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US ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Polish Bill Blocking Holocaust Victims From Reclaiming Property

(JNS) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States is “deeply concerned” by legislation passed by the Polish parliament earlier in the day barring Holocaust survivors and their descendants from reclaiming property seized by the country’s communist regime. Blinken called on Polish President Andrzej Duda not to sign the bill […]

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International, USA

Israeli PM Announces Nationwide Plan to Fight Arab-Sector Crime

(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday announced a national plan to fight crime in the country’s Arab sector. Referring to out-of-control violence in the streets of Arab-majority towns and villages, Bennett said, “my government is determined to take action and wage an unceasing, constant and persistent fight, with full force, against crime and

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Middle East

145 Jewish Agency Young Emissaries Set to Arrive in Communities Around World

(JNS) A total of 145 ShinShinim (gap-year emissaries) will depart this month for communities around the world on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Israel to begin a year of voluntary service to help strengthen world Jewry’s relationship with Israel before their required national army service. They will arrive against the backdrop of the ongoing

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International, Middle East

California becomes first state to order teachers to get COVID vaccine or test

Published by Reuters By Lisa Shumaker and Peter Szekely (Reuters) -California on Wednesday became the first U.S. state to require that its teachers and other school staff be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19, a move Governor Gavin Newsom called “a responsible step” to ensure the safety of children. The move comes as Texas Governor

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USA

German Prosecutors Prepare Dozen-Plus Cases Against Nazi War Crime Suspects

(JNS) Prosecutors in Germany are getting ready to bring forward more than a dozen legal cases against elderly men and women for their alleged work at Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. Prosecutors confirmed last week that a 100-year-old man is deemed fit to stand trial in October for serving as a guard at the

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International

Memorial Service for Former Federation CEO Michael Jeser to be Held August 26

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Heidi Gantwerk, Interim President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, and Jack Maizel, Board Chair of the Federation, today issued the following announcement regarding an upcoming memorial service for former Federation CEO Michael Jeser, who died July 24: Friends, In observance of the conclusion of Sheloshim

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Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

US and Israel Tighten Air Defense Cooperation

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Representatives from the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces met last month to discuss a remarkable development: what the Israel Defense Forces described as “updated orders for the cooperation between the two nations’ air-defense systems during emergency situations.” The Israeli delegation was led by Brig. Gen. Gilad Biran, commander of the IAF’s

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Middle East

Unprecedented Deep-Sea Shark Discovery in Israel Sheds Light on Climate Change

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A research initiative led by the University of Haifa-and partners in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea recently revealed deep sea brine pools and related habitat hotspot, including hundreds of deep-water sharks and the largest concentration of deep sea shark eggs ever found. These represent one of the most significant discoveries of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Lapid Travels to Morocco in First Visit by an Israeli Foreign Minister Since 2003

(JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid traveled to Morocco on Wednesday to inaugurate the Israeli Liaison Office in Rabat. His two-day visit to the country is the first by an Israeli foreign minister since 2003. The inauguration of the office, which has been operating since the arrival in January of Israel’s new envoy to the

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Middle East

Central America unites in show of solidarity against antisemitism

By Eliana Rudee (JNS) The Guatemalan president and regional Parliamentarians convened virtually on July 29 to display a united front against antisemitism and celebrate ties with the Jewish state. At the inaugural Central America Forum for Israel, the leaders issued a joint declaration calling for a united stance against surging global antisemitism, including support for

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International

Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West

Published by Reuters By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took the oath of office before parliament on Thursday, with the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers facing growing crises at home and abroad. The mid-ranking Shi’ite cleric formally started his four-year term on Tuesday when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed his victory

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Middle East

Telling the Truth About the Palestinians

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.” — Adlai Stevenson “During the 1948 war,” says letter-writer Bob Holden of Los Angeles, “the Israelis expelled more than half the Palestinian population (some 700,000) and seized their land and businesses

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Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USA