Photo: Wikipedia user Valley2city/Wikimedia Commons Once a year in Israel, a piercing siren is sounded for two minutes. On every road, street and corner of the country, life is temporarily suspended. People stop in the middle of walking, driving or working, to stand in silence, and commemorate the suffering of...
UMass Amherst Hillel Spray-Painted With Word ‘Palestine’ in Arabic
Picture source: jns.org Hillel at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was spray-painted in red with the word “Palestine” in Arabic, announced Hillel on Tuesday. Officials at the Jewish organization on college campuses said it is in communication with the Amherst Police Department. “This cowardly act of hatred towards the...
Yom HaShoah in Israel
On Monday, Israel marked Yom HaShoah, national Holocaust Memorial Day. It is a unique event in the national calendar, as the country pauses to remember and mourn for the six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. On Sunday evening, shops and restaurants close early, and the streets are...