Coronavirus Will Rage

Last week’s terror attacks in Brussels that claimed the lives of 32 innocents were followed by deplorable gloating from several prominent Israeli right-wing politicians, saying they hope now Europeans will stop criticizing Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. Israel’s Transport Minister Yisrael Katz even made international headlines by accusing the Belgians of eating chocolate rather than fighting terrorism.

Less than a week after an election that left many minority and religious groups in the United States feeling disenfranchised, two important organizations – one Jewish and the other Muslim – announced an unusual alliance on Monday. The American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America have teamed up to form a new national group of leading Jewish and Muslim Americans: The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council.