Zionism — the national liberation movement of the Jewish people dedicated to establishing an independent Jewish state — emerged in Europe in the late 19th century under the leadership of Theodore Herzl (pictured). Herzl (May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer. The First Zionist…
Alexander Vindman is a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel who was the Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council. Vindman came to national attention in October 2019 when he testified before Congress regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal. At the time of his retirement, Vindman’s promotion to the rank of colonel had…
Eytan Meir Stibbe, 64, is an Israeli former fighter pilot, fighter ace, businessman and private astronaut. On April 8, 2022, Stibbe took off for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral as part of the “Rakia” mission on behalf of the Ramon Foundation. (Ilan Ramon was the Israeli astronaut who perished in the Columbia…
Justice Stephen Breyer has announced he will be stepping down from the Supreme Court in late June or early July, once his successor has been nominated and confirmed.
Physiologist Dr. David Julius (65) has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of mechanisms that enable human beings to sense heat, cold, touch, and their own bodily movements. Dr. Julius shares the award with 54-year-old neuroscientist Dr. Ardem Patapoutian (not Jewish), who independently pursued the same field of research.…
In the early morning hours of June 24, a large section of a 40-year-old, 12-storey condo building in Surfside, Fla. (a small town near Miami Beach) collapsed.
You might not know it, but May of each year is designated as Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). Annual proclamations have been…
New York City has approximately 1.5 million Jewish residents — and Jews are estimated to be about 13 percent of voters in the city (60% of them registered Democrats). The Jews of New York have always been a highly sought-after voting group; that hasn’t changed as the upcoming 2021 party primaries approach. Of course, with…
Daniel Pearl z”l (Oct. 10, 1963 – Feb. 1, 2002), a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan. (To add to the tragedy, his son and only child was born four months after his death.) A proud Jew to the end, Pearl’s last words, spoken right…
Jon Ossoff, 33, will become U.S. Senator from the state of Georgia. He’ll join fellow Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock, who also was victorious in the runoff election. With both Democrats winning, the Senate will have a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats, and incoming Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris will cast the deciding vote in the…
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