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From actress to activist, Noa Tishby is Israel’s first special envoy to ...
WEBApril 11, 2022. As Israel’s first special envoy for combating antisemitism and delegitimization, Israeli actress and author Noa Tishby knows she has her work cut out for her. Antisemitic attacks – both online and in-person – are on the rise, and Israel is the rare country whose right to exist is regularly challenged, Tishby told Jewish ...
New yeshiva aims to put South Florida on the map for Torah …
WEBJun 1, 2022 · A new residential yeshiva in Boca Raton offers college-aged men an opportunity to learn Torah and get a degree — and it gives South Florida’s Jewish community a new way to grow. Some people call South Florida the “Sixth Borough.”. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an exodus from New York to the Sunshine State was national news ...
The woman behind Manhattan’s boldest billboards is now …
WEBJan 14, 2020 · If you’ve spent any time in New York City over the past 20 years, you’ve probably enjoyed Archie Gottesman’s handiwork. For decades, Gottesman was the genius behind the viral billboards for Manhattan Mini Storage, including memorable gems like “Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and also the Mets?” and “NYC: Tolerant of your beliefs, judgmental of your shoes.”
A closer look at Biden’s foreign policy team - Jewish Insider
WEBJacob Kornbluh. November 24, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden announced key appointments to his White House national security team on Monday as he begins to assemble his Cabinet. Among the appointments requiring Senate confirmation are senior foreign policy advisor Tony Blinken as secretary of state; Alejandro “Ali” Nicholas Mayorkas, a ...
The life and legacy of Menachem Begin - Jewish Insider
WEBBy. Amy Spiro. June 4, 2021. On June 7, 1981, the Israeli Air Force — acting on the orders of Prime Minister Menachem Begin — carried out a surprise airstrike on the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. The operation established what became known as the “Begin Doctrine,” the Israeli government’s policy of preemptive strikes against its ...
Inside New Jersey’s Orthodox boomtown - Jewish Insider
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · In Lakewood, the neighborhood church is a synagogue. Over the last decade, the majority-Orthodox Lakewood was the second-fastest growing city in New Jersey. Its population increased by more than 45%, or some 42,000 people, between 2010 and 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
For two competing Democratic incumbents in Illinois, one dividing …
WEBJan 19, 2022 · That is a question Chicago-area Jewish activists are considering as the newly drawn 6th Congressional District pits two incumbents — Reps. Marie Newman, a leader in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Sean Casten, a member of the more moderate New Democrats — against one another in the Democratic primary.
J.D. Vance on Trump, Israel and his chosen faith - Jewish Insider
WEBSep 9, 2021 · J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and best-selling author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, got off to something of a bumpy start when he declared his candidacy in Ohio’s open-seat Senate race two months ago.Speaking at a factory in Middletown, where he grew up, the 37-year-old Republican seemed disoriented as a campaign poster unceremoniously slid from its ...
Judaica artist Michael Aram reflects on his Armenian roots - Jewish …
WEBMay 4, 2021. Michael Aram, the artist whose metal jewelry and houseware designs are a staple at high-end department stores around the country, knows that his ethnic-sounding name presents a Rohrschach test to his diverse customer base. “I have my Persian ladies who say, ‘Of course, you’re Persian,’” Aram told Jewish Insider last week.