A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
The letter included signatures from past chairs and CEOs of some of the largest Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the AJC and more.
The incident took place on the eve of Lag Baomer, which is also the date of the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba Synagogue on the Island.
Assistant A-G for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon assured the Orthodox leaders that the DOJ is using "all the tools available to us across the federal government."
Interviews with released hostages and families of victims illustrate how many of them were pioneers who made the Western Negev bloom.
Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch met with IDF Chief Rabbi Brig. Gen. Rabbi Eyal Krim to discuss burying Jewish soldiers in full accordance with halacha (Jewish law).
“Dave Portnoy, and the greater Jewish community are making themselves out to be some kind of victims… but I am the real victim," claimed Mo Khan.
The State of Israel also commemorates VE Day on May 9 largely as a result of the massive wave of immigration from the former Soviet bloc during the 1990s.
This week, Jewish leaders from around the world returned to Berlin – not in fear, and not in mourning, but in defiance and solidarity.
Over 100 Chabad rabbis gathered last week in Montenegro to discuss the mass migration of tens of thousands of Israelis following Oct. 7.
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