University of Michigan security broke up a pro-Palestinian student “die-in” demonstration Wednesday and police arrested four people, in the latest sign that campus activism across the country is resuming as the fall semester begins.
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By Yulia Karra, Israel21c
• Published August 29, 2024
If you have a Netflix account, you have most likely heard about the hit TV show “Fauda.” What you may not know is that the show’s cocreator and lead star, Lior Raz, is not only a skilled actor and screenwriter.
Raz is a man of many talents....
Aug. 29, 1897 — First Zionist Congress Starts
Spearheaded by “The Jewish State” author Theodor Herzl, the First Zionist Congress opens in Basel, Switzerland, for three days of meetings with roughly 200 attendees. Herzl invites Jews and non-Jews...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 28, 2024
I'm not going to kid you, but with the St. Louis Cardinals playing so poorly, I've been searching for new shows to spend my valuable lounging time on. Recently, I've been spending a lot of time on Netflix binge-watching six seasons of "Vikings." I tell...
The police department in Melrose, Mass., said on Tuesday that it is still trying to determine the cause of a broken fence and charred Jewish tombstone at the Workmen’s Circle Cemetery on the outskirts of the city, one of several area plots owned and managed by...
Just one month after Israel’s national soccer team returned to the Olympics for the first time in nearly 50 years, the country is facing a potential ban from international competition in the world’s most popular sport.
FIFA, the global soccer governing...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published August 27, 2024
The federal government will spend nearly $150 million more this year than it did in 2023 to secure religious organizations, a jump aimed at addressing a rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7.
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that...
This story first appeared on the website of Jewish Women's Archive.
“I suggest something illicit,” Elizabeth Taylor says coyly at the top of Nanette Burstein’s new documentary Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, immediately letting us know that...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published August 27, 2024
(JTA) — A state party official in Georgia appeared to agree with the host of a white nationalist TV show who said Jews run the government, responding, “They’re controlling everything.”
Appearing in mid-February on “The Stew Peters Show,”...
Israeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday. The eighth captive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by Israeli forces since Oct. 7.
Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, a Bedouin Israeli and father of 11...
By Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward
• Published August 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was set to announce the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during his 2017 visit to Israel, but postponed the decision after a discussion with his national security adviser, according to a new book.
Trump...
Israel bombed hundreds of sites inside Lebanon and Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets into Israel early Sunday in a sharp flare of hostilities at Israel’s northern border.
Hezbollah has said for weeks that it is planning a significant attack within...
