Warning: These images are disturbing (at least, I found them to be disturbing). When Barack Obama visited the Western Wall, he stuck a prayer note in between the Kotel’s ancient stones: Then, an Israeli yeshiva student promptly removed it:
More than 20,000 European Jews fleeing the Nazis found a home in Shanghai, many thanks to a Chinese diplomat in Austria. Honors for Ho Fengshan and a new museum recall that past.
Hardly a day passed after Olmert’s resignation announcement Wednesday and Israel already was entering the thick of an election campaign. Benjamin Netanyahu called for immediate general elections, Ehud Barak touted his own credentials and Kadima’s Tzipi Livni and Shaul Mofaz prepared to do battle to succeed Olmert (with consultants Eyal Arad helping Livni and Arthur […]
