The Stakes in This Israeli Election Just Got Bigger
Mar 08 2021, 4:06 PM
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(Bloomberg Opinion) In an 8-to-1 ruling last week, Israelâs Supreme Court decided that conversions to Judaism carried out in Israel by non-Orthodox Jewish denominations are legal. The controversial case had been before the court for 15 years, waiting for the Knesset, Israelâs parliament, to pass a clarifying law on the matter.
(Bloomberg Opinion) In an 8-to-1 ruling last week, Israelâs Supreme Court decided that conversions to Judaism carried out in Israel by non-Orthodox Jewish denominations are legal. The controversial case had been before the court for 15 years, waiting for the Knesset, Israelâs parliament, to pass a clarifying law on the matter.
Why Israel Can t Celebrate Its Vaccine Success Yet
Feb 06 2021, 8:06 AM
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(Bloomberg Opinion) Israel should be celebrating. More than 20% of its population has been fully vaccinated. Another 15% have been given the first of two jabs and will be protected by mid-February. The government plans to have vaccinated 5 million citizens â well over half the adult population â by mid-March, just before Israelâs next election take places on March 23.
(Bloomberg Opinion) Israel should be celebrating. More than 20% of its population has been fully vaccinated. Another 15% have been given the first of two jabs and will be protected by mid-February. The government plans to have vaccinated 5 million citizens â well over half the adult population â by mid-March, just before Israelâs next election take places on March 23.
Master diplomat George Shultz, and his interworking with Soviet and Jewish affairs
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Master diplomat George Shultz, and his interworking with Soviet and Jewish affairs
World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder once asked the longtime U.S. statesman, who passed away at the age of 100 on Feb. 6, why he stood up for American and Israeli Jews when he was often pressured not to. He responded: “Because I thought you were right.”
(February 16, 2021 / JNS) The long-term secretary of state, George Shultz, who died on Feb. 6 at the age of 100, will be remembered most for his negotiations on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987 and the end of the Cold War. But more than that, Shultz told his biographer that he wanted to be remembered for securing the release of Soviet refuseniks, who for decades were denied the ability to immigrate to the State of Israel.