✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong – “For What It’s Worth” (Stephen Stills/Buffalo Springfield) By Andrew Adler Community Editor This was not an optimal week to be shopping at the Park Slope Food Co-op. Founded almost exactly 50 years ago and boasting some 17,000 members, the Brooklyn, … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — The wildfires that erupted outside Jerusalem, burning vast swaths of forest and blighting Israel’s Independence Day, have been brought under control. But as the fires were contained, discourse in Israel focused on who or what … Read More
By Ben Sales (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disbanded the small war cabinet he established at the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, reverting to Israel’s pre-Oct. 7 governing system. Netanyahu established the war cabinet days after Hamas’ … Read More
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is barring government employees under his supervision — including police officers, firefighters and prison officials — from participating in a longstanding and prestigious fellowship program for Israeli civil servants … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would postpone a vote on far-reaching reforms to the judiciary and engage in dialogue with the opposition, yielding to calls from hundreds of thousands of protesters as well … Read More