(JTA) — Throughout President Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem this week, he has underscored the ways that he believes the United States and Israel are aligned. But in his remarks Thursday afternoon after being honored by the Israeli government, he alluded to one arcane way that the two countries are not on the same page — literally.
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RON KAMPEAS
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7/14/22
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(New York Jewish Week)
After she finished her compulsory military service as a singer in an IDF performing arts troupe, Israeli folk singer Bat Ella wasn’t sure how she would incorporate …
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JULIA GERGELY
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6/30/22
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This article first appeared on Kveller.
On the day when the shooting happens, I finally unlock what some say is the most vital part of the American dream. My husband and I have a house in the …
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LIOR ZALTZMAN
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6/3/22
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(JTA) – A Pew Research Center survey released Thursday [May 26] found that American adults are just not paying attention to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel.
A …
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RON KAMPEAS
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6/3/22
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(JTA) – Israel announced plans to set up a field hospital in western Ukraine as the Russian war against the country shows no sign of abating.
Israeli leaders on Monday approved NIS 21 …
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Ron Kampeas
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3/16/22
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – As Amnesty International became the third major human rights group to categorize Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as “apartheid,” the U.S. Ambassador to Israel said that the label was “absurd.”
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2/6/22
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(JTA) – Israel announced Monday [Jan. 3] that it would reduce its restrictions on travel that were first put in place in November to delay the spread of the Omicron variant, but visitors from …
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1/10/22
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The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island provides stipends and needs-based grants to young adults through the age of 26 to travel to Israel for internships, …
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JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF
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11/7/21
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Matan Graf, a former shaliach (Israeli emissary) to Rhode Island, and Amit Moshe Oren, our new shaliach, will discuss the recent exponential industrial and social growth of our partnership area in …
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LARRY KATZ
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10/10/21
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Rhode Island Coalition for Israel supporters and members turned out Sept. 19 for a rally at Dave’s Marketplace Plaza in East Greenwich. Their aim was to trigger a consumer boycott of Ben & …
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10/10/21
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