Новости за 10.01.2017

As Hanukkah faded away at the end of the eighth day of the holiday, Yaakov Ne’eman, a special figure in the Israeli public life and the legal arena for over four decades, returned his soul to the Almighty. He passed away on New Years Day surrounded by a beautiful family—he and his wife Hadassah have 6 children and 32 grandchildren. Many friends, including President Reuven Rivlin, accompanied him during his last months, weeks, and days. He knew, on a personal level, how to be a friend. He was my friend and a friend of many. Читать дальше...

The July 18, 1994 bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Buenos Aires is an appropriate starting place for understanding the impact of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, who died of a heart attack last Sunday. The bombing, still the deadliest massacre of Jews anywhere since World War II, was the work of Hezbollah, the Iranian-supported Lebanese terrorist group. The Hezbollah cell that carried out the attack received decisive operational assistance from Mohsen Rabbani... Читать дальше...

It is always said in praise of Nat Hentoff that he radiated integrity, and the unpredictable nature of his opinions added up to a living display of prickly individualism, and it did not really matter if you agreed with him on any given point. You noted his opinion, and you noted the predictable quality of your own opinions, and you felt inspired to stand up a little straighter. Sometimes he was convincing, too. To read him was therefore always beneficial. He improved your opinions, or, if not, he improved your character. Читать дальше...

Literary critic Adam Kirsch is reading a page of Talmud a day, along with Jews around the world.

The July 18, 1994 bombing of Israeli Mutual Association, known by its Spanish acronym AMIA, was the deadliest terror attack in Argentina’s history. It left 85 dead and injured hundreds in Buenos Aires, but its perpetrators, and their true motives, have never been fully revealed. The following are excerpts from Argentinian journalist Daniel Santoro’s book-length exposé, Nisman Must Die.

Surprising no one, President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly name his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White House adviser despite little (or no) evidence of any political experience that would qualify him for such a role. According to The New York Times, Kushner, the scion of one tri-state crime family who married into another,

Surprising no one, President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly name his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White House adviser despite little (or no) evidence of any political experience that would qualify him for such a role. According to The New York Times, Kushner, the scion of one tri-state crime family who married into another,