Michael Cohen turned on Trump at urging of Holocaust survivor father Michael Cohen’s decision to turn on one-time patron Donald Trump was partly motivated by a conversation with his father, a Holocaust survivor. Maurice Cohen reportedly told his son that … Read More
The new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is going to cost a bit more than President Donald Trump had estimated. Make that nearly 100 times more. The Maryland-based firm Desbuild Limak D&K was awarded a $21.2 million contract to design and … Read More
Prince William will come to Jerusalem at the end of June, the British royal family said, during the first visit to Israel by a senior British royal. The announcement Friday about the visit sometime between June 24 and 28 was … Read More
Jerusalem is the city I love, where I feel at home, the city I know better than the palm of my hand. For her streets, open markets, smells and tastes of her dishes, I yearn daily. Born and raised in … Read More
JERUSALEM, October 18, 2015 (JTA) – “No pepper spray, no tear gas, no nightsticks,” sighed Itzhak Mizrahi to three disappointed men, as if it were a mantra he’d recited dozens of times. The glass-topped display case in Magnum, the central … Read More
Jerusalem is arguably the world’s most complex city. It is a place of sanctity for three faiths; a site of antiquity; home to a diverse population; and capital of a nation with an ancient heritage and forward-looking vision. Reconciling the … Read More
by Shiela Steinman Wallace Editor Louisvillian Dr. Rich Edelson was in Israel for an International Neuropsychological Society meeting when the attacks from Gaza started. “Some people left early,” he reported, taking advantage of the offer some airlines made to exchange … Read More
IMAX is the ideal format for panoramic presentations and the producers of the new film, Jerusalem, Taran Davies, George Duffield and Daniel Ferguson, use this venue to highlight the magnificence of the ultimate holy city, focal point of the Muslim, … Read More
March 26, 2014 – When I took up Rabbi Stanley Miles’ offer to join him on the Partnership 2Gether (P2G) trip in February as a representative of Louisville’s Beit Seder Yachad (LSBY), the Judaic/Hebrew school where we both teach, I … Read More
January 11, 2014 (JTA) – Ariel Sharon, one of Israel’s last warrior statesmen, whose military and political careers were woven into his nation’s triumphs and failures, has died. Sharon, 85, died Saturday at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv … Read More