Jewish World

“At a time in this country when we need to pull together, bigoted imagery on the Internet is the last thing we need,” says B’nai B’rith International.

Jewish leaders believe coronavirus crisis could create a new era that would boost aliyah and bring down costs of Jewish education.

Israeli TV hit is now part and parcel of Hebrew education as Jewish Agency emissaries embrace its popularity to convey common language and bolster connection to Israel.

The South American country has a history of anti-Semitic tragedies, such as the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.

New research from the Jewish Cultural Heritage Initiative shows that only 11% of Jewish sites in Iraq remain fully intact, while in Syria, 32 of 71 Jewish sites have been destroyed.

Argentina is the world’s fifth-largest beef exporter and Israel is the No. 3 buyer of its famously succulent cuts. It stands to ship 24,000 tonnes of beef to Israel in 2020, for a value of about $170 million.

There have been many funerals as the coronavirus, in its early days in Morocco, hit a Jewish community that is a shadow of what it once was numerically.

A majority of the attacks – 95% – were registered on the internet, often on disinformation websites, far-right media and produced by activists involved in an international campaign to boycott Israel.

"We are calling for financial assistance from all those who consider it necessary to preserve memory," the museum says in a statement published on its official website.

The decision was made months ago, but not publicized due to the coronavirus pandemic. Israel, Jewish groups applauds the move.