WASHINGTON — The White House confirmed only Tuesday that the most highly anticipated meeting of President Donald Trump’s tenure — with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin — will take place Friday in Germany. But among advisers mindful of the many pitfalls, both domestic and global, preparations have been intense for some time. The meeting of the […]
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International, USAJewish novelist says his ‘main task’ has been depicting ‘what happened in World War II and the Holocaust’ By Benjamin Kerstein The Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish author Herman Wouk has published his latest and what he indicated was likely his last book at the age of 102. Interviewed by “ CBS Sunday Morning” on Sunday, Wouk
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish HistorySeven candidates — including Herzog, ex-leader Peretz, former Kulanu minister Gabbay — fight it out Tuesday to helm opposition, pose future challenge to Netanyahu By Marissa Newman Workers holding large campaign posters during a rally supporting Labor party leader Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv on June 26, 2017, (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Tens of thousands of Labor
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Middle EastAs Burundi plunges into a deeper political and human rights crisis, a new report highlights the role of the radicalised ruling party’s youth league – the Imbonerakure – in the rising violence against opponents and civilians. The roots of the present crisis in Burundi, a central African country scarred by years of an ethnic-based civil
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InternationalThe pop diva may or may not have actually sang her hits, but even if the crowd was at times distracted, she didn’t stop dancing across the stage By Joshua Davidovich Britney Spears performs in Tel Aviv on July 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Just a few days after rejecting claims that she lip syncs, telling
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsInterior minister says conversion bill was designed to prevent efforts to fast-track citizenship, which he claims Israel’s Reform leader supports; Gilad Kariv slams ‘shameful lies’ By Marissa Newman Shas party leader Aryeh Deri leads a Shas faction meeting at the Knesset on July 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Monday attacked Israeli
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is seeing an increase in hate crimes. There were 931 incidents in 2016, an 11.2 percent spike over 2015, the state Department of Justice reported Monday. More than half of those involved bias based on race, ethnicity or national origin. The second-most-common incidents were based on sexual orientation. Race-based hate crimes
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant on Monday for a Jacksonville man, scheduling what would be Florida’s first execution since January of 2016. Mark Asay was convicted of shooting and killing two people in Jacksonville in 1987: Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell. Scott set his execution for Aug. 24 at
By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — When I think of America, I see myself back in 1968—fifteen years old and in the regalia of the Woodward High School Marching Band. I played clarinet and performed, to my cosmic joy, as the occasional Assistant Drum Major. In February, the month in which the above photo
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USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — A kindergarten—two little girls: one is sitting quietly by her teacher, not really wanting to engage in the other children’s activities. She is shy. The other little girl can hardly be contained. She has to be caught running out the door and totters dangerously on the highest rungs
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Natasha Josefowitz, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — The 2017 San Diego International Fringe Festival has completed its fifth year. Ours isn’t the largest or most famous, but ours is the only bi-national fringe with venues in Tijuana participating. With 500 shows to choose from, no one can see everything. But I can give a few
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Eric George Tauber, Theatre, Film & BroadcastIsrael’s envoy Danny Danon and capital’s Mayor Nir Barkat lead diplomats on visit to archaeological site believed to be home of biblical king By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, center, gestures as Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon, second right, looks on during a visit by UN ambassadors from nine
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International, Middle EastThe tragic story of a 10-month old British baby who is on life support in a London hospital has focused a spotlight on an often-fatal rare genetic disease called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. The case even caught the attention of President Trump on Monday, who tweeted that “if we can help” the boy, Charlie Gard,
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