Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for their Shabbat services, held in the aftermath of Hamas militants’ attack on Israel that ignited an ongoing war. Source Views: 0
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Far From Israel, Jews Grieve And Pray For Peace In Shabbat Services Held As Israel-Hamas War Rages
Obama: As We Grieve The Children of Uvalde Today, We Should Also Recognize ‘The Murder of George Floyd’
Former president Barack Obama said Wednesday in a statement grieving the massacre of children in Uvalde that we should all take time to remember “the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer.” Views: 0
COVID: Better to cancel Christmas events than grieve later, warns WHO chief amid Omicron spread
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday recommended people cancel holiday gatherings as Omicron continues to spread. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled.” “All of us are sick of this pandemic. All of us want to […]
Pro-Life Democrat: ‘I Grieve for the Disastrously Wrong Turn of My Party’
The former Associate Director of the U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Office, a self-described “pro-life Democrat,” said Saturday he grieves “for the disastrously wrong turn of my party.” Richard M. Doerflinger, who worked for the Catholic bishops’ conference for 36 years, said that the Democrats’ stand on human life is the most obvious but not the only […]
Azerbaijani families grieve sons killed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Family members grieved at the grave of an Azerbaijani soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh. The 29-year-old was buried in a cemetery as the toll from violence in the region reached 600. It comes as hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue. Both sides have exchanged accusations and claims over attacks, sometimes outside the conflict area. Earlier this […]
Anyone who says Turkey is European country wants EU’s death – Sarkozy
“Turkey is in Asia Minor. I’m sorry to say it, Turkey is a great country, a great civilization, but it is a bridge between Asia and Europe,” the head of center-right party The Republicans stated in the interview published on Saturday. “Turkey has no place in Europe. I have always adhered to this position, it is […]
Dan Rabinowitz’s response to Nadia Abu El-Haj on BDS
Nadia Abu El-Haj wrote: BDS has a hidden agenda; it is not being honest about its political intentions. In other words, without naming it as such, Rabinowitz—following in the footsteps of many a critic of BDS—raises the specter of anti-Semitism in his op-ed. Rabinowitz: I never thought BDS to be anti-semitic, and am not inclined […]