Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli minister with responsibility for the administration of the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as a Palestinian people. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who triggered global outrage earlier this month when he called […]
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Israel
Published by Reuters By Alexandros Avramidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah was nearly four when she was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany with her parents in 1943. She would spend the next two years of her childhood there and witness events that would stay with her forever. “I never had
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Holocaust
(Melody: Call Me Irresponsible) By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Call me unindictable. Since I’m controversial. Clearly irresponsible too. Do my calls for riots scare you? 1/6 shows I’m ruthless. MAGA folks take my cues. Yes, my ends are unacceptable. And my means unconscionable. Power is the goal I pursue. I like illegalities. Foment volatility.
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
JERUSALEM — After days of wet and gloomy winter weather, the skies cleared over Israel’s capital city and ADI (adi-israel.org), Israel’s network of specialized rehabilitative care for those touched by and living with disability, brought the sunshine to the 12th annual Jerusalem Marathon. With hundreds of runners of all levels of ability, the ‘ADI Fleet’
Published by Reuters By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signaling apparent U.S. unhappiness over the policies of his right-wing government. Most new Israeli leaders had visited the United States or met the president by this
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Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jerusalem woke on Thursday to the sight of a long red line painted by protesters along roads leading to Israel’s Supreme Court, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise deal for his government’s planned judicial overhaul. Police said they had arrested five people who
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Israel
By Alex Gordon HAIFA, Israel — “The liberation of the eternal city on the banks of the Tiber marked the beginning of the liberation of the eternal city on the slopes of Moria, with the resurrection of Italy begins the resurrection of Judaea,” Moses Hess, a secular Jewish philosopher, wrote in 1862 in the preface
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Alex Gordon, International, Jewish History, Opinion
Documentary filmmaker Matthew Mishory has done a deep dive into the background of a San Diego couple who lived quietly, scrimped to such a point that they even reused their paper towels, and through their daughter made the largest philanthropic donation to Israel in the history of the Jewish state: $500 million. [Donald H. Harrison]
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California, Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
Published by DPA German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his concerns about the controversial judicial reforms in Israel during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Berlin. “As partners who share democratic values and close friends of Israel, we are following this debate very closely – and I will not conceal this: with great concern,” Scholz
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Israel
(Press Release) Young American Jews want more experiences with rabbis because those interactions help them feel more spiritually connected and more connected to a Jewish community, says a new report released today from Atra: Center for Rabbinic Innovation. The first-in-a-generation research, conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group, paints a rich picture of what factors lead
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Jewish Religion, USA
Published by Ukrainska Pravda Israel recently approved export licences for the possible sale of anti-drone jamming systems that could help Ukraine counter Iranian drones used by Russia during the war, three Israeli and Ukrainian officials said. Source: Axios Quote: “It’s the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago that Israel has
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International
By Celia Theller With its origins near the city of Hebron, the Besor Stream winds its way 18 kilometers through the Negev Desert to the city of Beersheva and onward to the Gaza Strip, where it empties into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of 16 streams in Israel that are shared between Israel and
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Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Sam Litvin SAN DIEGO — “We have been playing defense. You can’t win a war with defense, you have to have offense” proclaimed Elan Carr, the former U.S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, during last Sunday’s “Fighting Antisemitism With Love” event at San Diego State University. The event was put on by
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Sam Litvin, San Diego County, USA
By Elizabeth Ireland Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday denounced antisemitic rhetoric and hate crimes with a resolution, citing rising antisemitic crimes in recent years. Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and Vice Chair Terra Lawson-Remer introduced the resolution. “Our action today reaffirms the County of San Diego’s stance
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San Diego County