Israeli Author’s Translator Gives Prize Money To Group Critical Of IDF
“I’m not going to waste my breath hoping for change to come from the current Israeli administration,” Jessica Cohen said in her acceptance speech.
Holocaust Survivor, 91, Celebrates Her Bat Mitzvah In Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES — Eugenia Unger, who usually displays the number tattooed on her arm by the Nazis, covered it with her Shabbat clothes and her talit when she celebrated her bat mitzvah, 79 years late. Unger, 91, born as Eugenia Rotsztejn in Warsaw, Poland, on March 30, 1926, was identified by the Nazis during…
Argentina President Visits Anne Frank House
BUENOS AIRES — Argentina´s President Mauricio Macri along with the Argentinean-born Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Anne Frank House.
New Law Calls For 5 Year Prison Sentence For Anti-Semitic Bomb Threats
— A bipartisan bill would increase the federal penalty for bomb threats and other threats of violence against religious institutions and ensure such acts can be prosecuted as a hate crime. The bipartisan Combating Anti-Semitism Act of 2017, introduced Monday by Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., comes after over 150 bomb threat hoaxes…
LGBT Jews In Buenos Aires Host First Global Event
BUENOS AIRES — LGBT Jews held their first global event in South America in Buenos Aires. JAG, the organization of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transexual Jews in Argentina and the World Congress of LGBT Jews organized the first global event in South America, gathering participants from Brazil, Colombia, Chile, France, Italy, Mexico, and the…
UN Committee Chief Backs Argentina’s Proposed Revamp For Anti-Terror Law
Argentina’s proposed update of its 10-year-old anti-terrorism law received the support of a United Nations committee leader after earlier gaining the backing of the Jewish community.
Dan Shapiro, Former US Ambassador To Israel, Will Join Hedge Fund
— Former United States Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro is joining ION Asset Management, a hedge fund that focuses on Israeli and Israel-related securities, as a senior adviser. Shapiro will “advise ION about key issues relating to its funds and portfolio companies, particularly regarding relevant geopolitical and commercial matters,” according to a statement issued Wednesday….
Argentina President To Meet With Survivors Of Israel Embassy Bombing
BUENOS AIRES — For first time, an Argentinian president will meet with the Israeli survivors and relatives of victims of the 1992 terrorist attack against the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires. President Mauricio Macri will host in his official residence a group of 30 Israelis on Friday morning, prior to the scheduled ceremony to…
Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, ‘Queen Of Carbon,’ Dies At 86
Physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, the daughter of impoverished Polish Jewish immigrants whose pioneering research into the thermal and electrical properties of carbon earned her the nickname “Queen of Carbon,” died February 20. She was 86. Dresselhaus’ research was foundational to the field called nanoscience, in which matter is manipulated at an atomic and molecular level. Her pioneering work earned…
Largest Jewish Denomination Opposes Friedman Appointment
NEW YORK The Reform movement became the largest Jewish body to oppose the nomination of David Friedman as United States ambassador to Israel. In a statement released Friday, one day after the launch of Senate hearings to confirm Friedman, Union for Reform Judaism President Rabbi Rick Jacobs released a statement saying Friedman is “the wrong…
