus clash […]
Teens cause $15,000 worth of damage vandalizing a Holocaust museum
Two teens are now in custody for vandalizing five Holocaust statues early Wednesday morning at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to a report by ABC News.The statues are filled with several hundred stones with the names of Jewish children who were murdered during the Holocaust.The 15- and 16-years-old teens are […]
At least two reported dead, multiple injured as Myanmar continues crackdown on anti-coup protests (VIDEOS)
Myanmar riot police repeatedly opened fire and used stun grenades against anti-coup protesters on Sunday as part of a continuing crackdown. At least two people were reportedly killed and several more injured. Law enforcers shot at protesters in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon on Sunday, according to local media reports backed up by multiple videos […]
US approves use of single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine
The US is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson injection that works with just one dose instead of two. Health experts are anxiously awaiting a one-and-done option to help speed up vaccinations, as they race against a virus that already […]