Monthly Archives: August 2019

Holocaust survivor Shoshana Ovitz wanted to celebrate her 104th birthday in a special way. Her birthday wish –  For all 400 of her descendants to gather together for a prayer at the Kotel (Western Wall). Last week,...

Shortly before my ninth birthday, my Grandpa Abe from Winthrop took me to Fenway Park. It was exactly 60 years ago this week, when Pumpsie Green, Boston’s first African-American player, had his first at...

On Friday, August 2, 2019, the return march in the Gaza Strip was held with about 6,000 participants (the average for the past weeks). Hamas security operatives were photographed removing young Palestinians from the...

Like the long-running Australian soap opera, this week’s local and overseas events contained a kaleidoscope of drama, villains and recurring themes. With election fever now ratcheting up, it seems evident that increasing numbers of potential...

In WSJ of August 7, 2019, pundits Alex Joffe and Asaf Romirowsky suggest that the "Palestinian Authority take over UNRWA* , promoting the idea that "UNRWA’s 30,000 employees could join the Palestinian Authority, which...

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Have you always thought there's nothing living in the Dead Sea? Think again :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLo_6X909JQ #fish_in_the_dead_sea #salt_chimneys Come and join our exclusive Dead Sea boat excursion- info@deadsearevival.org , @boat_ride_dead_sea Video credit: The Watchman

David Bedein is an MSW community organizer and an investigative journalist. In 1987, Bedein established the Israel Resource News Agency at Beit Agron to accompany foreign journalists in their coverage of Israel, to balance...

Jonathan Pollard issued a public plea on Monday for all these who possibly can to intervene on his behalf with President Donald Trump to lift parole conditions which prevent him from taking care of...

UNRWA, the UN agency tasked with providing healthcare, education and loans to the descendants of Arabs who used to live in Israel, has come under fire recently because the head of the agency was...