The Trump administration bars a critic of Israel from America. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/omar-barghouti-bds-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Jews and Judaism
Tensions Rise as New York City Steps Up Response to Measles
An order to require immunizations in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community seemed to mobilize vaccine skeptics. Others worried that the effort did not address the root of the problem: misinformation. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/nyregion/measles-outbreak-ny.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Why Some Israelis Still Support Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is caught up in a corruption scandal that has clouded his campaign ahead of Tuesday’s election, but some Israelis still support him. We went there to understand why they are sticking with him. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000006431686/israel-elections-netanyahu.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
As Israel Charts a Future, Color and Chaos Abound in Its Election
The voting on Tuesday seems to be all about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — keep him or dump him. But our photographer found that’s not the half of it. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/world/middleeast/elections-in-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
A Pro-Pot Candidate Could Prove Decisive in Israeli Election
Moshe Feiglin’s far-right, libertarian Zehut party is gaining traction among young voters. It could end up determining who leads the next government. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/world/middleeast/israel-elections-feiglin-zehut-marijuana.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Vows: A Business Trip Yields the Investment of a Lifetime
The couple had their first date in Israel in May 2014. But it wasn’t until their second date — months later in Italy — that their romance took off. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/fashion/weddings/a-business-trip-yields-the-investment-of-a-lifetime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Anti-Semitism Is Back, From the Left, Right and Islamist Extremes. Why?
Anti-Semitism is now being harnessed for political ends by ideologies that otherwise would have little overlap. That fusion is new, and dangerous, experts say. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/world/europe/antisemitism-europe-united-states.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Global Health: Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
Following intensive vaccination efforts, measles cases plunged across the world. Now clusters of new infections — some linked, some not — have confounded health officials. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/health/measles-outbreaks-ukraine-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
An Outbreak Spreads Fear: Of Measles, of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, of Anti-Semitism
A measles outbreak in a New York suburb has sickened scores of people and stoked long-smoldering tensions between the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and the secular world at large. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/nyregion/measles-jewish-community.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In Israel Campaign, All Sides Claim Fabled Voice From the Grave: Menachem Begin
Though he has been dead 27 years, Mr. Begin’s legacy is being selectively invoked by parties across the political spectrum ahead of the April 9 election. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/world/middleeast/israel-election-menachem-begin.html?partner=rss&emc=rss