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Seats are prepared for a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 13, 2021. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
October 24, 2021, 8:29 am
Biden taps Atlanta Jewish leader as envoy to UN Human Rights Council
Michèle Taylor, also a former member of the US Holocaust Museum Memorial Council, currently serves on the board of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
By Ron Kampeas
Yaakov Tabersky, carries his 30-day-old son Yossef, the great grandchild of the chief rabbi of the Lelov Hassidic dynasty, during the "Pidyon Haben" ceremony in Beit Shemesh, Israel, on September 16, 2021. (AP/Oded Balilty)
September 20, 2021, 12:17 pm
Great-grandson of Hasidic leader ‘redeemed’ in ancient Jewish ceremony
Yaakov Tabersky presents his firstborn child, descendant of chief rabbi of the Lelov dynasty, on a silver platter, as a priest takes 5 silver coins instead of the boy
By Oded Balilty
Pope Francis attends a meeting with bishops at the Apostolic Nunciature in Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 12, 2021. (REMO CASILLI / POOL / AFP)
September 12, 2021, 9:03 pm
Pope Francis arrives for 4-day visit to Slovakia, will meet Holocaust survivors
Trip follows brief visit to Hungary, in which pontiff warned of ‘the threat of antisemitism still lurking in Europe and elsewhere’
By AFP
Alexander Kahn on CNN, Aug. 27, 2021. (Twitter screenshot via JTA)
August 31, 2021, 12:30 pm
Holocaust survivor’s son who rescued Afghans: ‘I put myself in their position’
Delta Airlines pilot Alexander Kahn says the evacuation efforts had special meaning for him personally, as his father immigrated to the US in similar fashion
By Gabe Friedman
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) speaks at a ceremony in Rabat, on August 11, 2021. Poland's President Andrzej Duda (right) arrives for a NATO summit in Brussels on June 14, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO; Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via AP)
August 14, 2021, 10:01 pm
Major crisis as Israel recalls envoy to Poland after WWII restitution law okayed
Bennett slams ‘disgraceful contempt for the memory of the Holocaust’; Lapid rages against ‘antidemocratic’ Warsaw; Polish ambassador advised not to return from vacation
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ian Kinsler celebrates with Mitchell Glasser after hitting a home run in the third inning of a baseball game against South Korea at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 29, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
July 31, 2021, 4:38 pm
MLB vets immerse themselves in Jewish heritage, build Israel’s baseball team
Manager Eric Holtz says all the players on the US-based squad are ‘playing for the name on the front of the jersey’
By Ronald Blum
Customers sitting at Cafe Kadosh in Jerusalem, May 2020. The restaurant is one of hundreds in Israel that has opted for kosher certification outside the auspices of Israel's Chief Rabbinate. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2021, 10:48 am
In religious revolution, restaurants dropping Rabbinate’s kosher certification
Alternative kashrut authority Tzohar has been the go-to for those trying to avoid Israel’s Chief Rabbinate; now new legislation may give it full government recognition
By Linda Gradstein
Illustrative: President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a ceremony marking Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 13, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 14, 2021, 10:55 pm
Rivlin thanks global Jewry for standing ‘side by side with Israel’
In a message for the 73rd Independence Day, president says Israeli and Diaspora Jews ‘share a destiny’
By ToI Staff
Gabriella Strigler Lou, from Mexico, will light a torch for Israel's 73rd Independence Day. (Courtesy)
April 10, 2021, 12:43 am
Mexican Jewish humanitarian volunteer to light Independence Day torch
Gabriella Strigler Lou, from the ‘Shalom Corps’ non-profit, chosen for honor at annual ceremony to serve as ‘inspiration for social action’ in Israel and abroad
By ToI Staff
The Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, Portugal (The Assembly of the Republic via JTA)
February 13, 2021, 8:25 pm
Portuguese lawmaker: Israel’s vaccine success due to Jewish financial powers
Rodrigo Sousa e Castro deletes ‘offensive’ tweet following backlash, yet claims statement was about ‘Zionism and its crimes in Palestine’ that upset ‘Zio-Nazis’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US Rep. Lee Zeldin (John Paraskevas/Newsday RM/Getty Images via JTA)
February 6, 2021, 11:33 pm
US military veterans introduce joint US-Israel PTSD research bill
Proposal would establish grants for American research centers to team up with Israeli counterparts; Senate backing gives it higher chances of becoming law
By Ron Kampeas
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is photographed in her chambers in Washington on August 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
September 22, 2020, 11:23 pm
Kibbutz temporarily tweaks its name to pay tribute to RBG
Ramat Hashofet, or Judges Heights, feminizes to Ramat Hashofetet to honor deceased Supreme Court justice
By AP
Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, February 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
April 10, 2020, 10:10 am
Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein recovers from coronavirus
Convicted rapist said to remain on suicide watch in New York prison; source says he is surprised 68-year-old survived given age and poor health
By ToI Staff and AP
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