Yom Hazikaron (×™×•× ×”×–×™×›×¨×•×Ÿ) is Israel’s memorial day, meant to remember those who died defending the country as well as victims of terror. It is commemorated via memorial ceremonies...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel started out in its standard manner here in Jerusalem. As the sun set Sunday night, the city ground to a halt as pretty much all commerce shut down. The Adopt-A...
Counting the OMAR
Huh? The Counting of the Omer is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between Passover and Shavuot (that’s that High holiday in the Summer that you’ve probably never...
Jon Stewart Schools Egyptian President Morsi on his arrest of Satirist Bassem Youssef
TV Host Bassem Youssef, considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt, was arrested last weekend on charges of “insulting Islam” and “belittling” President Mohamed Morsi. Thus it...
Passover Xenophobia in Quebec
It started off innocently enough. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada, posted a holiday photo on their Facebook page. The World War II era...
Happy Passover – End US Aid to Israel!
Yesterday, commuters on New York’s Metro North Railway got a special Passover gift – an ad campaign by the American Muslims for Palestine urging folks to “End Apartheid Now! Stop US...