Israel still hopes it can square its position with the Biden administration
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Danny Danon won’t ever forget his conversation with world-renowned Holocaust survivor and historian Elie Wiesel at the United Nations on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2015, when Danon was Israel’s ambassador to the UN.
Negotiations were at a peak then between Iran and the P5+1 nations which included the United States on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known in the vernacular as the Iran nuclear deal.
Iran had threatened to wipe Israel off the map. The US promised to never sign a deal enabling Iran to build nuclear weapons. Wiesel dispensed some sage advice to Danon: “He told me I should listen more carefully to the threats of our enemies than to the promises of our allies.”
Sami Steigmann crashes Clubhouse
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Sami Steigmann crashes Clubhouse
The 81-year-old Holocaust survivor will engage in a cross-racial, intergenerational conversation via the social-media platform with thousands in honor of Yom Hashoah.
(April 1, 2021 / JNS) On a blustery day in late January, Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, 81, made his debut on Clubhouse the buzzy, audio-based, social-media platform that launched in the venture capital and Hollywood communities last spring and now connects millions of “regular” folk with celebrities for spontaneous conversations.
Steigmann, who lives below the poverty line in Harlem, N.Y., was preparing to speak outside the United Nations on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for an “End Jew Hated” rally. Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz, a 30-something who assists Steigmann with errands, decided to come along to hear his friend. Inspired by Steigmann, Dillz (whose real name is Rami Even-Esh), helped the octogenarian set up a Clubh