Posts Tagged: UNESCO
The UN Makes World Peace With Yoga
Tuesday was International Yoga Day, an initiative of the United Nations. Irina Bokova, the UNESCO director general, gave a speech on the occasion to those who...
The UN’s Heritage Heist
UNESCO recently adopted a resolution that completely ignores the Jewish historical, religious and Biblical ties to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall area in Jerusalem. To...
French Jewish Leaders Decry Country’s Support of UNESCO Resolution Denying Jewish Ties to Temple Mount
France’s recent support of a UN resolution denying Jewish ties to the Temple Mount is a “total travesty," a prominent French-Israeli artist and political activist told...
When Will Anyone Stand Up for Israel?
Over the past week, Israel found itself at the center of more action than most countries see in a decade: On Thursday, UNESCO adopted a resolution...
Jewish Unity Could Truly Help the World on Holocaust Remembrance Day
UNESCO’s page announcing this year’s International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, which occurs on January 27, states that it was established … to...
The Time Has Come for Israel to Leave the UN
UNESCO -- the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization -- stated in a resolution on Tuesday that it condemned Israel for what it called...
Head of UNESCO Vetoes Palestinian Posters, Citing Concerns Over Antisemitism
The head of UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency, has a rejected a collection of Palestinian propaganda posters submitted to the organization's world heritage register...
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra to Perform at UNESCO Headquarters, Mark 70th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will perform at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Monday, January 26, at the special opening concert of International Holocaust Remembrance Day....
Biblical Archaeology Sees Golden Age in Israel, Dark Age in Rest of Middle East
JNS.org - At a time when many archaeological sites and antiquities throughout the Middle East are being looted and destroyed, the City of David...
At UNESCO, Finally a Glimmer of Hope
The acknowledgment of Palestine as a member state of UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation), in November 2011, turned the status of...
The ‘Homeland’ is the Homeland History Exhibit’s Rightful Home
The group of 22 Arab states that persuaded UNESCO to cancel a Simon Wiesenthal Center exhibit on the Jewish people's 3,500-year homeland connection awakened far more...
Simon Wiesenthal Center Welcomes U.S. Support for Exhibit Pulled by UNESCO
The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it welcomed a statement from U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power who condemned UNESCO's abrupt cancellation of its exhibit...
Netanyahu Warns Hamas of ‘Strong’ Israeli Reaction to Gaza Rocket Attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday pledged a policy of "preventive action and strong reaction," to any attacks against the Jewish state. His comments came...
U.S. and Israel Slam UNESCO Decision to Withdraw Exhibit
JNS.org - American and Israeli officials blasted the decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to pull a Simon...
