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11/09/2026

A Problem - A Poem

A Problem - A Poem

11/09/2026

“Recently, at the Israel on Campus Coalition’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., ICC’s CEO, Jacob Baime, asked me what gives me confidence. My answer was simple: the strength and love of the Jewish people in the diaspora and around the world, and the future in the eyes of the students looking back at me.”

- Omer Shemtov

Read more: icc.ai/omer-nls

11/09/2026

Haifa ranked 187th out of 251 cities in the latest World Happy City Index, a ranking produced by the UK-based Institute for Quality of Life, which evaluates cities on 64 indicators, including income, health, municipal services, and quality of governance.

The indicators measured in the study include life expectancy at birth, the number of mental health workers, doctors, nurses and pharmacists working in each city, GDP per capita, rates of various types of criminal activity, investment in urban planning and environmental protection, access to green spaces and recreational opportunities, among other factors.

Haifa ranked higher than several other notable world cities, including London at 193rd, New York at 207th and Bucharest at 247th.

11/09/2026

Andrew Silow-Carroll: "The 9/11 terror attacks are often called a historic inflection point, dividing the world into a before and after, and the Jewish community did not go unchanged."

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-world-before-september-11-and-what-it-became/

11/09/2026

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed that Israel may join a broader campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthi terror group in Yemen, Lebanese newspaper Al Akbar claimed, citing US sources.

11/09/2026

After several days of intense fighting between the Yemeni Houthi terrorists and Saudi-aligned forces, the terrorists managed to capture a key city near the ​Bab el-Mandeb Strait, expanding their control over one of the world’s busiest waterways.

The Iran-backed terror group took control of the historic port city of al-Mokha (Mocha) on Thursday, three sources from the internationally recognized Yemeni government told Reuters. Eyewitnesses told the French news outlet AFP they saw troops entering the city while chanting “Death to America, death to Israel.”

The stunning advance came after several days of reports suggesting the Houthis were on the defensive, after Saudi-backed forces announced significant gains in the north and central desert areas.

11/09/2026

11/09/2026

In this conversation, Paul Calvert returns to our program to share his firsthand updates and experiences living in Bethlehem amidst ongoing tensions and challenges faced by the Christian community. He discusses the shrinking Christian population, the pressures from the Muslim community, and the broader implications of antisemi tism

In this conversation, Paul Calvert returns to our program to share ...