By Yoni Peres KFAR ZEITIM, Israel — Avraham Herzlich was born and raised in Brooklyn in a secular Jewish family. He worked with computers, motorcycles and race cars. He was injured in a motorcycle accident. Lying in bed at the hospital, he was reading magazines, and came across an article on Israel which triggered his […]
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Middle EastA California woman had a rude awakening on July 4: A mountain lion crashed through her apartment window and landed on top of her while she slept. “At first, I think she said she thought she was dreaming. It didn’t seem real,” apartment manager Francis Muniz told local Fox affiliate KTXL. (The woman was apparently
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The World We Share, USARobert Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., the largest coal company in the US, has long tried to convince people that global warming is a hoax. But even he admits that the so-called “clean coal technologies” are a load of nothing – a lie. Coalers against coal “Carbon capture and sequestration does not work. It’s
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The World We Share, USAA video uploaded by Florida’s Orlando Police Department on Wednesday showed two officers struggling to explain why State Attorney Aramis Ayala was pulled over. Following the release of the bodycam video, people have accused the police officers of racially profiling Florida’s first African-American state attorney. The incident happened June 19, when the officers pulled over
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USASAN JOSE, Calif. — A now-banned Airbnb host must pay $5,000 and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies after canceling a guest’s reservation because she is Asian. The host also invoked President Donald Trump. This is the first time the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has resolved a case against an Airbnb
Montreal (dpa) – Former astronaut Julie Payette will become Canada’s next governor-general, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. The 53-year-old French-Canadian will succeed David Johnston as Canada’s 29th governor-general when his term expires in September, Trudeau said as he presented Payette to the media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Trudeau praised Payette’s pioneering work for
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InternationalBEDMINSTER, N.J. — Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, mingled with fans on Thursday during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open at Trump National Golf Club. But the big question is if President Trump himself will be on the grounds this weekend. In a brief interview with The Record and one
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Sports & Competitions, USAAs Saudi Arabia’s two-year-long war with Yemen continues, the Department of Defense announced a new $600 million contract for 40 Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters to be sold to Saudi Arabia. Sikorsky is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin. Both Saudi Arabia and Lockheed are represented by Howard “Buck” McKeon, a former GOP congressman turned
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who made the building of a wall along the border with Mexico a central promise of his campaign, significantly scaled back the pledge Thursday. “You don’t need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One during his flight
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International, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many years ago British police apprehended an aspiring terrorist who had on him a list of prominent Jews assumed to be potential targets for assassination. Rumor had it that some Jewish leaders were very upset when they found out that they weren’t on the list. Were they not considered
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastAuthor Stephen Senise says it’s no coincidence that Britain’s most infamous unsolved crime is alleged to have been committed by a Jew — it was planned that way all along By Robert Philpot LONDON — It is the greatest whodunit in British history. For nearly 130 years, writers, criminologists, historians and amateur sleuths have pondered
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish HistoryIt’s a tough time to be an heir to a multi-billion dollar fortune. Well, no it isn’t, but Donald Trump Jr. is dominating the news cycle over his admitted collusion with Russia over the 2016 election. And he’s not the only Trump kid making life harder for himself than it has to be. Before we
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USAMIAMI — One of Miami’s leading Jewish organizations accused Pink Floyd star Roger Waters of anti-Semitism ahead of his concert Thursday at the AmericanAirlines Arena, as a long-running controversy over the singer’s anti-Israel views follows him to South Florida. “Anti-Semitism and Hatred are Not Welcome in Miami,” the Greater Miami Jewish Federation stated in an
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAPM said to be planning media blitz after damning comptroller report and as submarine affair deepens, with other probes ongoing By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 10, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday summoned some
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