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Daily Kickoff: How Israel is protecting its Olympic delegation
WEB2 days ago · Good Monday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we break down the results of the elections in the U.K. and France. We report on yesterday’s spat between Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Haredi enlistment legislation, look at the security measures being taken to protect Israeli athletes ahead of ...
New GOP platform references support for Israel, fighting …
WEB2 days ago · Matthew Kassel. July 8, 2024. The Republican Party passed a new platform on Monday indicating that the Trump campaign is seeking to highlight its support for Israel and opposition to antisemitism in the final months of the election, even as the draft document, at just 16 pages, remained short on specific policy proposals. The newly adopted ...
Why Camp Ramah in New England drew a red line against anti …
WEB2 days ago · An Oct. 18 missive from Rabbi Ed Gelb, the camp’s CEO, attempted to offer clarity on what is considered acceptable when it comes to Israel — and what is not. “Ramah New England is a Zionist Jewish Summer Camp. We support self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in our ancestral homeland, the Land of Israel,” Gelb wrote.
The new Israeli officials seeking to redefine Jewish identity
WEBRuth Marks Eglash. November 29, 2022. Israeli politicians Avi Maoz, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir ran together on an election campaign platform of restoring the country’s Jewish identity. Now, with signed agreements between two of the three men and Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, a concerted effort to ...
The battle for Jewish Agency head heats up - Jewish Insider
WEBRuth Marks Eglash. October 5, 2021. October could be a fateful month for the organized Jewish community as the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), the quasi-governmental organization with a budget of nearly $400 million that makes funding decisions on some of the thorniest issues in Jewish life, is slated to select its next executive chairperson.
Lahav Harkov - Jewish Insider
WEBLahav Harkov is the Senior Political Correspondent for Jewish Insider, covering Israel’s domestic and international politics.. She was previously Senior Contributing Editor, Diplomatic Reporter and Knesset Reporter for The Jerusalem Post.. Lahav was recognized for her social media reporting by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which named her the 5th-most influential person on “Jewish Twitter ...
Forty percent of American Jews feel less secure than a year ago, …
WEBFeb 13, 2023 · More than four in 10 American Jews felt less secure in 2022 than the year before —a 10-point jump from 2021 — with rising antisemitism resulting in a “frightening impact” on the comfort levels of members of the Jewish community. That was a key takeaway from a survey released Monday morning …
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WEBJewish Insider (JI) covers politics and policy – and the people driving it – in the U.S., Middle East and beyond. Our team of journalists are on location around the world. From the halls of Congress and the White House and State Department briefing rooms in D.C. to the campaign trail in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, our political reporters are your eyes and ears on the latest ...
Interview with Barack Obama - Jewish Insider
WEBJun 7, 2021 · Obama cited a speech he gave at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., at the end of his presidency. “I said that the seeds that gave rise to the Holocaust have always been with us. They have found root across cultures, faiths, and generations. And they have reemerged again and again, especially in times of change and uncertainty,” Obama ...
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