22, 2023, and Jan. 19. More from Harkov and JI senior correspondent Ruth Marks Eglash on efforts to get aid into Gaza below. The IDF confirmed on Tuesday that Itay Chen, an Israeli-American IDF soldier believed to be held hostage in Gaza, was killed on Oct. 7. His body was taken ...
near the Gaza border, have been living for many years. “Yes, I was always in shock,” Paquin said. “I could never understand why we weren’t doing more and sharing about it on social media. It didn’t occur to me that one day I would be the one [in that situation].” ...
Many Died. We Lived. How Do We Move On? For Jews and Palestinians, peace is the only solution, writes journalist Amir Tibon, who survived the Oct. 7 attack. Brianna NavarreOct. 7, 2024 Indeed, one person who has worked closely with Netanyahu told me he believes that Trump’s famous p...
Annie Moore, the Irish girl whose statue on Ellis Island I and many other Americans of Irish blood paid for, was the first immigrant processed on Ellis Island. She was processed the morning of January 1, 1892. Annie wasn’t alone … she helped her two little brothers come to America. An...
Many claims have been made about the resemblances between Christianity and earlier myths and religions. Some of those claims are true and others aren’t.
In England sharia courts are now officially part of the British legal system. Many neighborhoods in France are no-go areas for women without head scarves. Last week a man almost died after being beaten up by Muslims in Brussels , because he was drinking during the Ramadan. ...
Vladimir Lenin, the leader behind the communist Bolshevik Revolution, died in 1924 of a brain hemorrhage. The man whobrought terror to so manywas 54 at the time of his death.Doctors notedLenin's cerebral arteries were "so calcified that when tapped with tweezers they sounded like stone.” In...
For many Jews, Passover is a time to reunite with family and recount the exodus from Egypt at a meal known as the Seder. Observant Jews avoid grains, known aschametz, a reminder of the unleavened bread the Israelites ate when they fled Egypt quickly, with n...
1510On this day in history 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia 1524Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest on this day in history. 1525Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau on July - 19. 1534On this day in history willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, ...
1510On this day in history jews are expelled from Colmar Germany 1517Turks conquer Cairo on January - 22. 1521On this day in history emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms. 1528England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V on this day in history. ...