I’m a strong believer that timing matters. I remember once reading an essay about falling in love in which the writer — I’m pretty sure it was Anna Quindlen — remarked that it wasn’t a matter...
In this week’s “Wine with Adam,” host and CEO of Israel Innovation Fund Adam Scott Bellos is joined by ex-spy Jonathan Pollard in an exclusive tell-all interview.
Jonathan Pollard was sentenced...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 31, 2023
Idina Menzel, one of the most iconic vocal performers of her time, has been announced as a headliner for this year's St. Louis PrideFest 2023.
The festival runs June 24 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and June...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published May 31, 2023
June 1, 1941 — Farhud Pogrom Strikes Iraq’s Jews
Two days of anti-Jewish riots break out in Baghdad, Iraq, during the holiday of Shavuot. The violence kills 180 Jews, wounds more than 240 others,...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 31, 2023
A newly formed klezmer band will perform its debut concert on June 11 at The Focal Point in Maplewood. The U. City Klezmer Experience is an ensemble group of talented musicians led by Will Soll, who plays...
(JTA) — An Israeli government minister canceled a speech in Los Angeles in the face of a protest, in part over what the local Israeli consul described as “bad vibes.”
Ofir Akunis, Israel’s science...
(JTA) — Hundreds of thousands of mourners crowded into Bnei Brak Tuesday for the funeral of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Lithuanian Ponevezh Yeshiva and one of the most influential religious...
Yaakov Ort, CHABAD.ORG/NEWS
• Published May 30, 2023
A 32-year-old father of two young children was murdered today in a terrorist shooting outside Hermesh, a community in the northern Samarian region of Israel. A manhunt was launched by security forces...
(May 30, 2023 / JNS) Henry Kissinger, who served as national security advisor and secretary of state during the Nixon and Ford administrations, denied that he intentionally delayed critically needed...
(St. Louis, May 30, 2023) - Beginning on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will begin offering extended summer hours. In the summer months, the Museum will be...
(JTA) — Israel’s health ministry tweeted that Elon Musk was engaging with “fake news” regarding COVID-19 data, the third Israeli government ministry to comment on the Twitter owner’s views in...
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — In its first-ever appearance in the tournament, Israel’s under-20 men’s soccer team advanced to the second round of the FIFA U20 World Cup with a last-minute goal against Japan...