America's No. 3 spot in the annual U.S. News project is a high-water mark, but comes as nearly half of survey respondents see a negative global impact from a potential Trump presidency. Elliott Davis Jr.Sept. 10, 2024 US-Funded Cuban Media in Limbo After Trump Orders USAID Closed ...
Russia, feeling that she had let Serbia down in the Bosnian crisis of 1908, began to mobilize. [AC] The French Covering Force (that part of the army kept on a permanent war footing) was ordered to deploy along the Franco-German frontier, but 10 kilometers short of it to avoid any inc...
7, the region stands on high alert amid fears of a wider conflict and thousands dead on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border. According to the Israeli prime minister's office, more than 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, with 6,900 others injured. Israeli officials say 383 Israel...
The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carries out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak, infiltrating the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off-guard on the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The stunning atta...
1730 New York Jews build their first synagogue, Shearith Israel. 1733 Savannah has an organized Jewish community. It does not become a permanent community until the 1790s. 1740 The British Plantation Act offered Jews willing to LIE a limited form of citizenship. Also called the Naturalization Act...
6,000 Years of Jewish history & legacy at a glance in a one-page infographic. The poster combines different fields on a single timeline such as demography, literature, Jewish and World events, traditions, historical figures and more. Every entry on the t
The genocide of six million Jews in the Holocaust led to the partitioning of the Arab state of Palestine to establish the modern state of Israel. Arab countries’ rejection of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine led to decades of war in the region. The second world war also set...
Then there is second night seder on the 15th. But this is so the American Jews can celebrate Passover on the same “day” as Israeli Jews, since Israel is at least 7-10 hours ahead of us, depending on the US time zone. However, it is Nissan 15 in Israel that is celebrated. ...
Jews have faced persecution since the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah, in what is now modern Israel, according to the Hebrew Bible. Antisemitism arose from aggressive ruling powers that did not respect the Jews' wish to be an autonomous social and religious community. From ancient Egypt to...
In what the Israeli government described as a total siege, the entry of food, fuel and medicine into the Gaza Strip was halted. It led the United Nations to warn Israel had blocked access to the essentials of life, thereby violating international law. ...