Holocaust survivor, author Elie Wiesel, in the second row from the bottom, seventh from the left, dies aged 87
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic “Night” became a landmark testament to the Nazis’ crimes and launched Wiesel’s long career as one More...
George Clooney And Elie Wiesel Launch New $1 Million Global Humanitarian Award
The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity is a new global award that will be given annually to people who put themselves at risk to enable others to survive. Elie Wiesel and George Clooney serve as Aurora More...
Rabbi Pinto Convicted in Plea Bargain of Bribing Senior Police Official
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, based on his confession, of bribery, an offer to bribe and obstruction of justice. Pinto came to the court directly from Ichilov Hospital More...
Uri Avnery: The Speech
SUDDENLY IT reminded me of something. I was watching The Speech by Binyamin Netanyahu before the Congress of the United States. Row upon row of men in suits (and the occasional woman), jumping up and down, More...
Peter Beinart Attacks Elie Wiesel
What to do about Peter Beinart? I was Rabbi at Oxford University when Peter studied there as a Rhodes Scholar. He often came to our Oxford L’Chaim Society Shabbat dinners on Friday night. Some of his fellow More...
Rupert Murdoch Praises Israel the ‘Beacon of Freedom’ after ‘Jews Own the Press’ Faux Pas
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, in a pre-recorded statement played at a pro-Israel gathering, said freedoms around the world depend on a free Israel, as reported by the Algemeiner Journal. “You know More...
Italian-Language Version of Elie Wiesel’s ‘A Beggar in Jerusalem’ Published
Elie Wiesel’s 1968 book “A Beggar in Jerusalem” has been published in Italian ahead of the January 27 observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a report said. The Italian-language version titled “Il More...
Michael Douglas Given Genesis Prize For Jewish Heritage
Two-time academy award winner Michael Douglas received the Genesis prize, a $1 million award given to those at the forefront of strengthening Jewish culture and heritage, as reported by the LATimes. Douglas, More...
Australian Youth ‘Disciplined’ for Terrorizing Jewish Schoolchildren
One of 5 Australian youths who terrorized Jewish students on a bus in Sydney has been ordered to visit a Jewish museum, attend a Shabbat dinner and read Primo Levi’s “If This is a Man, ” More...
Ruth Madoff, Bernie’s Wife, Drowning Sorrow in the High Life
Bernie Madoff (do I really have to go into what that mamzer did again?), who swindled $65 billion in a Ponzi scheme, and created devastating losses for a long list of funds and charities, including More...