Recently, a delegation of African-American journalists was invited to tour Ghana by the Consulate General of Israel in New York City. Ostensibly, their mission was to explore various development projects between Israel and Ghana, but it was also an opportunity for some of the journalists to discover their ancestral roots. Interwoven in the visits to a number of sites…
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Ami Mehl, has lauded Ghana for the peaceful and successful conduct of the December 7, 2016 elections. Speaking during a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye, yesterday, Mr Mehl said the successful conduct of the elections had further boosted Ghana’s image as the beacon of democracy in the…
JERUSALEM — One loved horse riding; another was the oldest of four sisters; a third had fought to enlist in the army despite medical problems that allowed him to defer the draft. The fourth was the 300th graduate of her Haifa high school to have died while serving as a soldier. Israel buried its latest terrorism victims on Monday,…
For Rabbi Gerald Sussman of Temple Emanu-El on Staten Island, the Obama administration’s recent confrontation with Israel was a stunning turn for a president who had enjoyed support from many members of his congregation. “The word ‘betrayed’ would not be too strong a word,” he said. But in Los Angeles, Rabbi John L. Rosove of Temple Israel of Hollywood,…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says country is responding to ‘the tragedy of terrible suffering of civilians’ Israel is to take in injured refugees from Aleppo and arrange for them to be treated in the country’s hospitals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. Evacuation efforts are underway in the devastated Syrian city after a ceasefire was agreed to allow civilians to…
