By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 8, 2024
Two resolutions supporting Israel advanced in the Missouri legislature this week. House Continuing Resolution 30 passed in the House of Representatives on May 6 by a vote of 108 to 8. Another 22 house members voted “present.” The resolution, known...
A decision by U.S. President Joe Biden is holding up a delivery of thousands of heavy bombs to the Israel Defense Forces was taken in the context of Jerusalem’s plans to carry out a large-scale ground offensive in Rafah, Defense Secretary Lloyd...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 7, 2024
Two events commemorating Israeli holidays are coming up this month. Yom Hazikaron -- Israel’s Memorial Day-- will be observed on Sunday, May 12. The Yom Haatzmaut --Israel Independence Day -- celebration will be held Tuesday, May 14.
Yom Hazikaron...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s war cabinet unanimously voted to approve an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, shortly after Hamas said it had accepted an outline for a ceasefire deal with Israel.
The announcements were two landmarks in a whirlwind...
(JTA) — Last fall, Mo Husseini wrote a series of propositions — what he called “50 Completely True Things” — about the Israel-Hamas war, and posted it on the social media site Threads.
Identifying himself as “a Palestinian American...
(JTA) — Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, began Sunday night, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and serving as a memorial day for the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. This year, as the Israel-Hamas war enters...
Miri Weissman, Israel Hayom via JNS
• Published May 5, 2024
An Iranian university is offering scholarships to American students expelled for participating in anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses across the United States.
In a statement reported by Iranian state-owned media outlet Press TV, Mohammad Moazzeni,...
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Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 29, 2024
As anti-Israel and incidents of antisemitism escalate on the campus of Washington University, concerns remain about the safety of Jewish students.
On Saturday, April 27 a group of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside...
(JTA) — Columbia University has rejected a demand to divest from Israel and has failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters who are occupying a portion of the school’s New York City campus, according to a letter sent Monday...
On May 4, 1970, four students were shot and killed on the Kent State University campus. They were shot by National Guardsmen who were called in by President Richard Nixon at the request of the academic institution, which wanted to control protests on...
Due to his battle for the past six months against campus antisemitism—unleashed in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel—Columbia University business school assistant professor Shai Davidai has become an Internet sensation.
His...
