The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
A sonar scan of the bottom of the Danube River in Budapest revealed no human remains. Volunteers for Zaka, an Israel-based Orthodox Jewish group, conducted the search Tuesday for the bodies of some of the thousands of Jews shot dead on the banks of the river in 1944-45 by Hungarian Nazi collaborators. Slomo Koves, the head […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state would take action against Airbnb for its decision to remove listings of rooms and homes for rent in West Bank Jewish settlements. Airbnb announced in November that it would remove the listings of some 200 apartments and homes for rent in the settlements, but not in Palestinian communities. […]
Just days into the new Congress, the weaponizing of Israel for partisan gain is intensifying. Michael Koplow, policy director of the Israel Policy Forum, which supports a two-state solution to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict, wrote that we are witnessing “the ever-deepening politicization of Israel, and an early sign of what the next two years are […]