(JNS) Taglit-Birthright Israel celebrated its 800,000th participant at its annual “mega-event” in Tel Aviv that concludes each summer trip for the group of young Jewish adults who participate in the organization’s free trips to Israel.
(JTA) — After meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. President Joe Biden conceded that “the ground is not ripe at this moment” to restart long-dormant peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
(Israel Hayom via JNS) The United States’ commitment to Israel’s security is unwavering, President Joe Biden pledged last Thursday during his meeting in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
(Israel21c via JNS) X-rays of Amedeo Modigliani’s 1908 painting “Nude with a Hat” yielded a surprise for curators at the Hecht Museum in Haifa: three unfinished sketches by the celebrated Jewish Italian artist were hiding beneath the surface.
(JNS) Monty Norman, the Jewish-British composer and lyricist who wrote the theme song for the James Bond films, died on July 11 at the age of 94 after battling a “short illness,” according to a statement posted on his official website.
(JNS) Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday approved a series of “confidence-building” measures between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, ahead of the arrival in Israel on Wednesday of U.S. President Joe Biden.
(Israel21c via JNS) This is going to be huge: About 10,000 teen and adult athletes from 65 countries will be in Israel to compete in 3,000 events in 42 sports during the 21st Maccabiah, July 12-26.
(JTA) – For many Britons, Boris Johnson’s tenure as prime minister will have been defined by scandals like the one that forced him to resign on July 7. For Jewish Britons, the memories might well include a broken menorah.
(JTA) — Yair Lapid might only be Israel’s interim prime minister, but he appears to be determined to maximize the position in the four months he is guaranteed to occupy it.
(JNS) The Winnipeg Police Service in Canada is investigating what some in the Jewish community are calling a case of “major vandalism” after some 70 gravestones at the city’s largest Jewish cemetery were found toppled to the ground on June 29.
